Marco Rubio begins push in New Hampshire
By David Millward, Exeter, New Hampshire

Bolstered by strong showing in Iowa, Marco Rubio wants to convince conservative voters he has the right stuff

EXETER: -- Emboldened by a strong showing in Iowa, a confident Marco Rubio began his whistle stop tour of New Hampshire promising to win the White House.

“If I am the nominee, I am going to beat Hillary Clinton and it will not be on the flip of a coin,” he said.

“If I am the nominee, I will unite this party and grow the conservative movement.”

Mr Rubio was speaking in Exeter, a picturesque town in southern New Hampshire which houses one of America’s most prestigious preparatory schools and an original copy of the American declaration of Independence.

Full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/republicans/12137398/Marco-Rubio-begins-push-in-New-Hampshire.html

-- The Telegraph 2016-02-03

Presidential race moves to New Hampshire



EXETER: -- After a scare in Iowa where she scraped the narrowest of wins, Hillary Clinton has moved on to New Hampshire along with the other wanna-be presidential nominees.

But the battle for the Democrat ticket has never been tighter and if the former secretary of state was hoping for some winning momentum she may be disappointed.

Her rival Bernie Sanders is claiming to have “astounded the world” by coming from nowhere and forcing Clinton into an almost dead heat . He is also thought to have a home advantage for the February 9 vote, him being senator of the neighbouring state of Vermont.

Republican Ted Cruz may have prevailed in Iowa despite the polls favouring Donald Trump but New Hampshire is quite a different challenge with a more moderate and less religious electorate than the evangelical Cruz would like.

He will also have a confident Marco Rubio chasing him who after his third place surge in Iowa is viewed as a unifying candidate for the Republicans.

And the man who got the voters turning out in their droves on Monday Donald Trump is definitely putting his shock second place behind him.

He says this time he’s putting in the money and effort into in New Hampshire.

Next Tuesday’s results determine how the state’s delegates will be allocated, which ultimately determines who will become their party’s nominee.

Iowa results

Republican Party front runners

Ted Cruz – 27.6% – 8 delegates
Donald Trump – 24.3% – 7 delegates
Marco Rubio – 23.1% – 7 delegates

Democratic Party front runners
Hillary Clinton – 49.8% – 22 delegates
Bernie Sanders – 49.6% – 21 delegates


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