Post by Logan on Feb 19, 2016 0:58:27 GMT -6
In S.C., the GOP contest looks more and more like a three-man race
EASLEY, S.C. — After more than a week of fevered campaigning, Republicans in South Carolina are on the verge of answering two of the main questions hovering over the GOP presidential race: Will Donald Trump cement his place as the party’s undisputed front-runner, and will two Cuban American freshman senators emerge as his chief challengers?
The race has resembled a three-man contest more than ever during the final push before voters head to the polls here Saturday. Trump is heavily favored to win, and Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida are furiously vying for second place.
Behind them are Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Florida governor Jeb Bush and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson — all of whom face increasingly difficult roads ahead if they don’t find a way to get into the top tier.
Trump, Cruz and Rubio have directed most of their fire at each other this week, trading the kind of petty insults and underhanded tactics that have come to define South Carolina’s primary. With each day, the sniping has escalated.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-sc-the-gop-contest-looks-more-and-more-like-a-three-man-race/2016/02/18/8ae338ae-d660-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html
EASLEY, S.C. — After more than a week of fevered campaigning, Republicans in South Carolina are on the verge of answering two of the main questions hovering over the GOP presidential race: Will Donald Trump cement his place as the party’s undisputed front-runner, and will two Cuban American freshman senators emerge as his chief challengers?
The race has resembled a three-man contest more than ever during the final push before voters head to the polls here Saturday. Trump is heavily favored to win, and Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida are furiously vying for second place.
Behind them are Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Florida governor Jeb Bush and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson — all of whom face increasingly difficult roads ahead if they don’t find a way to get into the top tier.
Trump, Cruz and Rubio have directed most of their fire at each other this week, trading the kind of petty insults and underhanded tactics that have come to define South Carolina’s primary. With each day, the sniping has escalated.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-sc-the-gop-contest-looks-more-and-more-like-a-three-man-race/2016/02/18/8ae338ae-d660-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html