John Kasich steps up his attacks on Donald Trump

"He is essentially doing what Marco Rubio should have done last month when the conditions were favorable towards him". You're trying to think: "'How do I run?' Well, you can't run on the economy because we have the lowest percentage of Americans working any year since 1977", the 44-year-old candidate analyzed. And now, he is calling Rubio a proponent of "military advernturism" that, he says, has helped Muslim groups. His approach: Less speak softly, and more speak provocatively.

"When others attack me I don't respond in kind", Cruz said.

One reason for the surge in endorsements for Rubio - including nods from Sens.

It may be true that that Cruz has never met anyone who wants to ban condoms.

Since seeking the Republican nomination, Cruz has said that one of his first orders of business, once elected, would be to open a Department of Justice investigation into Planned Parenthood and bring criminal charges against the non-profit, which provides birth control. After all, at a 2013 Values Voter Summit, he repeatedly referred to Plan B as abortion-inducing, saying the Obama administration was telling "the Little Sisters of the Poor that they must provide abortifacients or pay millions of dollars in government fines". The 11th Commandment apparently protects Trump from Cruz's fire, but Rubio is subject to the very "Republican-on-Republican violence" the Texas Senator claims to deplore. Ted Cruz, R-TX, said of the real estate developer.

Cruz has run a savvy campaign so far. For Cruz, it's Rubio's support for "amnesty".

Businessman Donald John Trump, former Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, governors John Richard Kasich and Christopher James "Chris" Christie, and now Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, Susan Collins of ME and Dean Heller of Nevada.

Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said the senator "is very proud of his work to promote", the USA Freedom Act, "which keeps Americans safe and maintains their constitutional right to privacy". "That is just part of the record, it is nothing personal".

Cruz went on to attack Clinton as supporting "abortion on demand in all circumstances up until the moment of birth".

"I think none of that makes any sense".

Trump said his support for security measures predates the ISIS attacks on Paris.

Kasich on Monday continued his criticism of Trump's comments on the campaign trail. He's been cruising along in the Good Ship Donald's wake, letting Trump take the heavy artillery for his over-the-top rhetoric but essentially matching him on general philosophy and key positions.

Hagle, of the University of Iowa, said he doesn't want to write off Trump since it's been done so many times already.