After Rubio replied to Christie with an attack on New Jersey’s downgraded credit rating under Christie, the 53-year-old governor replied by saying: “I want the people at home to think about this: that’s what Washington, D.C. does”.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, first-term senators on the rise in the presidential race, faced a barrage of attacks in Saturday nights Republican debate, with rivals challenging Cruzs controversial campaign tactics and Rubios readiness to be president.
“No one can throw more mud in American politics than Hillary Clinton”, he said of the Democratic frontrunner.
Christie scored big with pundits and debate-watchers Saturday when he repeatedly interrupted Rubio, as the Florida senator tried to score a hit on him.
“I think Jeb Bush, watching that tonight, if Jeb Bush finishes fourth or fifth, Jeb Bush is thinking, this guy is not going to last”, Dowd said. “It’s one of the reasons why I’m not running for re-election to the Senate and I’m running for president”.
On paper, Trump and Sanders are in good shape but as we saw in last week’s Iowa caucuses – with Cruz taking the top spot among the GOP and Sanders coming within a few voters of front runner Clinton – we really won’t know what will happen until after the votes are tallied.
Speaking to MSNBC’s Morning Joe Monday in New Hampshire, which is set to host the country’s second nomination contest Tuesday, Bush referred to Rubio as “a bright, charismatic leader” but described his leadership skills as a “work in progress”.
“Obama does know what he’s doing”, Edwards told Mic, referencing Rubio’s now-infamous line from Saturday’s debate. Just 46 percent said they had firmly made up their minds.
A compilation of last-minute polls shows Trump and Sanders with leads in New Hampshire.
Rubio was widely criticized for his gaffe, with members of the press comparing him to everything from a CD ROM and a broken gramophone player to the robot in “Terminator 2”.
It also came at a awful time for Rubio’s campaign – after finishing third in the Iowa caucus, he planned to carve himself out as a serious challenger heading into the New Hampshire primary.
Rubio said the legislation was never going to pass without popular support, and the United States needed to begin enforcing immigration laws and improve border security before the public would have the confidence to back it. “Rubio”, Christie said on CNN’s State of the Union.
Rubio came into Tuesday’s primary with momentum behind his campaign.
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Rubio’s campaign tried to spin the performance into a win, with the candidate boasting yesterday that he raised more money than ever before during the debate.
