Iowa poll: Cruz leads Trump

“I was against going into Iraq”, Trump told Tapper in an interview that aired Sunday on “State of the Union”. “You never get things done that way”, he said.

“You can’t walk into the Senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people”, Trump later added, apparently referring to Cruz’s clash earlier this year with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Both interviews were recorded Friday, after Cruz got caught on tape bashing Trump and Carson at a private NY fundraiser.

But Trump’s fresh jabs – combined with a leaked audio recording of Cruz questioning the “seriousness” of Trump’s candidacy – set the stage for a potential showdown onstage at Tuesday’s Republican debate in Las Vegas, the last presidential debate of the year.

The billionaire’s widened criticism came two days after he launched his first attacks on Cruz, suggesting at a rally in Iowa that the senator is beholden to the oil industry.

Mr Trump said: “She was secretary of state”.

“I think it’s got a huge downside in terms of American foreign policy and I hear this from foreign ministers and others as I travel and engage with people in various countries”, Kerry said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation”. I would say I have far better judgment than Ted and I think I have a really great temperament. That difference widens when only those Republicans who say they will definitely attend the caucus are considered, 32 percent to 25 percent.

Cruz is supported by 31 percent of likely Republican caucusgoers, according to the Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll.

Donald Trump blasted rising rival Ted Cruz Sunday following a pair of Iowa polls showing the Texas senator now in the lead. Trump, who leads national polls of likely Republican voters, has shown only a marginal improvement, rising from 19% to 21%.

“I don’t think he does, though he’s been so nice to me”.

Rubio kept up his clash with Cruz Sunday. Iowa has a strong evangelical constituency, and Trump was quick to note, “I am an evangelical”.

“Who is prepared to be a commander in chief?”

He predicted he’ll outlast Cruz “because I’m more capable”.

It is not a surprise that the same state Republicans who gave Rick Santorum the win in 2012 would end their flirtation with Trump and come back to Ted Cruz. Sen. “Now that’s a question of strength, but it’s also a question of judgment”. “That’s true, and certainly 21% is very good with such a large field, but he’s been much higher in other polls since October, so it’s possible he was higher and is now on the way down”. “Well, you know, poll numbers go up and down”.