21 January 2016, The Tablet

Less rigid evangelicals trumpet leading Republican candidate as caucus season approaches


 
All eyes in America are on the Iowa caucuses, which next month begin the formal process that will pick the Republican presidential contender in July. Already the contest has confounded the pundits, throwing up the real possibility that Donald Trump might just get the nomination In a televised debate with many quotable moments, it was the exchange that ricocheted through mainstream and social media alike. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was asked during the encounter, on Thursday of last week, what he had meant when he complained that Donald Trump “embodies New York values” – an allegation Cruz probably thought would resonate with Republicans in the Iowa caucuses next month, the first formal stage towards the nomination of the Republican candidate for November’s US presi
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Comment by: Francis
Posted: 26/01/2016 17:49:57
Hear, hear to last comment!
Comment by: Bernard
Posted: 23/01/2016 16:30:29
If Donald Trump makes it to the White House it won't be: 'God bless America'. but 'God help America!'