Businesswoman Carly Fiorina ended her campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination today, following her seventh-place finish in yesterday’s New Hampshire primary. Politico reports:
Carly Fiorina quits 2016 race
Business executive Carly Fiorina dropped out of the 2016 contest on Wednesday, ending a campaign that failed to enlist enough support despite Republican voters’ clear preference for a Washington outsider this cycle….
It’s an end to a campaign that scored a brief moment in the Republican spotlight, courtesy of an insult from Donald Trump ... Read More >>
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are all guaranteed an invitation to the debate because they finished in the top three in the Iowa caucuses.
For the other candidates, it will require finishing in the top five in Tuesday night’s New Hampshire primary, or in the top five in an average of national and South Carolina polls. Those polls must be approved by CBS News and released before noon on Feb. 12.
Read More >>It should go without saying that all nine candidates still in contention for the Republican presidential nomination would love to come in first place in today’s New Hampshire primary, but it seems likely that businessman Donald Trump has that position locked down – recent polling shows him with a significant lead over his rivals, and his lead in the RealClearPolitics.com average of polls is 17 points.
So the real contest would seem to be for second place, although there is also ... Read More >>
With most political eyes this weekend set on New Hampshire, where campaigns are already in full get out the vote (GOTV) mode, most observers are focusing on terms like “ground game,” “air war” and “youth vote.”
Read More >>The debate lineup is set, the podium alignment announced, and Carly Fiorina is still not added to the debate stage.
ABC News made the Republican primary in New Hampshire a single-debate show in a news release on Thursday, and Mrs. Fiorina, who did not meet ABC’s polling requirements, was not added.
Read More >>Sens. Ted Cruz, Texas, and Marco Rubio, Fla., are the only two GOP presidential candidates to see any uptick in support following the Iowa caucuses, according to Morning Consult’s latest national survey of Republican voters.
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