Donald trump is on top with 36 , followed by ted cruz with 70 . Marco rubio got a huge endorsement from governor nikki haley. He comes in third with 15 . Jenna bush at 13 . John kasich and ben carson both in the single digits. No breaking news, but this is the context before South Carolina republicans vote. In the center ring in this battle royal is donald trump and ted cruz. For days, trump has been calling curz a liar and threatening to file a lawsuit over his eligibility to run for president. That o, canada thing. He spoke to reporters in seneca, South Carolina and offered his strongest counter blow yet. Sen. Cruz i understand if a cousin has a record if a candidate has a record like canld trump, that anyone point to his record. If he files the lawsuit that he threatens in this letter, that will be frivolous and it will result in both donald trump and any lawyer that signs his name for filing frivolous litigation. Donald happily sat on national tv repeating things that are simply ma
The candidates exited stage right in milwaukee. How do they do . Superduper well. Youve had three strong debates. You think this was your best . I thought it was great. I thought it was a terrific debate. Donald trump people are saying i won the debate. If you are dizzy that may be because of all the postdebate spin. In your official record of the you scored everyone atween the din a beaker dand a d . Mark we now have a big four. Trump and carson are the front runners numerically. Rubio have dominated and havetwo debates increasingly clear paths to the nomination on the calendar. For hisutside that big going to have to fight their way in. John i totally agree with that. The question was, what apple carts might get upset . None of the clashes materialized. Foxbusiness folks who conducted the debate didnt let it happen. Managed to skate through this thing last night. I thought of these problems might keep going. More last night, i am convinced that they may just fade away. Mark i thought
Challenging her progressive credentials more forcefully than he ever has in this campaign. On the republican side, over the last 24 hours the explosion has going after ted cruz, sarah palin, marco rubio, and donald trump have ganged up allegations that his campaign use deceitful tactics leading up to the Iowa Caucuses. On Donald Trumps twitter account, he charged that ted cruz illegally stole iowa. Trump later deleted that tweed would put out a similar one without using the word illegally. Ted cruz struck back. Ruz i think they are very funny. I wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing donald trump has tweeted because hes losing it. We need a commander in chief, in chief. Terer we need someone with judgment and the temperament to keep this country safe. I dont know anyone who would be comfortable with someone who behaves this way having his finger on the button. What is the likely fallout of this backandforth . Looks like ted cruz yesterday enjoyed a day in which without much in
He ever has in this campaign. We will get to that later. On the republican side, over the last 24 hours the explosion has involved people going after ted cruz, sarah palin, ben carson, marco rubio, and donald trump have ganged up on cruz over allegations that his campaign used deceitful tactics leading up to the Iowa Caucuses. Not surprisingly, some of the harshest rhetoric came from Donald Trumps twitter account, where he charged, quote, ted cruz did not win iowa, he illegally stole it. He later deleted that tweet, but put out a similar one without using the word illegally. Ted cruz struck back. Senator cruz i think they are very funny. I wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing donald trump has tweeted, because hes losing it. We need a commander in chief, not a twitterer in chief. We need someone with judgment and the temperament to keep this country safe. I dont know anyone who would be comfortable with someone who behaves this way having his finger on the button. Likelyohn,
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Welcome, tonight a look at the midterm elections and what comes after. Im joined by analysts for a conversation about the future of the country. Inside the Republican Party and its look at the future. We go live to Mark Halperin with Bloomberg Politics. The polls in alaska will close at 1 00 eastern time and we will bring you that then. We are being watched around the country not just on bloomberg television, bloombergpolitics. Com, but we welcome viewers from pbs. Polls have now closed in 49 states, everywhere but alaska. A new result, one of the biggest contests with scott walker, he is the apparent winner. Republicans win the big governors races of the night in wisconsin, with scott walker and in florida with rick scott. That is major news, for chris christie, the governor of new jersey. Those races would have given democrats a huge consolation prize. Instead he manages to hold those. Lots of other governors races, where there