Conservative Cruz goes on offensive against Trump
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary in New Hampshire yesterday easily defeating former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the first Jewish candidate ever to win a presidential contest.
“We are going to make America so great again”, said Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump.
Trump’s 18-point victory and the self-described democratic socialist’s 21-point win are reminders of the limits of party power in an age of anger toward Washington and frustration with politics.
The real estate mogul has repeatedly taunted his rivals, saying those who wage war against him end up plunging in polls. Cruz runs second at 20 per cent, with Rubio in third, below 13 per cent.
Despite his popularity among many Republican leaders, he will ultimately need to start winning primary contests to remain competitive – especially as Trump and Cruz perform well. The state supported her husband in 1992, while Bill Clinton was on the path toward the Democratic nomination, and in the general elections of 1996.
In South Carolina, polls of likely primary voters also find him with a wide margin over the next closest Republican, Ted Cruz. “Who on that stage has more experience or has shown better judgment or a better understanding of the foreign policy and national security issues than I have, on that stage?”
Nearly all the Republican presidential candidates will appear in the CBS News Republican debate Saturday, the network announced Friday. “Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio aren’t done yet”.
Sanders is the only candidate of both parties who is seen favorably by a majority of voters. That’s according to a two people familiar with his plans, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
“I think they’re all really potential threats”, Trump said of his rivals Wednesday on MSNBC.
Voting for Sanders, the political revolutionary is voting against Clinton who has the support of the “establishment”.
Christie hit Rubio throughout the run-up to New Hampshire, calling him the “boy in the bubble”, after Rubio’s super PAC spent much of January blasting Christie’s record in New Jersey.
Republicans crisscrossed SC looking to derail billionaire Donald Trump and Texas Sen.
“The men and women in this room have the ability to change the outcome of the SC primary”, he said during a campaign stop.
South Carolina GOP Chairman Matt Moore lashed out at Trump’s plan to temporarily ban Muslims from the U.S.as un-American and unconstitutional.