Trump – the brash, billionaire businessman and celebrity – outdistanced the crowded Republican field by almost 20 points to gain victory in the New Hampshire primary. New Hampshire’s reputation for “winnowing out” candidates did not work that way last night.
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Reports that Fox News is supporting Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio are false, since rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have been featured heavily on the cable network’s signature programs, political commentator Michael Reagan told Newsmax TV on Thursday.
#1. With the possible exception of Gov. Christie, the top six finishers will all compete in SC.
Trump’s win “puts that much more pressure on an establishment candidate to come out of the pack”, said Wilkins, who is backing Bush.
SC is not Kasich’s only blind spot. He sees the potential to do well in that state, and he has a home-court advantage when OH votes March 15. CBS hasn’t released the list of polls it’s taking into account, but the most recent RealClear Politics national and SC polling averages provide a good proxy. GOP leaders quickly coalesced behind mainstream alternative Bob Dole, the former Republican Senate leader who went on to win the nomination.
“The idea is, if you can win SC, you can win nationally”. As president, Sanders said he would “end the absurdity of women today making 79 cents on the dollar compared to men”, while Clinton said she would get women the “equal pay that we deserve”. “So it is a serious test – there’s no other way of putting it”.
Maggie Hassan, the state’s Democratic governor who stumped hard for Hillary Clinton, voted here early on Tuesday morning.
Secretary of State Bill Gardner was beaming the day after the primary.
For the GOP, Bierbauer says SC results will rely heavily on if candidates can challenge Trump.
Trump, on the other hand, didn’t falter in the Granite State as he had in Iowa.
For Bush, there is deep family history in SC.
Kobach said that after witnessing the massive voter participation in New Hampshire, he’s convinced that the first-in-the-nation primary is right where it belongs.
Rubio traveled to Washington, D.C. yesterday to vote for a North Korean sanctions bill before returning to SC to campaign. In South Carolina, he has less than 10 days. So far, the candidates who have dropped out or are likely to drop out will either support Trump or won’t have enough support to tip the race one way or another.
“What Clinton has to hope is that advantage that Sanders has among caucus-goers will be blunted because of the large minority population here in Colorado, bigger than Iowa and New Hampshire”, Dunn said. Reporter: Meanwhile, Marco Rubio is trying to get back on track after his disappointing fifth place finish in new Hampshire.
“We very easily could be looking at May – or the convention” in July before there’s a “functional nominee”, Rubio campaign manager Terry Sullivan said in a brief interview with The Associated Press.
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The current and former chiefs of the state Republican Party condemned him.
