However, they specify they never said a negative word about Rubio during his campaign. His strategy has been simple: Win the evangelical vote and run as the non-Trump anti-establishment candidate.
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Hillary Clinton admitted she has work to do to convince voters she has their best interests at heart, even as she celebrated her weekend win over rival Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Nevada. Both Rubio and Cruz are seeking to become the main alternative to Trump, who despite his success has high unfavorable ratings. “If you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad, claiming defamation, file the lawsuit”.
After Donald Trump dominated the Republican field in South Carolina-the second state in a row he won by a wide margin-his competitors are mostly competing to take one another out, each by convincing the world that he is the only one with a chance to beat Trump. Cruz, who was edged out by Rubio in the SC vote, stressed his conservative credentials and said he was the lone strong conservative in this race who can win.
“With this campaign, I’ve seen so many new people coming into the process, people who are not politically involved”, said Scott Hagerstrom, state director of Trump’s MI campaign. Next up: Nevada’s caucuses on Tuesday. “I think that is a question that people are trying to sort through”.
Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Sunday he’s doing so well he expects to win enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination – before the party’s convention in July.
Rubio has a slight edge with firm roots in the state, having grown up in a working class neighborhood in Las Vegas.
“To me, the only logical one is either Kasich or Rubio”, Al Hoffman, former finance chairman for the Republican National Committee, told USA Today.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday he thinks the Republican presidential race has become a two-man race between businessman Donald Trump, and Florida Sen.
So far, according to The New York Times, she has 502 delegates to 70 for the senator from Vermont thanks to 451 “super delegates” – Democratic party heavyweights who vote at the convention but who are not bound by the results of any primary.
“Frankly, if she gets indicted (for using personal emails for official purposes), that’s the only way she’s going to be stopped”.
Rubio also suggested it was only a matter of time before John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson ended their campaigns as well.
“This is a tough business”, Trump told ABC’s This Week.
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In January, the county Republican Party thought it had a winning way to raise money and generate publicity when it landed Bush, the former governor and presidential candidate, for its big annual fundraising dinner three days before the Florida primary.
