I am happy with it.
That needs repeating....
By being against the ethanol mandate and winning, Cruz can now use his position in all other states. On the other hand, pro-ethanol candidates could’nt win with that position, and now can’t switch when campaigning in non-cornbelt states.
I liked Cruz pretty well until he or his group indicated that Carson would be out and they shouldn’t waste their vote. That’s lying and cheating and I have no respect for him if he was involved in that. He was supposed to be a principled Christian choice.
The revival tent show is popular in Iowa too.
Good summation.
Well said. Great analysis and obviously well thought out. This election, I will not vote out of fear or manipulation by the mainstream media and establishment. I will vote for him I think will make the best president ever and let God sort it out.
Cruz won Iowa with organization, discipline, dedication, hard work and a consistent message of conservatism. In short, he managed his campaign to win.
In addition to all of the other qualities, one would want a President that can manage his affairs and his campaign. That characteristic would argue well for managing the country through what will be a difficult transition back to something like normalcy, instead of the charade we have all lived through the past 7 years.
Don't count Cruz out, no matter what gets thrown at him. He has been planning this for a long time.
The fact that Ted took on the Iowa political third rail - AND WON - should show some people that he’s the real deal.
McCain was openly against ethanol subsidies (I know you said mandate, but close enough IMO) in 2000. But then, he didn’t win IA.
Conservatives are in the proverbial cat-bird seat if the election cycle is not corrupted by the Ruling class by the time the nomination takes place.
That said, I disagree with your No. 2 that Trump sat out the debate out of fear.
While I am not a Trumpian, and am more in Cruz’ corner, given the fact that Fox had lined up a radical Muslim and other assorted morons to slander and smear Trump directly. I would have done the same thing and said the hell with their debate, because it was not a debate - but a cage match intended by the media to pick their winner.
Cruz’s win shows us that polls are not accurate. More people came out to caucus in Iowa than in the last two elections. That speaks volumes. The republic is fed up with the GOP-e and Hillary and her lies and treason. Sanders was virtually tied with Hillary. Carson will soon drop out. While he seems like a nice person, he is not aggressive and does not always clearly articulate his positions. His supporters then flock to Cruz. Bush will drop out soon too and his supporters will go to Rubio. Cruz and Trump need to go on the offensive to expose Rubio for the establishment, open-borders, big government RINO that he has turned into. It’s a shame because he won Florida as a Tea Party candidate and he speaks well, however, he allowed himself to get bought by the GOP-e (McConnell and Boehner.)
A Trump/Cruz ticket would ensure a win against Hillary. Trump would capture the angry American vote, the Evangelicals, the south, many blacks, the Reagan democrats, basically most voters except the hard-core leftists and the illegals.
Works for me.
My thoughts.....no surprises except the lambasting that the establishment candidates took sans semi-establishment Rubio.
Trump did great given no ground game, Cruz should have won the 60% religious vote, Rubio is seen as the safe bet who is not a Bush, Kasich, or Christie.
3 tickets issued and unless someone else surprise in NH it’s just 3 candidates for the rest of the primaries.
Iowa Caucus’ seem to have no real meaning or effect on moving up to the general election. The Iowa winner is snakebite after taking the lead there............
Rick Santorum, Gov. Huckabee, and now (?) Ted Cruz.
Real elections will follow in rapid succession in the following weeks. We’ll see if the pattern holds......