Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim ‘alternative-to-Trump’ vote

On Saturday, Trump handily won in SC.

“I think this race is going to come to fruition March 15”, McCarthy argued.

With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton was leading with 52.6 percent of the vote ahead of Vermont Sen. Nevada divides delegates among candidates according to the number of votes they receive.

While polls can always shift during the primary season, this current measurement of support puts Trump on a comfortable path to victory. The Florida senator hinted it would be better to get that winnowing over with, saying, “the sooner we can coalesce, the better we’re going to be as a party in general”.

Ted Cruz, the right-wing senator from Texas, can’t really be happy with the results of the sc primary either.

“Now, I’m heading on”.

“I’m proud of the campaign that we’ve run to unify our country and to advocate conservative solutions”, a visibly emotional Mr Bush said. In the wake of news that Bush had suspended his campaign, contributing editor Jay Caruso wrote, “You’re up Kasich and Carson”.

Trump and Clinton will be bringing their delegates momentum into Super Tuesday/SEC Primary on March 1. He won SC by ten points.

Democratic contender Bernie Sanders, the self-described socialist who has called for breaking up the banks, took in $26,650 from Wall Street employees.

In South Carolina, Trump – a onetime reality TV star who has upended the political landscape with his tough talk on everything from Muslims to Mexico to waterboarding -showed he could compete for the long haul.

Rubio has already benefited from the exit of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush from the presidential campaign on Saturday, which freed up many establishment donors and politicians to quickly back him.

“He advanced his takeover of the Republican Party …(and) vanquished the dynasty that ruled the Republican establishment for decades as Jeb Bush dropped his White House bid”, the CNN observed.

Cruz now faces fights on two fronts – a reinvigorated Rubio and Trump. “I think it’s unlikely”. I think it’s unlikely.

Mr Trump predicted that he’d earn a “tremendous amount” of support from African-Americans as well.

Susie Wiles, a longtime Jacksonville political strategist and state co-chairman of part-time Floridian Donald Trump’s campaign, said Trump and his family will start spending more time campaigning around the state.