Another one bites the dust: Chris Christie suspends campaign

MANCHESTER, N.H. A week ago, it looked like the stars were aligning for Marco Rubio.

“I dont need to start these fights, but if someone starts one in the future were going to have to point out the differences in our records in a sharper way, ” Rubio told reporters Wednesday aboard his charter flight from New Hampshire to SC.

Chris Christie is expected to end his campaign for the Republican nomination for president after a disappointing finish in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.

Mr Michael Leavitt, a former governor of Utah and a top adviser to Mr Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, said he believed that the window for any Republican candidate to clinch the nomination before the party’s convention in Cleveland this summer was rapidly closing.

Carly Fiorina is exiting the Republican presidential race after a seventh-place showing in last night’s New Hampshire primary.

Trump’s remaining opponents, majority mainstream Republicans, will likely benefit from their departures, which leaves seven Republicans from a field that once had 17 candidates.

The results testified to the sizable share of American voters upset at USA economic conditions and willing to send a shockwave to Washington.

“Christie needed to drop out”.

The Ohio governor – and former congressman – on Wednesday defended his foreign policy experience at an appearance in SC, citing his long tenure on the House Armed Services Committee.

The state is friendly territory for the Vermont senator and a must-win if he’s to have a chance of staying competitive with Clinton as the race moves to more diverse states that are seen as more hospitable to the former secretary of state.

Still, the night’s biggest Republican loser was Rubio, whom Democrats have long targeted as the most formidable potential GOP rival. He had lost last week to Cruz in the first nominating contest, the Iowa caucuses.

Kasich, who has been rising in the polls in New Hampshire, is another candidate seeking to profit from Rubio’s troubles. Also, Mr. Christie’s strategy, focusing exclusively on winning the New Hampshire primary was both ambitious and uninspired.

Trump’s victory showed pundits were wrong to think he would quickly self-destruct based on his penchant for insults and imprecise plans for the presidency. And Sanders and Clinton were evenly divided among women, a major setback for a candidate who aims to become the nation’s first female president.

On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders rode a wave of support from young voters and independents to beat Hillary Clinton 60 to 38 percent.