Paul subsequently won the straw poll, and other candidates who spoke on the island did well. It is done mostly for fun and could be a weak predictor of candidate success in the March primary election.
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Michigan Republican devotees rewarded Kasich with the third-place straw poll finish.
He said the USA should move to a flat tax that would allow all Americans to file their income tax returns on post cards.
“This primary today is a version of Mad Max and Thunderdome”, he said.
Cruz tells Iowans that, “with me, you know what you’re going to get”.
Trump is in Iowa taking questions from students at an appearance ahead of Urbandale High School’s homecoming dance after speaking at an Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition presidential forum.
“She had a lot of courage to stand up there, to talk to Trump like that”, said Barbara Bailey, on the hotel’s porch for the Fiorina photo op.
But she said Fiorina was standing out. She’s delivered the line before.
The wrinkle comes as Walker has scaled back his initially ambitious campaign for president to focus on neighboring Iowa, scrambling to reassure jittery donors and supporters after a quiet performance in the second Republican debate on Wednesday. “The status quo isn’t working anymore”. The 61-year-old has promoted her credentials as a political outsider – someone, she says, who “understands how the economy actually works”. John McCain’s behavior was “harsh” in a similar situation.
They slowed her way to the campaign’s first stop, an event for Republican women leaders at a local bistro.
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won the poll in 2011. Hooper said the Constitution expressly bars religious tests for those seeking public office.To me this really means he is not qualified to be president of the United States, Hooper said. “I consider Michigan absolutely vital on the road to the White House”, Kasich said.
The prestigious party cattle call, held on a picturesque Northern Michigan island where cars are not allowed and commuters use horse and buggies, drew a handful of the party’s presidential contenders.
Thirty-five blue-shirted volunteers, mostly from Central Michigan University, distributed swag and helped gin up enthusiasm for Kasich throughout the weekend.
Then again, there’s not much else to gauge progress at this point. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush was fifth. Ted Cruz, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Kentucky Sen. “We’ve got such an incredible team here in Michigan, and I couldn’t be more encouraged”, candidate Ted Cruz said. The president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce says he didn’t find the comments offensive.
With ecstatic cheers from the audience, Sanders started his speech by saying “it certainly sounds like some people are ready for a political revolution”.
In Barton’s opinion, Fiorina has presented herself as a “smart, articulate, informed and classy candidate who has a vision and plan for our nation”.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking aim at the Republican presidential field, saying the GOP debate this week featured not “a single fighter for the middle class”.
But Fiorina, determined to continue her speech, continued on without acknowledging the interruption. It’s the elected politicians in Washington that should be tossed aside, she said. Wasserman-Schultz became noticeably frustrated on several occasions. “The most important thing about being president is you have leadership skills, you know what you’re doing, and you can help fix this country and raise this country. Drawing a contrast with Republicans or arguing about debates?” “I support Martin O’Malley because he truly does have a record of actions, and not just words”.
Bush is scheduled to…
Before dashing to attend the South Carolina-Georgia college football game in Athens, Georgia, Bush on Friday evening had a message similar to Kasich’s. Republicans view the state as in play for the general election.
Bush appeared to invite a comparison with Trump, who recently did not correct a questioner who said Obama was a Muslim.
Carson has been running right behind businessman Donald Trump in nationwide and early-voting state polls.
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“Everyone’s had hard times in their life”.
