Christie vows to continue beyond New Hampshire

Rubio is now in a strong second place spot in New Hampshire, according to a poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire for CNN and WMUR that was released Wednesday night. Some say he’s inconsistent. Bush and Ohio Governor John Kasich both said the country needed an experienced commander in chief, in what appeared to be a jab at Rubio, a first-term senator. In SC, Rubio’s still running a very distant third, even further back than he was in Iowa. He described them as talented speakers, but not leaders.

“This isn’t the most controlled candidate we’ve seen in this race at all”. “Sen. Rubio knows it. I know it. That’s why he is engaged with me and why I am engaged with him”.

He described Rubio as a “nice guy” but then questioned the media’s narrative out of Iowa. And now there are charges, baseless or not, that Rubio, operating in cahoots with Microsoft, a key corporate ally, may have rigged the precinct reporting to inflate the candidate’s delegate totals.

“The headlines were ‘Trump comes in second”.

Most still expect to see a Sanders victory on Tuesday, with 24% thinking Clinton will come out on top.

The debate will begin at 8 p.m.

Fergus Cullen is a former chairman of the New Hampshire State Republican Party and the author of Granite Steps, a book about the New Hampshire primary.

But his tone quickly changed.

One of those rivals, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, continued his attacks on both Rubio and Trump, with help from his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush.

Christie has been insulting his qualifications.

Rubio has mastered another technique successfully employed by Obama, says The Atlantic‘s Peter Beinart. So what was the great shock?

“Rick just signed on to our campaign”, Rubio said.

Before he can again turn his sights on Trump, Cruz needs to halt Rubio’s upward trajectory. Come on. It’s silly….

Poor outcomes in the Iowa caucuses already have ended the bids of three GOP candidates – former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Sen.

“I got asked this morning by someone, how do I feel about Iowa and I said, well heck, I did exactly what I thought I would do”, Christie told said in Bedford New Hampshire Tuesday morning.

Florida is the only state that has two Republican presidential candidates.

That said, candidates like Bush could be in the fight for a long time. He’s also accused Rubio of being too uncompromisingly anti-abortion for a less-religious state like New Hampshire, where the race has shifted. He is riding high after Iowa. Clinton is scared of him, he told a Manchester crowd Thursday.

Rubio delivered the same stump speech he’s been sticking to for months.

The Democrats, meanwhile, were still locked in a bitter dispute over who was the better advocate for the party’s liberal agenda. He may not win, but it would be enough to chase the other establishment favorite wannabes. “And they didn’t want me to run for Senate five years ago”.

It’s a tactic that allows him to seem above the infighting and focus on a general election strategy, even though he still has an uphill climb to capture the GOP nomination. Asked for an update Thursday, Andersen responded: “We’re going to take a pass on this right now”. “I’ll try to get him to call you, but it may be hard”, his spokeswoman, Gretchen Andersen, said Wednesday. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.

Rubio is trying to stay on message.

“I understand it’s a hard issue”, Rubio told reporters Thursday.

But whether Rubio can remain aloof and ignore the critics through primary day on Tuesday isn’t clear.

Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina is lashing out over a decision to exclude her from Saturday’s ABC GOP debate. Her prospects are much stronger in primaries and caucuses after New Hampshire, as the race moves on to states with more diverse electorates that are to her advantage.