Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, spars with Republican presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right as Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson listen at the Saturday debate in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News at the St. Anselm College Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/David Goldman) COLUMBIA, S.C. – Jeb Bush says he was better at real estate than Donald Trump, and the former Florida governor is even embracing the “establishment” label.
Marco Rubio is unloading on nearly all of his presidential rivals, Trump and Bush included, declaring them unprepared for the national security responsibilities of the job.
Ted Cruz says Trump isn’t conservative enough for South Carolina. John Kasich’s throwing a few elbows amid his nice-guy pitch.
And Trump, who leads them all in the polls, is on his way to Louisiana, which doesn’t even vote until March 5 – two weeks after South Carolina, known for rough-and-tumble Republican primaries, takes its shot at bringing order to this scrambled Republican race for the White House.
The Democratic presidential contest had its moment Thursday, too. As Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were preparing for their evening debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Clinton got the endorsement of the Congressional Black Caucus political action committee, part of the two rivals’ continued drive for minority voters ahead of the Nevada caucus and a slate of Southern primaries that will give non-whites their first major say in the nominating contest.