The battle for the Republican nomination appeared more splintered than ever between two halves of a bitterly divided party as several candidates scrambled Friday to consolidate the support of more moderate conservatives a day after a raucous debate. With Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz finally now engaged in an open feud for the most disillusioned voters, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, were battling to win over a group of more traditional Republicans who are showing little sign of coalescing around any single candidate. This fracture was most vividly apparent in New Hampshire, where both Mr. Bush and Mr. Rubio campaigned on Friday, and polls show that no one is emerging as the obvious alternative to Mr. Trump or Mr. Cruz, two candidates that many Republicans fear would doom their party in the general election. Read more http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/u...sify-attacks-after-a-pitched-debate.html?_r=0
