Insiders report that both Cruz and Trump see the populist conservative as the best choice for a potential running mate. The poll found that 2 percent of likely Republican Caucus participants remain undecided, while 39 percent of those who named a candidate said they might change their mind ‒ down from the 5 percent who were undecided and 46 percent who said they could change their mind in the previous survey.
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The billionaire Republican was challenged on a surprise campaign trail visit in Iowa – where one reading even echoed his role on The Apprentice.
Ted Cruz is jabbing rival Donald Trump for flubbing a bible verse at Liberty University a week ago.
Trump also continued to sow the seeds of doubt that Cruz – whose mother was an American citizen – was, in fact, a “natural born citizen” and thus legally eligible for the White House.
The pair of anti-Trump ads come with a week to go until the first-in-the-country caucuses in Iowa, where Cruz and Trump are locked in a tight race.
“Two Corinthians 3:17, that’s the whole ballgame”, Trump said to soft laughter.
Trump and Cruz have courted Iowa’s evangelicals and in the caucus homestretch their campaigns have suggested that the other candidate is not an authentic believer.
But as for engaging in the brutal personal counterpunching that Trump is known for, Cruz was not taking the bait.
Ten other Republicans are scrambling for respectability in Iowa, including Senator Marco Rubio, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Florida governor Jeb Bush. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has an edge in the Hawkeye State.
Indeed, the poll showed no significant change in standing over the past month despite an escalating verbal battle between Trump and Cruz.
As for Ted Cruz’s point of view, Mr. Trump actually wanted to take over the property, but the state Superior Court opposed this, ruling in the woman’s favor, an aspect which wasn’t mentioned during “Meet the Press“, as Politifact also states. Republican voters in the poll rated terrorism their most important issue in considering a candidate for president: 49 percent called it “extremely important”, outpacing the share calling the economy, government spending or illegal immigration as central to their vote. “The mean and personal attacks on Cruz are at odds with Trump’s praise of Cruz as a “a special guy” and ‘very, very popular.’ Will voters be bullied into believing the bluster, or stick with a brilliant man who won’t betray them?”
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The ad comes as Clinton works to portray opponent Bernie Sanders as less experienced and less ready to handle the job of being president.
