So, traditional values voters will likely have to look beyond Thursday’s Fox News debate for information on where the Republican candidates for president stand on their issues.
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The group of local Republicans weighed candidates’ performances during a “presidential debate watch party” hosted by the Greenville County GOP at the Global Trade Park off of Fairforest Way. Jim DeMint, who now runs the conservative Heritage Foundation, said the ideological and personality struggle within the party as it searches for a nominee is a good thing. Spoiler alert: we still don’t.
While Bush was thinking about the general election, numerous contenders headed south for RedState to work on shoring up their support among the party base.
This is the second time Bush has visited Reno and the third trip to northern Nevada since his campaign started.
“You’re more than welcome to sit with us”, said a young woman with big white-trim sunglasses.
Bush bounded back on the campaign trail Friday in the format he prefers, an open-ended question-answer forum – not the 10-way debate, which he called “not easy”.
227-a-08-(Former Governor Rick Perry, R-Texas, presidential candidate, in remarks)-“to be, but uh (laughter)”-GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry jokes about being in the “pre-debate” rather than the main debate Thursday”. “I was up late last night”, Perry said. “It’s a little late in the game for me to do that”.
But Perry campaigned as if he’s one of the party’s top-tier candidates, sticking to his pitch that his 14 years as governor in Texas prove he’s worthy of a promotion. Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, also attended the same mass.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky comes in at 15/1, while both neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are at 20/1, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is at 25/1, and Sen.
Former South Carolina Sen.
Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has been calling him out by name in the week leading up to the debate.
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But then he caught himself: “Not cheat, like, you know”. Christie said Americans from all regions care about a sound economy, national security and individual liberty. You’ll just have to deal with the New Jersey thing.
