Posted on 12/29/2014 4:01:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Early presidential polls are not predictive of much, but they do reflect current sentiment. In that regard, the latest CNN/ORC poll should cause the punditocracy to rethink its take on the Republican race.
For starters, at 6 percent and 4 percent respectively, Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) are not front-runners, nor arguably even top-tier contenders. The media infatuation with Paul reflects, one suspects, their enchantment with his systemic criticism of the police and fondness for anti-interventionism. Neither is in keeping with dominant GOP opinion, so it should not be all that surprising that he has sunk in the polls. His recent Twitter attacks on Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) suggest, more than anything else, a degree of desperation on Paul’s part. He is on the cusp of irrelevancy. There is a real question, if he remains in single digits, whether he risks a presidential run that may impair his Senate reelection and confirm that he’s about as well regarded as his father.
For Cruz, the question becomes whether he continues on his firebrand path or if he wants to become a more serious and trusted Republican leader. Right now he is neither.
Jeb Bush’s announcement that he would seriously explore a presidential run boosted his support to 23 percent from 14 percent in one month. This could very well be a temporary boomlet, but it will put pressure on other, similarly situated middle-of-the-road Republicans to get into the race sooner rather than later, lest Bush build momentum and a war chest. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got a bump of 4 points to bring him to 13 percent....
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It’s the WaPo.
I’ll start taking political advice from them right after I start taking ‘religious” advice from Muzzies.
LOL.
Perfect!
I need opinion from The Washington Post like I need another hole in my butt
Jeez, phony conservatives such as Rubin tell you who they fear as much at the ‘RATS, RINOs and mainstream media do. And THEY FEAR TED CRUZ MIGHTILY.
TED CRUZ 2016
and why would anyone outside the office of Mitch McConnell take her scribbles seriously?
It is obvious who the Marxists fear.
Pray America is waking
If Cruz should win the nomination there will be hell to pay as the traitorous liberals of the Republican party will do more to try and defeat him than their out of the closet liberals in the democrat party.
I stand with Ted
“If Cruz should win the nomination there will be hell to pay as the traitorous liberals of the Republican party will do more to try and defeat him than their out of the closet liberals in the democrat party.”
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That may be true for some of them but they would be no more successful than their 1980 counterparts were in trying to defeat Ronald Reagan.
How did Jennifer Rubin, neocon media mouthpiece and globalist become a spokesperson for conservatives? She doesn’t know the meaning of national sovereignty and a government that serves the people and the Constitution instead of vested interests.
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