Jeb: US ‘worse off’ under Trump than Obama

John Kasich: The Ohio governor finished second in New Hampshire, giving his campaign some reason to move on to SC. He has solid experience as a US senator as well as a governor – and a history of getting things done, including bipartisan work on welfare reform during the Clinton administration. He sees the potential to do well in that state, and he has a home-court advantage when OH votes March 15.

Almost half of Republican voters did not make their final decision about whom to support until the last few days.

– U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

Rubio appeared to be breaking away from the governors after a stronger-than-expected showing in Iowa, but struggled in Saturday’s debate under intense pressure from Christie. His $2.5 million in the bank at the beginning of the year was one-third as much as Bush had and one-quarter of Rubio’s resources.

The GOP candidate said his brother remains popular in SC because of his administration’s unwavering support of the military. Tim Scott and Rep. Trey Gowdy – wouldn’t bash Bush or his bid for the White House.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has cancelled an event in SC on the heels of his disappointing finish in the New Hampshire GOP primary.

“Donald Trump’s victory was really impressive and the reason I say that is, I know he was ahead in the polls, but I would say nine out of 10 political people doubted he would be able to take the celebrity factor and the large crowds and the rallies and actually translate that into votes”, he said.

So, the first big question for Saturday night is: Which Trump will show up? He conducted 106 town hall meetings with voters who decided they liked him better than Christie, who had also bet heavily on New Hampshire to keep him in the race. While a strong result in Iowa gave Rubio the short lived title of establishment front runner, a very poor debate in New Hampshire put him back on the edge. The news for Rubio is mixed. He repeated the same kind of line repeating on the campaign trail Monday.

Three others – Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Rand Paul – dropped out after the February 1 Iowa caucus, but before the February 9 New Hampshire primary. “Our disappointment tonight is not on you, it’s on me. It is just going to take a little longer, but we are going to get there”.

“We don’t have to win everything”, said Kasich’s senior adviser, Tom Rath.

Cruz highlighted the “significant glaring differences” between the two on health care, stressing that Trump was keen on “adopting Bernie Sanders-style socialised medicine”, a reference to the independent senator challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.

This article will be updated.