Chris Christie Invokes Bill Clinton in 'Wide Open' GOP Race

Feb 14, 2016, 18:10

Voters in New Hampshire who are registered as undeclared, or without any party affiliation, can choose whether to participate in the Democratic or Republican primary. The GOP frontrunner is Donald Trump with a 32 percent average.

The Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders swerved in a new direction after a pair of prominent Clinton supporters criticized female voters who support Sanders despite the prospect of electing the first female president.

Trump, the billionaire businessman, launched the harshest attacks - not just against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who had bested him in Iowa, but against Jeb Bush as well.

Among the Republicans, Trump headed the field with 31%, topping Florida Sen.

Christie said his final pitch to voters is very much rooted in the debate.

Christie, Bush and Kasich are hoping that Rubio's rough night halts momentum he built up coming third in Iowa.

Vying for votes in Nashua, Bush described his opponent variably as a loser, a liar, a whiner and the worst choice for president.

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"When you repeat something over and over again, that's basically a canned phrase and it validates a belief you're not ready to be president", Bush told CNN's Dana Bash Monday. His campaign Sunday added three events for Monday, in addition to an already-scheduled rally in Manchester.

Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler responded via email, saying, "Let's not forget who whipped who in Iowa". Referring to Rubio's more extreme position, Christie said in an MSNBC interview, "I think that's the kind of position that New Hampshire voters would be really concerned about".

Since the debate, Rubio has only doubled down on his original talking point.

A strong performance in New Hampshire was critical for Kasich, who all but skipped Iowa's caucuses to grind out town hall after town hall in New Hampshire. Absolutely. But when it comes to the - what he's trying to do to America, it's part of a plan.

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At seemingly every turn, Christie zeroed in on Rubio, pelting him with zingers about his inexperience and record in Washington.

Bush's campaign debuted a new ad questioning Kasich's conservative credentials, while an outside group backing Rubio ran an ad assailing Bush. Both however were within the margin of error with Rubio and Bush besting Clinton by the same 45 percent to 43 percent margin.

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Christie, the New Jersey governor, who needs a breakthrough in New Hampshire to keep his flagging hopes alive, seemed to have drawn blood in a big way. He wants America to become more like the rest of the world. "It is just going to take a little longer, but we are going to get there".

As polls closed, her campaign manager Robby Mook blasted out a memo touting Clinton's strength with Hispanics and black voters and arguing that a Democrat can not win the presidency without support from those constituencies. Sanders, a Vermont senator, is well known to voters in neighbouring New Hampshire.

Behind Clinton's upbeat demeanor, however, are growing concerns within her campaign about her standing with young people, who are flocking to Sanders.

He is barely registering in recent preference polls, but the New Jersey governor was the toughest candidate on the debate stage Saturday night.

The former first lady insisted it was all overblown.

"It was tiresome. I've heard it before", said Katherine Bringhurst, a 66-year-old retired office manager.

Consultants are notorious for getting into a candidate's head and forcing them to memorize talking points, but that strategy has backfired for Rubio and he appears to be a man that is unable to speak for himself. Hoping to avoid any last-minute misstep, he stuck to core campaign themes as he addressed cheering supporters in Nashua.

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In the Democratic race, Sanders tops Clinton 61% to 35%, an uptick for Sanders since the last update to the tracking poll, while Clinton holds steady.