A Multifront Republican Battle in South Carolina
Mr. Bush injected his stump speech with a new shot of urgency after Mr. Trump’s victory, warning South Carolinians that the Republican Party’s identity was at stake. “Our party is being hijacked by people who do not believe in the goodness of the conservative cause,” Mr. Bush said. “I do. I believe it.”
.. “I don’t think you can keep saying, ‘Trust me, I got a plan for it,’ ” Mr. Rubio said. “I think as we get closer, especially now that he’s been successful in New Hampshire, I would expect people will be pressing for more details.”
.. The Florida senator is trying to position himself as something of a hybrid candidate, acceptable to the establishment and to the hard right
.. South Carolina does not register voters by political party, so any voter can cast a ballot in either the Democratic or the Republican primary, though not in both.