Sanders told his supporters he called Clinton to congratulate her. Despite his defeat, he vowed to take his campaign nationwide, notably looking past SC, where Clinton is leading the polls, to a clutch of primaries on March 1. But those fortunes didn’t extend to Sanders this weekend. “And two of the tree who did that won the White House”.
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With Bush’s departure, there are five candidates remaining with one more race before Super Tuesday on March 1.
He said, “I wish Nevada would make it illegal”.
“And in the process, Mr Trump left no doubt that he is the Republican national front-runner and has the most credible path to capture the party’s nomination”, the TV network added. “I think I’m doing better than that”. “Right now, I’m fighting for my life”.
Rubio and Cruz were effectively tied for second, with the Florida senator getting a late burst of momentum in the last week to squeak past his Texas rival.
But it will be a challenge for Rubio to see a similar rapid rise in Tennessee, said longtime Volunteer State GOP political operative Tom Ingram.
The Saturday night results from Nevada and sc were in some ways the most consequential in the presidential race so far. A large majority of black caucus-goers supported Clinton in Nevada.
She had been hoping for a big victory in Nevada where she is popular with Hispanic and minority voters.
As for Mr Trump, he declined to say the Republican nomination was his to lose, but he quickly went on to declare: “I’m really on my way”. “I just don’t know what did him in”.
Sanders took a hard look at the where the delegate math takes him from here.
But he has acknowledged that while his insurgent campaign has made strides, “at the end of the day… you need delegates”.
Trump, now the clear leader in the race for delegates, cemented his standing as his party’s favorite. He finished second in Iowa’s caucus, with its largely evangelical GOP voter base, and cruised to big victories in moderate New Hampshire and culturally conservative SC.
“I said to myself, wow, this is a tough business”, Trump said. “It’s attractive – when you win it’s handsome”.
When asked why he had then retweeted his follower, Trump said that it was “because I’m not sure”.
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“That’s what people like about Trump and Cruz because they tell it like it is and share their values”, said Larimer.
