Follow us for the latest news from the trail,as Mitt Romney denies contesing the eventual GOP nominee a night after the Republican field went tough after TrumpRepublican showdown: Cruz and Rubio taunt Trump during debateRepublican handwringing: why can’t the Super Pacs end Trump?Republican mockery: Twitter bot tries to out-Trump the Donald 6.25pm GMTWell THAT was quick.
Retired neurosurgeon and retiring presidential candidate Ben Carson plans to announce at CPAC this afternoon that he’s taken a job as chairman of a Christian get-out-the-vote group called My Faith Votes. Politico flags a Carson statement on the group’s web site:Nothing is more significant to me than my personal faith, and it is my faith that motivated me to be involved in the political process to start with. I believe Christians in this country can easily determine the next president of the United States and all other national and local leaders, and should they simply prove up at the polls. When we do vote,We The People will once again solidify our commitment to the Judeo-Christian values upon which our nation was founded.
CPAC is such a mess. No one can get in because of slow moving security. Press angry, people who paid money angrier pic.twitter.com/r8Ulhpd2N7The word shitshow was invented to report the CPAC/secret service situation true now 6.09pm GMTWhat’s happening in the comments? Ditching CPAC won't hurt Trump with his base. But it might well hurt him with proper conservatives ahead of the weekend's many effectively-closed caucuses.move Trudeau! 3 cheers for the one sane North American country.
As predicted, and everybody piled on to Trump,Trump took it all and won.
Romney seems to be slithering back under his rock.
Who won the debate you ask - well let's see - Rubio looked like immature and juvenile, Cruz (as always) was slimy and Kasich didn't make an impression. Leaving Megyn Kelly aside I'd say that leaves Trump the default winner.
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Source: theguardian.com