Cruz held dual U.S.-Canada citizenship until he renounced his Canadian citizenship upon entering the Senate. “The way you restore confidence is by rolling up your sleeves and fixing things”, Bush said. Not if Cruz has his way. And, as I’ve written before, it’s unwise to count out Trump against Clinton (I do think Cruz, not as polished as the New Yorker, nor as adept as reeling in the media, would be crushed), not after his long spell of constant attention, long after most expected he’d implode. “Does a potential commander-in-chief know what the nuclear triad is, much less is he or she prepared and able to strengthen it and keep this country safe?”
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Who’s leading the Republican presidential race here in Iowa? They combine for roughly 45 percent of support in recent preference polls – enough to top Trump as one, but fall far short split among them. Here’s a glimpse of what a day on the bus tour is like. His speech included several veiled jabs at Trump. I just ran three miles on your lovely beach before I came here and I had a full week.
In a particularly stinging sign that Carson’s campaign may have peaked, WMUR reported Monday that all five paid New Hampshire employees of a pro-Carson super PAC quit their jobs Sunday and jumped to Team Cruz.
Barring some sort of massive flub or campaign catastrophe – and it’s hard to imagine what would even fit that description when it comes to Trump – The Donald will be in the mix when the nomination gets decided.
For the past week, Trump has said that Cruz should go to court and seek a judgment to resolve the matter of his eligibility for the presidency.
In an abrupt strategy shift Tuesday, Texas Sen. John McCain and Sen.
“But I understand why my opponents are throwing more and more attacks”, Cruz said.
“In a race where only 2 points separate Cruz and Trump, the birther issue could really make a difference in the final stretch”, said Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning polling company in Durham, N.C. “Republican voters generally don’t think someone born outside the country should be president, and that’s why Trump is milking it for all it’s worth”.
The voter who asked the question, Tom Emanuel, wasn’t persuaded and told CNN he was “definitely” still leaning towards Trump.
“She and Donald know each other well”, he went on, “and I do think it’s interesting that Hillary Clinton’s key supporters are doing everything they can to echo Donald’s attacks on me”.
“I urge you to vote for Donald Trump because he is the one candidate who points out that we should accept immigrants who are good for America”, Jared Taylor, the spokesperson for the Council of Conservative Citizens and founder of the white supremacist magazine American Renaissance, says in the robocall that began reaching Iowans on Saturday.
“For Trump to lose, he doesn’t actually have to collapse”, columnist Ross Douthat of The New York Times wrote last week.
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This SurveyMonkey Election Tracking data for the week of January 4, 2016 through January 10, 2016 was conducted online among a national sample of 9,746 adults aged 18 and over, including 8,655 who say they are registered to vote. “And so we should expect liberal Democrats to continue echoing Donald’s attacks”, Cruz said.
