In an era of hating establishments, be they real or imagined, Haley’s endorsement will only carry Rubio so far.
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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has endorsed Marco Rubio to be the Republican nominee for the White House. Donald Trump now has a commanding lead in polls in the state.
Local voters have one last chance to see the leading candidate for the Republican nomination before Saturday’s GOP primary. Marco Rubio for president on Wednesday, as voters prepare for the state’s primary on Saturday. Kasich is likely to fare even better in Vermont, a state with a strong liberal bent, but more importantly, with a Republican Party that has largely set itself apart from the most extreme elements of the current thread of conservative rhetoric dominating the Republican contest. Tim Scott and Rep. Trey Gowdy in endorsing Rubio.
Do you think this will help Marco’s fortunes in SC’s crucial vote – and does it make Haley a front-runner for his potential veep spot?
“He is a liar and these ads and statements made by Cruz are clearly desperate moves by a guy who is tanking in the polls – watching his campaign go up in flames finally explains Cruz’s logo”, Trump said, in a reference to the flame included in Cruz’s campaign logo.
For Kasich, exceeding expectations would be to finish ahead of Bush, the former Florida governor.
Bush, who has often clashed with Trump during presidential debates, has struggled to break through this campaign season, falling behind U.S. Sen. “It can be as I said the greatest era in our history…or we are going to have to explain our kids how we inherited the greatest nation in human history and they got something less than that”, Rubio said.
It’s the first time Cruz has held a national-poll lead over Trump. “It is remarkable that an ad that plays video of Donald Trump speaking on national television is somehow defamation”.
And in hypothetical one-on-one matchups, Trump trails both Cruz (56 percent to 40 percent) and Rubio (57 percent to 41 percent).
Speculation that Haley, the state’s first female and first minority governor, could be a potential GOP running mate increased after she gave the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last month. According to the CMAG data, Rubio’s campaign has scaled back its remaining paid media in the state by more than half.
The survey was conducted February 14-16 among 400 registered voters who said they would participate in a GOP primary.
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(CNN) – Jeb Bush has had enough of Donald Trump attacking him, saying Wednesday he’s ready to “punch him back in the nose”.
