Post wins,Trump, Cruz seek one-on-one fight

“I would love to take on Ted (Cruz) one-o-one. I will win Ted one-o-one,” Trump told reporters at a news conference in Palm Beach in Florida. “Marco has to get out of the race,” he said. “I would love to take on Ted (Cruz) one-o-one. 

I will win Ted one-o-one,” Trump told reporters at a news conference in Palm Beach in Florida. “Marco has to get out of the race,” he said.

Republican Ted Cruz posted two crucial wins over front-runner Donald Trump who also triumphed  in two states in Saturday’s multi-state vote while in the Democratic camp Bernie Sanders clawed his way back into the presidential contest with two victories over Hillary Clinton. 

Clinton was jolted by Sanders in Kansas and Nebraska but the former secretary of state bounced back to easily win Louisiana, seen as the weekend’s big prize. Cruz scored decisive wins in the Kansas and Maine caucuses, demonstrating his enduring appeal among conservatives as he tried to reel Trump’s significant lead in the Republican presidential race. 

Trump, 69, contained Cruz’s advances by winning in Louisiana and Kentucky. But the Texas Senator’s wins were sure to energise the anti-Trump forces who are desperately trying to stop Trump’s march to the nomination, and they left little doubt that Cruz, who has now captured six states, is their best hope. 

However, with today’s result Trump and Clinton consolidated their lead in the race to the White House even as their rivals gave them a tough time by winning some key states in the multi-state ‘Super Saturday’ primaries. Trump registered an impressive win in Louisiana, and had a narrow win in Kentucky over Cruz. 68-year-old Clinton had a landslide win in Louisiana. 

But she lost to her Democrat rival Sanders in Kansas and Nebraska. Marco Rubio performed very poorly in all the four primary states following which Trump asked him to drop out of the race. 

Meanwhile, Cruz asserted that he is the only one who can defeat Trump and urged other candidates to drop out of the race.