He has no active opposition, no figure on his side of the aisle contesting him for leadership of the Republican party and the conservative movement.
Spraggan, a fellow contestant of Arthur's in the 2012 ITV talent contest, criticised him for the controversial lyric and tweeted a screenshot of an offensive text message he allegedly sent her.
The closeness of the contest haunted him for years.
Bryan biographer Paulo E. Coletta wrote, "during this year [July 1894 June 1895] of calamities, disintegration and revolution, each crisis aided Bryan because it caused division within his party and permitted him to contest for its mastery as it slipped from Cleveland's fingers".
Cruz is currently sailing over the 50% threshold, (70.2% with 33.3% of precincts reporting,) and that means Utah effectively becomes a winner-take-all contest for him.
That maneuver all but guaranteed him a hearty welcome, and was the latest evidence of the attention he is paying to winning support from Hispanics in what is shaping up as a potentially difficult contest for him next year.
Alan King celebrated his 1,000th winner over jumps on Tuesday at Southwell but in a sad postscript to the Hennessy revealed that Invictus, who was well fancied to win the Newbury contest for him having returned to the track after a near two-year absence, suffered a serious injury during the event and appears to have run his final race.
A campaign is just another 'American Idol' contest for him.
But, soon afterward, Ortiz tested positive for nandrolone, an anabolic steroid; the Nevada State Athletic Commission changed his victory to "no contest" and suspended him for eight months.
While I disagree with Judge Sauls on the standards applicable to this election contest, I commend him for the way that he conducted the proceedings below under extreme time constraints and pressure.
