Seventeen made it to a formal announcement. All the other candidates share a goal – beating Trump – that would be furthered if all but one of them were to drop out of the race. Here is how each of them could do that.
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That’s what Marco Rubio learned in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. But by Friday, Trump was again on the attack against Cruz, tweeting “If @tedcruz doesn’t clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen”.
And, of course, Trump’s pledge to build a wall on the U.S.’s southern border – at one point leading the crowd in a “Build that wall, build that wall” chant. His ability to dominate the media has been his greatest strength, but that’s more difficult now than it was before Iowa, and it will continue to get harder. Participating will be Trump, Cruz, Florida Sen.
Donald Trump unleashed Twitter attacks Thursday on Republican rivals Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush – accusing the Texas senator of “sleazy and dishonest” tactics in SC and bashing the former Florida governor for bringing in his older brother on the campaign trail next week. Rubio accused Cruz, another first-term senator, of hurting USA military might with his budget stances. He has a fair amount of support from party actors, but it is factional. Many Republicans and many conservatives like Rubio. In a new biographical ad, Ohio Gov. John Kasich notes that his parents’ death in a drunk-driving crash in 1987 “transformed” him and helped him find his faith. If that holds, he’ll knock both Bush and Kasich out soon, and he remains the logical destination for most of their voters.
Cruz and Trump are going to fight it out until the bitter end for the most-disaffected Republican vote. In the beginning they weren’t even considering him because of his last name. Bush (185), Kasich (141) and Trump (37) haven’t been adding to their support at all.
A file picture from 2006 shows then US president George W. Bush (C) walking with his father the former President George H.W. Bush (L), and his brother then Florida Governor Jeb Bush following a christening ceremony the US Navy’s new aircraft carrier the George H.W. Bush in Newport News, Virginia. Losing by less each time is not a path to victory. Meanwhile, Nancy Mace, Citadel Class of 2000, is the SC coalitions director for Donald Trump. Several candidates embraced the chaos as they felt out the best strategies to survive SC and advance into a grueling March primary schedule, when 58 percent of the party’s delegate total will be at stake. But Kasich ended up with the last laugh after finishing second in New Hampshire, and Christie ended up suspending his campaign.
It’s a winner-take-all state, meaning that the Republican who comes out on top will be awarded all 99 delegates. “We’re fed up with campaign conservatives”.
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The candidates who will be taking the stage are Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and John Kasich. The Globe report came just as Hillary Clinton’s campaign and allies began circulating questions this week about Sanders’ 25-year record in Congress and the Senate.
