“Thank you for all your loyal support”.
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The New Jersey governor is speaking at a fundraising breakfast for the Salvation Army in Nashua.
Poor showings in the Iowa caucus prompted two humbled candidates to drop out of the race.
“Unlike some of these other campaigns, I’m not the boy in the bubble”, Christie told a large gaggle of reporters who had surrounded him in Bedford, reports MSNBC.
Starting today, it’s all about New Hampshire. Funding is an issue. “I think there’s not a big translation from Iowa to New Hampshire, and I think people here just decide on their own”, he said. With less organizational strength in other states, Kasich will have to finish a strong second in New Hampshire to be considered a viable alternative to Trump or Cruz.
A New Hampshire win by Trump, who is leading here, or Cruz, who is further back and not a natural fit for the state but could pick up steam with his Iowa surprise, could propel them to victories in South Carolina, Nevada and much of the South.
In Iowa, “Cruz proved he has got an extraordinary organization”, said GOP strategist Ed Rollins. “I’d like to have your vote”.
The former secretary of state, senator from NY and first lady edged past the Vermont senator in a race the Iowa Democratic Party called the closest in its caucus history. Bernie is second, ‘ he said of the septuagenarian Democratic phenomenon Bernie Sanders. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley also quit the race. “But if one of them climbs into second place it becomes a whole new ballgame”.
Some of those present, like many in New Hampshire, had yet to make up their minds.
“The campaigns are spending $4 million of negative adds against me”. “I remember when Ronald Reagan lost Iowa (in 1980)”.
‘I mean, we’ve had the biggest crowds – bigger than anybody, bigger than Bernie. “So anything can happen”.
Bush, Kasich and Christie have committed vast time and financial resources to the state and have essentially been squatting there, laying the groundwork for their campaigns for months.
All voters, regardless of party, have similar concerns about finding and keeping a good job and ensuring a bright future for their children, he said. Raymond Lesniak, a Democrat, the sponsor of the crate legislation.
On the Republican side, Trump was the candidate New Hampshire Republicans said they were least likely to vote for and just 39 percent of Republican primary voters said they’d firmly decided how they’ll vote.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says that win or lose in Iowa, he’s planning for a long campaign.
“If he had done better in Iowa, he would have a better chance here, absolutely, ” Monier said in a telephone interview. I’m not a celebrity candidate.
“Gov. Christie did not do himself any favors by failing to even meet the very low expectations he had set”. Rick Santorum and former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz gives thanks to God in a victory speech after the Iowa primary caucuses Monday night.
But Trump’s overpowering position on the right here may be challenged in new ways, especially by Cruz, who has an existing network of support in New Hampshire, anchored in an insurgent faction of the state Republican Party.
‘We’ve got such a great campaign organization, we’ve got thousands of volunteers, we knocked on 125,000 doors this weekend, ‘ the presidential campaign veteran said of her tight matchup with Sanders. “This guy’s run a 30-person Senate staff, and he barely showed up to do that”, Christie said. “Why the rush to all this?” Marco Rubio at 11% and Ohio Gov. John Kasich at 9%.
“If the conservative Republican Party doesn’t care about people who live in the shadows, we will fail, and we will have missed our calling”, Kasich said.
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In contrast, Trump says, “I’m a supporter and I always will be a supporter”.
