Candidates Look Ahead After New Hampshire Primary

Marco Rubio, R-Fla., over the first-term senator’s lack of experience and habit of repeating the same phrases. Marco Rubio returned to the Upstate, following the New Hampshire Primary, on Wednesday. He officially suspended his campaign late Wednesday afternoon and posted a farewell message on his Facebook page.

He returned home to finish his second term as governor of New Jersey, where he faces a slew of unsolved problems and rock-bottom approval ratings from residents who, polls show, feel he neglected the state to pursue his national ambitions.

Samantha Smith, the Director of Communications on Christie’s campaign, could not be reached for comment.

Christie’s departure, along with the recently announced exit of Carly Fiorina, leaves seven major Republican candidates in the race.

The New Hampshire primary results Tuesday both complicated and simplified the Republican race.

Presidential candidates are looking ahead after Tuesday’s primary in New Hampshire, where Donald Trump was the big victor on the Republican side.

The Republican candidate, who lost momentum this week after coming in fifth in New Hampshire, plans to take a more aggressive tone with some of his rivals – especially if they attack him on the debate stage – and is expected to showcase more of his affable personality in order to rebut criticism that he is a scripted candidate.

Sharpton and Obama met at the same restaurant during Obama’s successful 2008 presidential campaign – a piece of symbolism for Sanders as he tries to expand his appeal beyond liberals in the U.S. Northeast.

“We have worked incredibly hard up here, spent so much time and we don’t regret one minute”, he told the crowd. “We can’t afford to have a president who melts”.

He said that is what made the mystery of politics so special as you are never quite sure what will happen even though you are pretty sure you do.

The newly “chosen” front runner for the GOP establishment was constantly berated by Chris Christie in the debate Saturday night, which had a large impact on his numbers in New Hampshire.

“Donald Trump has zero foreign policy experience – negotiating a hotel deal in another country is not foreign policy experience”, he said, adding similar jabs at former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Texas Sen. Still, he closed the final full day of campaigning with a vulgar insult of Cruz.

Fiorina, 61, had pitched herself as an outsider who could bring a business mentality and global contacts to the White House – and who would not be afraid to attack Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

“I wish tonight had gone differently”, Clinton wrote in a fundraising email. Clinton did manage to win 56 percent of the vote from women ages 45 and older, revealing a sharp generational divide among the voters.

Sanders received 60% of the vote with over 142,000 votes comprising 13 delegates, while Clinton received 38.3% of the vote with over 90,500 votes comprising nine delegates. “It is just going to take a little longer”. “It’s about whether you get back up”.

The contests move next to the Nevada caucus and the SC primary, and then on to the slew of states voting on Super Tuesday, March 1.