But New Hampshire was good to her in 2008 – she won here after losing Iowa to Barack Obama – and she brought in her husband, former President Bill Clinton, to blast Sanders in the two days before the primary. Yet if they do well enough to continue their campaigns on to SC, it may be because Rubio choked under pressure.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. His problem is it may be too late.
Republican hopeful Marco Rubio is downplaying his rough outing in Saturday night’s GOP debate, while touting his overall campaign momentum after his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, hoping to use that momentum to boost his chances in Tuesday’s contest.
Speaking to supporters and staff at his campaign office in Bedford, Christie emphasized that his well-received performance in Saturday night’s debate was a reflection that Rubio was untested. “He knows exactly what he’s doing”, Rubio said.
The three governors have pitched their experience to GOP voters for months, but have struggled to keep Rubio from establishing himself as the best alternative to Trump and Texas Sen.
“There it is. There it is”.
“That’s what Washington, D.C., does – the drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech. There it is, everybody”, Christie said. When Rubio repeated the line, Christie interrupted, “There it is”.
Digging into the polling trends, however, reveals that Rubio’s, Cruz’s and Kasich’s numbers have intersected one another, with one going up as another goes down. At the same time, his campaign is hoping that the governors in the race will underperform, helping him coalesce support and take the fight to Donald Trump. That is not public goal.
“Frankly, he’s a stiff”, Trump said. “Certainly, it’s a necessity for our country”, he said.
He followed up that criticism during an interview on CNN Monday afternoon in which he defended his tone and added that he is the only candidate who has repeatedly called out Trump for what his detractors say is highly divisive rhetoric.
The practice, accepted as torture internationally and now forbidden by USA law, is “peanuts” compared to what Islamic State group members practice, Trump said.
Trump, known for his tough stances with calls to ban Muslims from visiting the United States and deport immigrants without the proper documents, also called for a more empathetic view of the Republican call to repeal Obamacare insurance coverage for Americans. He finished off saying: “I learn from the past and you know, we all make mistakes and certain things you would have done differently in life, I mean, all of us”.
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If Christie’s aggressive attacks on Rubio result in his own standing tumbling, it could benefit Bush, the former governor of Florida, and Kasich, the current governor of Ohio.
