Posted on 02/10/2016 6:14:21 AM PST by jimbo123
Donald Trump stormed back into the national spotlight by winning the New Hampshire primary Tuesday and Democrat Bernie Sanders avenged his narrow Iowa loss to Hillary Clinton.
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"You've all reset the race," Bush declared to his well-organized supporters. "This campaign is not dead. We're going to South Carolina." As he began to speak in Manchester, television networks switched to Trump's victory address, denying Bush his moment.
Still, Bush earned new life and scored a psychological victory over Florida rival Marco Rubio, who finished fifth, his claim of momentum stunted after a poor debate performance Saturday in which he robotically repeated the same talking points, looking unsettled amid a brutal attack from Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
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Our so called American/Mexican son of a President who upon graduation from a wealthy boys Prep school in New England goes to Mexico to become a wetback.
While Cruz had no victory (like Iowa) over Trump, he embarrassed the GOPe/RINO tag team duo of Feb & Rubio.
And yes that is a victory all true conservatives (even Trump supporters) should be very pleased with.
“Strong night”.... he has been polling at or near 11 pct in NH since late NOV, and finished with... 11 pct. Strong how? He is in fifth place in delegates (17-10-7-4-3) after two states. Strong how? He had more money at the outset, and was the putative favorite for most of the summer, and cannot seem to top fourth place in his best states. Strong how? The Florida Southern College poll taken 2 days ago has him in FIFTH at four pct IN HIS HOME STATE. Strong HOW???
Is this the onion?
Linda Graham just predicted Jebbie would either win SC or finish a strong second behind Trump, then go to Florida where Trump is “toast”. He said he’ll be beside Jebbie’s side the whole way to offer his advice on how to do things.
Apparently Linda can’t read polls where it shows RUBIO beating Jebbie and Trump stomping them both.
OK, that’s a good one. I am stealing it for my own use.
Yeah, "sadly" Trump was too.
Results so far - Trump 17, Cruz 10.
Only 253 more to go for the nomination!.
Jeb’s placement in fourth in New Hampshire cost his donors 36 million dollars. He’s spent 10 million in SC already (so has Rubio), and I don’t see how that is going to place either of them close to the top.
Good news there
Even as Trump trumps the opposition with 35% of the vote, 65% did not vote for him.
Jeb got two or three delegates in NH.
LOL. No SHE can’t read. You are a mess. LOL
NO, no, no, we need Jebbie to stay in so he can split the Rubio vote in FL then they both can go home.
And 88% did not vote for Cruz.
Actually, these are delegates, not Congressional districts. The winner needs 1237, not 270. Texas alone has 155 up for grabs in 2 weeks, with Cruz up by a Trump-esque 16 points there.
After spending $2800 per vote in Iowa, Jeb Bush and his super PAC, Right to Rise, have continued the spree by paying about $1200 per vote in New Hampshire. ...The next-highest spenders were New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who spent $852 per vote and came in sixth place, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who spent $508 per vote and came in just behind Bush in fifth place.
Frontrunner Donald Trump is once again one of the more frugal spenders of the race when it comes to ad buys, spending $40 per vote.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) underspent everyone in the race with just $18 per vote.
Shouldn't we just say "good night Jeb" and let Jeb and his campaign crew retire to Florida to siesta?
The real interesting outcome from last night was not Trump and Katich's performance - those wins were expected - but how well Cruz did where the evangelical vote is a non-factor.
No Republican has become the nominee in the last 40 years without winning either Iowa or New Hampshire.
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