Ted Cruz of Texas, U.S. Sen.
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The debate rules resulted in businesswoman Carly Fiorina being bumped to the undercard event.
Rand Paul was invited to participate in the 6 p.m. debate, but he declined.
That may explain why the attacks on Cruz and Trump pale in comparison to the amount spent disparaging other candidates.
Should the current debate be about the location of Ted Cruz’s birth, or the nationality of his father at the time? Ted Cruz in their first candidate specific web ad. The spot casts Cruz as extreme and ends with text on the screen that argues the presidential candidate is more “dangerous” than…
With just weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses and the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire, the week starts out with sweet sounds for some in the big Republican field of White House wannabes and sour notes for others. In addition, Trump, campaigning in Hawkeye State, has been touting Cruz’ opposition to renewing federal ethanol subsides, a significant issue there.
It was only a little less than two years ago when Donald Trump introduced Sen.
“It is an inadvertent filing question”, Cruz said.
Will anyone come to Cruz’s defense?
Such an attack is likely to surface in Thursday night’s debate, his advisers told ABC News. Cruz has given him a pass before. You would be far more likely to rally to his support and denounce the attacker than you would be to believe the attack.
“I don’t think anybody in the media should decide or have an artificial designation on who can and who cannot win”, Paul told MSNBC. After discussing the “birther” issue, as well as the capture of almost a dozen US sailors by the Iranian navy, he reversed the tables, questioning the businessman’s grasp of issues relevant to the presidency. “Voters do”, Anna Epstein, a campaign spokesperson, said. “The point is, you’re not”.
“He is eligible to be president”.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is seen by some as having a slim edge in that group, opening him to criticism from his rivals about his immigration views as well as the 44-year-old’s youth and relative inexperience.
Why has Cruz switched from lavishly praising Trump to attacking him?
That puts a big target first on Rubio’s back. Bush’s super PAC has been on a rampage against Rubio, for instance, and the candidate himself has tried to be feistier in his attacks against Rubio and Trump. Among Republicans who expect to attend a caucus, Trump beats Cruz among those who make more than $100,000 and less than $50,000.
24 volunteers for one phonebank is respectable (seven isn’t awful, either), but bear in mind that these numbers are coming out of these candidates’ state headquarters.
And? The latest head-to-head national poll shows Cruz and Trump each being the pick of voters over Clinton. But he’s become an afterthought since last month.
Trump went on to explain how wrong it was that the Republican party was harder on Cruz than on the Democrats.
Christie is enjoying a burst of momentum in New Hampshire, where he’s devoted significant time to courting the state’s quirky blend of moderate and libertarian voters.
Republican frustration with Jeb extends beyond the establishment as well.
Trump’s Response To Nikki Haley’s GOP Response: Donald Trump has been very vocal in his stance against what Governor Nikki Haley said in the GOP’s response to the State of the State Address. Governor Haley, said that he was angry, I guess?
And before Trump chose to run for president, the current GOP-front-runner seemed to have nothing but glowing words for Cruz – and BizPac Review was there to catch it.
The retired neurosurgeon’s sudden surge in the polls caught many by surprise. Christie has been firing away lately at Rubio and Trump, and he’ll probably keep that up Thursday.
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But unlike Trump, Carson’s moment has turned out to be a blip in the cycle.
