Trump fielded the questions after pundits like conservative Rush Limbaugh noted that the Republican candidate stood stiffly next to Palin as the 2008 vice presidential nominee lavished praise on him throughout her 20-minute speech. He then played a video of Savage giving an over-the-top interview with footage of Trump transposed beside him.
Calling Bush “a lost soul”, Trump mocked the lavish spending by his campaign and the political committees supporting him – pointing to Bush’s stubborn position in the low single digits in the polls. An astonishing 30% of Republicans say they will definitely not vote for Trump “under any circumstances” compared with just 4% for Cruz and Rubio. We’re all tough people. “Jeb is down the toilet”, he said, “and Ted is starting to go down”.
Meanwhile, what about the “GOP establishment”?
The whole thing with her son is a mess.
” ‘Early on, many of my friends and associates, who have supported establishment candidates in the past, spoke of Trump as “a joke”, ‘ Bazyk said”.
Palin’s endorsement of Trump is seen as a knock against Cruz, who has been on the rise in Iowa for several weeks. “100%”, he said on stage at the Venetian Theatre. He told the crowd he shared their passion, but did not get “outdoors” as often as he would like because he works so much.
“There was tremendous press and I think it’s something that’s very important to discuss not even for her son, but for so many other sons and daughters that are coming back from the Middle East where they have, you know, traumatic problems, they have tremendous problems and I told her”, he explained.
He also spoke warmly of Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, and Florida senator Marco Rubio. I was very happy. Orrin Hatch told CNN’s Manu Raju.
If it comes down to a binary choice between these two men (and that’s still a big if), people who care about conservatism should cast aside personal feelings and past slights-and support Ted Cruz over Donald Trump.
Sen. Lindsey Graham did not mince words Thursday about choosing between Donald Trump or Sen.
“The Washington cartel, the Washington elites despise me – I will plead guilty to that”, Cruz said today. That, in turn, came a week after Sen. Believe me, don’t worry. “What does it really matter?”