Elaborating on remarks he made on “Lone Star Politics” that aired Sunday on KXAS-TV, Villalba said Cruz will win next Monday night’s GOP caucuses in Iowa.
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Pataki, the former three term New York governor, is among the most prominent New York Republicans to date to endorse a candidate in the 2016 presidential race. I don’t think he’s going to win in Iowa.
In an interview with The Arizona Republic, Kyl, R-Ariz., said he was impressed with Rubio’s foreign policy acumen.
Formal endorsements rolled in this week from former Gov. George Pataki (R-N.Y.), Rubio’s one-time opponent for the nomination, and former Sen.
Ermst didn’t overtly endorse Rubio, but the big hug she gave him in front of cheering supporters said enough. Donald Trump, who is running about even with Cruz in Iowa, won the endorsement of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. on Tuesday.
Republican presidential candidate Sen.
Cruz, who has led in some recent Iowa GOP polls, has visited them all, evidenced by red signs, reading “Choose Cruz” that mark the snowy banks along the two-lane farm roads of Sioux County. In contrast, Rubio casts himself as a candidate who will bring the country together.
Much of Rubio’s voter identification has been digital through social media and email.
DES MOINES, Iowa Marco Rubio has recently been all over the map in Iowa.
To become a unity candidate, as Rubio is trying, he believes he must first see Cruz fail in Iowa. Through our national security, through our economy – he wants to make sure that we have an America we are going to be proud of.
The Iowa caucuses are Monday, and the New Hampshire primary is one week later on February 9.
To underline his point, Rubio told the crowd how Ernst, as a child, used bread bags to keep her shoes dry in the rain and snow, reiterating a story she shared a year ago while giving the GOP response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
“Whether it’s Jeb or Christie or Rubio or Kasich or (Carly) Fiorina, they all have a path”, he said. Both of them were underdogs in their respective Senate races, he said, taking on more establishment-friendly candidates.
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Like Rubio, Kyl collaborated on an unsuccessful comprehensive immigration-reform plan that drew the ire of some “anti-amnesty” activists on the right.
