“You know what she said?”. In his concession speech Rubio acknowledged the negative impact his debate performance had on his vote total.
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The crowd stood quietly, looking up at a large projection screen to the right of the stage that Bush would soon stand upon to tell his supporters, “This campaign is not dead”.
“The town hall format is a really good one for a time of real cynicism because people get to say what they think”, Bush said.
The shift in spending is a sign of concern among Rubio’s supporters about a possible late surge in New Hampshire by Bush, who joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in mocking Rubio during Saturday’s GOP candidate debate. “I think the people of New Hampshire deserve better than someone just throwing mud and insulting the other candidates”. “It is just going to take a little longer, but we are going to get there”.
Unpredictable and known for last-minute decisions, New Hampshire voters had been expected to help winnow the crowded Republican primary, clarifying which of the candidates would emerge as the strongest alternative to front-runners Trump and Texas Sen. The 52-year-old woman from Salem, New Hampshire, said the Trump event was her first political rally of the cycle, but described herself a “huge Trump supporter”.
Trump – who said at the debate that he “would bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding” – criticized Cruz for not giving a more aggressive answer. Ted Cruz and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
“This line that somehow I have no experience is absurd”, he said.
It’s the moment of truth for Kasich , says Roll Call, and it’s ironic that it comes on the day the White House releases its annual budget.
The governor had been scheduled to fly to SC before Tuesday’s primary in New Hampshire. The same dynamics might be in play in the Super Tuesday primaries of March 1. Kasich has refrained from engaging in numerous sharp attacks that have dominated much of the discourse between his competitors.
Kasich faces a rough road in both SC and Nevada – the next stops later this month in the race for the GOP nomination – where he is polling in the single digits.
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Investing an egregious amount of money in ads landed Bush in fourth place with 11 percent of the vote, according to election results as of Tuesday night.
