“The odds are still on Trump, for sure, but I would not underestimate two or three of the other candidates, and I would point you to the exit polls in ’12 that in SC said 55 percent of the voters made up their minds in the last week”, said Walter Whetsell, a GOP consultant.
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“So I don’t know.
The Cruz campaign will do anything to stop Marco Rubio’s momentum”.
“The sight of Florida Senator Marco Rubio standing side-by-side with South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, after her blockbuster endorsement of his candidacy for president days before the South Carolina GOP primary, gave the appearance of a presidential ticket that would be a game changer for the 2016 campaign”, it said. “We’re now confronted with a real challenge in this country”, he said. Just like Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy and Graham.
In the town hall, Bush drew parallels between first-term senators Cruz and Rubio and President Barack Obama, who was a first-term senator when he was elected to the presidency.
The poll also shows that more than 50 percent of Michigan Republican primary voters support the job Gov. Rick Snyder is doing in responding to the Flint water crisis, the poll shows, WDIV reports.
Cruz “will travel to Washington, D.C.to attend the funeral services for Justice Antonin Scalia”, the campaign said. Who’s targeting who? As you’ll see, Cruz and Rubio are leaving nothing to the imagination.
After his fourth place showing in the New Hampshire and a distance sixth place in the Iowa caucuses, the Bush team was desperate to prove to donors and supporters that he was still a competitive candidate. In a television ad broadcast across the state, he spoke of his parents’ deaths at the hands of a drunk driver.
In response to a question about nominating a Supreme Court justice based on moral convictions, Kasich said he would favor a conservative judge but drew a line between religion and legal reasoning.
The day before, the OH governor hugged for several moments a teary supporter who opened up about his own personal struggles.
New Hampshire was a stumbling block for Rubio, where he came in fifth after a dismal debate there. She added, “I hope we’re the new faces of the conservative movement”. I feel like I have a chance to win.
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But, South Carolina has other important roles to play in the GOP field. Pulling together a solid victory in SC would be his second victory of the nominating season and would clearly cement him as the front-runner ahead of Cruz, who also won one of the early states.
