“The only candidate who can beat Donald Trump is me”, Cruz told reporters in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where Republicans vote on February 20.
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The odds of Trump winning the White House, once seen as an extremely long shot, improved significantly after his victory in New Hampshire, online betting site Ladbrokes PLC said.
“I have both won elections that I was supposed to lose and I’ve lost elections I was supposed to win and what that means is you never know what will happen”.
The latest polling shows Kasich within striking distance of Bush for fourth place in the Palmetto State’s pivotal “First in the South” presidential primary – and he’s got a pair of new commercials up in the hopes of sustaining his momentum following an unexpected second-place finish in early-voting New Hampshire.
Only Jeb Bush said Obama had “every right” to nominate a justice during his final year in office. “It was fun being out in the precincts, as cold as it was”.
“I’m proud to work hard for Gov. Bush”.
He has picked up support from much of the S.C. Republican establishment since U.S. Sen. “I like that he’s going to run this country like a business”.
Jeb Bush had more than $100 million in PAC money before he even announced he was running. John McCain for the Republican nomination.
George W. Bush has headlined several private fundraisers for Jeb Bush and on Wednesday his voice was heard on a radio ad in SC. Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, won just 4 percent of the vote in New Hampshire. “There are a lot of candidates”, Gowdy said as he was travelling with Rubio on Wednesday.
There is still a long way to go in the campaign for the party’s nominations, which now moves to SC. “To me that’s showing him as presidential and that he is a leader and is very capable of being president of the United States”.
Below, Eyewitness News Anchor Steve Nielsen discusses what it was like covering the presidential primaries in New Hampshire. Clinton still had the best odds of becoming president at 50/50, Ladbrokes said.
Because of her advantage among black voters, Jensen says Clinton is nearly certain to win the Democratic primary in SC, where African-Americans will comprise more than half the electorate – and while it’s a little less definite, she also has the inside track to win Nevada, which has a larger minority population than Iowa or New Hampshire.
While Trump posed a challenge to the entire Republican field, his dominance seemed especially damaging to Christie, who had branded himself the “telling it like it is” candidate.
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“With Bush edging out Rubio, who finished in an unexpected fifth place position in New Hampshire, he goes into the next contest on surer footing in the battle for the Establishment lane – and in a state where the Bush family name and network is historically strong and presents a real advantage”, he said.
