Jeb Bush and Chris Christie are turning their fire on Marco Rubio with a renewed sense of urgency in the final days before New Hampshire’s primary.
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That’s the best outcome the establishment Republican contenders can hope for following this week’s Iowa caucuses, where Cruz and Trump topped the field in a tight three-way race with Florida Sen. Ted Cruz. The two have been increasing the intensity of their attacks on one another as polls have showed them drawing close to each other in New Hampshire.
“Certainly for Christie, and I think Bush at this point and Kasich, a no-show in New Hampshire or an under-performance in New Hampshire is very, very troubling given what’s up next on the calendar”, said Hari Sevugan, who worked on the ill-fated 2008 presidential run by Chris Dodd, then a senator from CT. “Whichever one of those in that group can finish third has a credible argument to continue on to SC”. Rick Santorum and Kentucky Sen. As NPR’s Scott Detrow recently reported, there is Marco-mentum in the Granite State – something a flurry of new polling data support.
In New Hampshire, the friendlier tone is what he plans to project right up until the end.
A top New Hampshire official for the Republican National Committee is blasting ABC’s decision to exclude Carly Fiorina from Saturday’s debate in the first primary state.
Aides to four other Bush backers said their bosses were too busy to talk.
For months, Rubio’s campaign has pushed his electability in November.
“So when the time comes and it’s appropriate, we’ll do so”, he said.
Early indications were that Bush would do another ‘campaign reset, ‘ this time in New Hampshire, the site of the next presidential caucus and that’s unlikely to change.
This indicates a dramatic decrease in support for Cruz, who recently pulled off a first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. Pat Toomey. That process has moved much slowly in Texas. Those who are uncommitted to a candidate are less apt to back Trump, just 18% of those who are undecided or merely leaning toward a candidate say they favor Trump.
NBC declined comment on whether Sanders would appear on the show. Christie and Kasich have state fundraising networks that are worth a look. Ted Cruz to win the nomination. Cruz’s more polarizing style is said to rub the old guard the wrong way.
Billionaire Republican donor Frank VanderSloot told CNN on Wednesday that he’d be going “all out” for Rubio, who he said could “unite” the party and be an effective president, even though the nation had already experimented with a first-term senator in the West Wing.
Of the candidates vying for second place, John Kasich remains the one with the most room to grow.
The single most consequential factor in determining what Bush’s backers would do if their candidate dropped out would be if Bush opted to endorse, a move that would be seen as a strong signal to donors to line up behind the endorsee.
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Emboldened by a strong showing in Iowa, a confident Marco Rubio began his whistle stop tour of New Hampshire promising to win the White House. They’re not doing well.
