Meanwhile, former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton beat Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in a separate Democratic caucus in the western state of Nevada. And with another victory expected next week in South Carolina, Clinton will head into Super Tuesday with actual momentum. The message that his campaign was trying to send all week, and was reinforced during his Election Night speech, was that the Cuban-American senator – with support from the state’s Indian-American governor and African-American senator – was the new face of the GOP and would be the most competitive general election candidate. “I’m proud of being a Bush”, he told a crowd in Derry.
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“Jeb’s decision to suspend his campaign reflects his selfless character and patriotism”, said the 43rd president. I was moved by Jeb’s concession speech.
“I congratulate my competitors, that are remaining on the island, on their success in a race that has been hard-fought, just as the contest for the presidency should be because it is a tough job”, Jeb said. Jeb was slow to realize the threat posed by Trump’s, um, nontraditional campaign strategy, and by the time he did there was little he could do about it. Trump still could wind up the second candidate in a row to win SC but lose the nomination, the first being Newt Gingrich in 2012.
“When you win it is lovely and we are going to start winning for our country!”
In the Iowa caucuses on February 1, he finished a disappointing sixth place.
“We’re the only campaign that has and can defeat Donald Trump”, Cruz told his supporters after asking for a moment of silence for former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last week.
For both parties, the 2016 election has laid bare voters’ anger with the political establishment.
Should Bush drop out, the criticism went, Rubio’s road to the nomination would be cleared for mainstream Republican support. His victory was another sign that the conventional rules of politics often don’t apply to the brash billionaire.
Now, the Trump victory foreshadows a solid performance in the collection of Southern states that vote on March 1. Cruz and Rubio may decry “the pundits” who have called the race for Trump, but mathematics don’t lie. “I pray for him and his family tonight”. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson vowed to keep campaigning despite lagging far behind his fellow Republicans.
He addressed a room full of supporters at the South Carolina State fairgrounds around 9:45 p.m. Saturday night. The Hispanic vote was closely divided between Sanders and Clinton. He did best with men, older voters, those without a college degree and veterans.
With 90 per cent of precincts reporting, the former first lady was leading with 52.6 percent of the vote to Sanders’ 47.4 per cent. He would likely have faced pressure from GOP leaders and donors to drop out had he stayed in the race.
It is the biggest win to date for Trump as he will capture all 38 delegates. Beginning this week, candidates and their supportive super PACs are planning commercials in 22 states, according to advertising tracker Kantar Media’s CMAG. With votes still being tabulated, he was projected to win at least 38 of the 50 at stake.
Texas Democrats: Everyone thought the Lone Star State would be a dogfight – for the Republicans.
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In fact, there’s a case to be made that the fallout from this SC primary positions Sen.
