Trump accuses Cruz of fraud in Iowa caucuses, Rand Paul out

Trump referred to an email that Cruz’s campaign sent on Monday that implied another Republican candidate, Ben Carson, was about to drop out of the race and that his Iowa backers should be urged to vote for the Texan instead. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, having prevailed in Iowa, teased Trump for having attacked him bitterly on the way to an embarrassing loss.

But of course Trump doesn’t actually expect anyone to nullify Iowa’s results.

But over the weekend, before Iowa, Sanders’ lead then was 61-30, according to the UMass Lowell and WHDH poll.

Sanders, favored in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, said Wednesday that Clinton’s record is “just not progressive” on any number of issues, including her vote as a senator to authorize the war in Iraq.

Ted Cruz, the Republican victor of the Iowa caucuses who is a 16/1 outsider to replace Barack Obama as president later this year, mentioned Denmark as part of some rather unflattering remarks about his outspoken competitor, Donald Trump.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began to speak and take questions immediately after Sanders.

“It’s time for him to man up and step up and stop letting all of his handlers write his speeches and handle him, because that’s what they do, that’s what you have to do for somebody has never done anything in their life”, Christie said. Cruz said his campaign could have later clarified that Carson was not quitting the race, but that he was not firing or punishing any of his staff for their failure to do so.

Anti-establishment overtones also were apparent on the Republican side, where Cruz claimed a more resounding victory in the state.

The news about Carson came from CNN which reported he was taking a break after the Iowa caucus to fly to Florida before moving onto New Hampshire. Cruz took 28 percent, followed by Trump at 24 percent. Sanders is leading in opinion polls in New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Republican primary often draws independents and more fiscally conservative voters.

“I think the danger for Trump personally is that so much of his campaign has been about him being a victor”.

Sanders did not give any ground in a series of Twitter messages later, noting the campaign contributions she has received from the financial industry, her support for the Iraq War, and her late opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. “I think some people were disappointed that I didn’t go into the debate”.

“I don’t think it helps for the senator to be making those kind of comparisons because clearly we all share a lot of the same hopes and aspirations for our country”, she added.