Republican Debate Spotlight Intensifies as Iowa Caucuses Near
January 14, 2016
Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C., will be the sixth of the primary campaign, but only the next to last before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. And as Newt Gingrich can attest, face-offs held in the final weeks and days before the nominating contests tend to matter more. And the attacks tend to get rougher.
Here are some likely clashes to watch for in the debate, to be shown on Fox Business Network.
Trump vs. Cruz
Donald J. Trump, through a series of news media appearances, has slowly but ingeniously generated and encouraged questions about Senator Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be president of the United States.
Mr. Cruz, the Texas senator, was born in Canada to a Cuban father but to an American mother, which legal experts say clears any constitutional hurdle. But a number of new polls indicate that the attacks might be taking a toll on Mr. Cruz, who narrowly leads Mr. Trump in Iowa.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/us/politics/republican-debate.html?_r=0