Did Cruz Reveal Classified Information During Debate?

More than any other issue, immigration is driving the rivalry between Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, presidential rivals focusing on the divisive topic in their closing messages to Republican voters before the sprint to the Iowa caucuses.

Mr. Bush, who defended his brother and former president George W. Bush’s West Asia policy, which included coalitions with friendly Arabs, said: “If we push the Muslim world away, we can’t win this war”. Rubio to stand with Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer and support a massive amnesty plan. Mr Trump was mostly subdued this time, and, as always, he disappeared when real policy questions were on the table.

‘And he, you know, came out and right from day one, right from minute one, he came out and he attacked, ‘ Trump said, noting not just the lines they exchanged in last night’s debates, but Bush’s consistent theme of bashing Trump for being outlandish, while positioning himself as a steady hand ready to take the wheel’.

Chris Christie was also given a chance to elbow into the metadata scrum, and he has said he agrees with Mr. Rubio on the merits.

NSA phone record surveillance. Marco Rubio about the new USA Freedom Act, which Cruz supported and Rubio opposed.

Rubio added: “Because I can promise you, the next time there is an attack on this country, the first thing people are going to want to know is, why didn’t we know about it and why didn’t we stop it?”

The website says: “In conversations over the past month, GOP establishment donors have confided to the Hill that for the first time in recent memory, they find themselves contemplating not supporting a Republican nominee for president”. But I don’t think the debates are going to be the vehicle that does it. They see an opening to make their opponents’ assets seem like a liability, and are revealing their strategy to fight back. “They can not be defeated through air forces”.

Rubio has slammed Cruz for wanting to cut military spending.

Rubio’s case got a fleeting assist from Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, who said he had directed his staff to investigate whether Cruz released classified information.

“And we should direct at the problem, focus on the problem, and defeat radical Islamic terrorism”. Cruz also took the opportunity in this week’s GOP debate to connect Rubio with the Gang of Eight bill, casting the bill’s provisions on refugees as too weak.

Cruz asserted “I have never supported legalization”, despite having introduced legislation that would have extended legal status to millions who are in the country illegally.

“Now, something like that, let’s say that if Jeb gets out, and if when he gets out he says, ‘I’m not gonna support Trump”.

In debate post-mortems, both senators were deemed to have had strong performances, and their duel is likely to intensify in the weeks ahead.

As he was battling with Florida Sen.

Republicans who feared that an independent run by Mr Trump would pave the way for a Hillary Clinton presidency will be breathing a sigh of relief.

Then they could apply for a green card, a step that assumes the possibility of eventual citizenship but may or may not mean that.

“I’m sure nobody watched the debate last night”, Trump joked to his supporters. “The key is to come across as the guy with the positive agenda – the Ronald Reagan of the group”.