Attacks Escalate Among Republican Establishment Candidates

‘His state is No. 50 out of 50 economically, ‘ Trump said. “This is old-time, old-style politics from folks who don’t understand that what this country really cares about right now is protecting American interests”. “White House officials said the president would note that criminal penalties already exist for violating those laws”, the New York Times notes.

LIASSON: So this is a theme that’s been building for months in the GOP race.

Mr. Rubio, a member of the Senate foreign relations committee, has been an outspoken voice for the traditional, neoconservative wing of the party, which was ascendant under George W. Bush. Marco Rubio also holds three events in the Hawkeye State…

The fantasy football clip is from Rubio’s own campaign.

Christie dismissed his competitors in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, describing the ads and stepped-up rhetoric as “just another day at the ranch for me”.

“I’m not a heavy bag”, Christie told reporters.

The top executive of the Volkswagen brand worldwide says he’s optimistic that US environmental regulators will approve fixes within the coming weeks or months for diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests.

New Hampshire frontrunner Donald Trump so far largely has been spared in over-the-air attacks. The group claimed responsibility for the November bombings and shootings in Paris in which roughly 130 were killed.

Bush will continue distinguishing himself by telling voters why they should entrust him with the presidency, said Rich Killion, his New Hampshire state director. The ad features footage from a speech gave at the Military College of the South, known as the Citadel, in Charleston South Carolina last month.

“Christie is strategically using attack mode on the opponents where those attacks can move the dial in a meaningful way, ” Hale said.

He’s averaging fourth place in the polls, behind Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, though he’s increasingly been within striking distance of both Rubio and Cruz.

Florida’s Republican primary is set for March 15. “They talk tough, yet they would strip us of the ability to keep our people safe”. Ted Cruz stays in Iowa…

“These are serious policy disputes and there’s nothing in those ads that is inaccurate – it’s the truth”, Rubio said.

The Florida senator is looking to strengthen the USA government’s intelligence gathering programs at home. That is why they are firing at one another, he said. Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Carly Fiorina attend a New Hampshire forum on heroin addiction…

For the most part, Christie’s efforts appear effective here.

It takes numerous veiled shots at the billionaire businessman who dominated the race in late 2015. The ads come ahead of the early February primaries in those states.

He’ll also call on the Republican Party to unite behind a single candidate and focus on defeating Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

“The politicians can pretend it’s something else”. “We are at war with radical Islamic terrorism. You should be upset”, Rubio said, adding that many of his colleagues in Congress spend more time working toward their next elections than representing the people they serve.

“He’ll quickly cut the head off ISIS, and take their oil”.

It ends with Trump, at one of his rallies, vowing to “make America great again”.

In Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, Rubio said that he had watched the ads, though he had nothing to do with producing them.

Republican presidential candidates who represent the so-called establishment have staked their campaigns on emerging in New Hampshire as the viable alternative to real-estate mogul Donald Trump. “He’s running on issues like national security and the economy more so than gay marriage and abortion”.