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Radio Host Hugh Hewitt Calls Ted Cruz The Republican Frontrunner For 2016
The Huffington Post's Media ^ | June 23, 2015 | Rahel Gebreyes

Posted on 06/23/2015 7:48:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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With more and more Republican candidates jumping into the 2016 race, radio host Hugh Hewitt has a surprising take on the state of the GOP landscape, telling HuffPost Live on Friday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is leading the pack due to a favorable election calendar and his social media prowess.

"Right now he’s actually ... the frontrunner," Hewitt told host Josh Zepps. "Right now, I think he’s actually prepared better to run the board than anybody else. I know conventional wisdom says Jeb’s got the money and Marco Rubio is lighting up the crowds, and he does. But if you look at the social media engagement, if no other measure, Ted Cruz has got the deepest level of social media engagement.”(continued)

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TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: bush; hughhewitt; rubio; socialmedia; tedcruz
What say you?
1 posted on 06/23/2015 7:48:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; MountainDad; ...
    Ted Cruz Ping!

    If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
    Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

    CRUZ or LOSE!

2 posted on 06/23/2015 7:51:29 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Hugh says he’s the frontrunner you can bet Cruz is toast!


3 posted on 06/23/2015 7:54:31 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Hugin
If Hugh says he’s the frontrunner you can bet Cruz is toast!

Or maybe, just maybe, the opposite is true. He is winning over the hearts and minds of people across the REASONABLE political spectrum, the same way that Ronald Reagan did.
4 posted on 06/23/2015 8:00:25 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Hugin

There were liberals and moderates who predicted the Reagan presidency. Are you not old enough to remember that?


5 posted on 06/23/2015 8:01:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That was more a joke about Hugh’s prognosticating abilities than anything about Cruz.


6 posted on 06/23/2015 8:04:04 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Hugin; 2ndDivisionVet
That was more a joke about Hugh’s prognosticating abilities than anything about Cruz.

Naww, that wasn't a joke, that was an attempt to disparage Ted Cruz.
7 posted on 06/23/2015 8:06:08 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

Well, it could be both, but it wasn’t.


8 posted on 06/23/2015 8:08:33 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Hugin
Well, it could be both, but it wasn’t.

Yea, we both know that, don't we?!
9 posted on 06/23/2015 8:09:23 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

You know nothing, SoConPubbie!


10 posted on 06/23/2015 8:13:19 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

notice Hannity rarely mentions Sen Cruz.


11 posted on 06/23/2015 8:40:24 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Hugin

He is in my drive time and Levin is delayed so I listen to him often. He was going to great lengths to not list Cruz when he was naming front runners up until about ten days ago. He had Cruz on and investigated where he actually stood in money and boy did he change his tune.


12 posted on 06/23/2015 8:50:16 PM PDT by KC Burke (Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What difference does it make.

Is this the same Hugh Hewitt who recently said that Hillary Clinton will be our next president. I thinks so.


13 posted on 06/23/2015 9:36:29 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: RitaOK

The fact that we’re discussing his predictions means he’s not just some “nobody” though, right?


14 posted on 06/23/2015 9:39:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hugh Hewitt = RINO


15 posted on 06/23/2015 10:44:28 PM PDT by Katarina
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To: Katarina

Indeed. Now refute his claim.


16 posted on 06/23/2015 10:46:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ted Cruz is reversing his position on a major trade bill, calling it a “corrupt” backdoor deal between Republican leaders and the White House.

Good move Ted.

Now we need to continue to educate him....... on the difference between free trade and fair trade.


17 posted on 06/23/2015 10:48:03 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Guys like Hewitt,(I sometimes pronounce it He-witt-less),Medved, Cunningham,and most of Salem sources have their own agenda. Too often they rely on their connections with what we call MSM and even feature comentators from the Slimes or the Compost on their shows. Even Laura Ingraham does this and I wince when she does. But that’s the nature of that business.

Whenever these types take a position however,pehaps with the exception of Ingraham, it should be, and I do, view it with suspicion.


18 posted on 06/24/2015 3:32:38 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Some of my best rebuttals are in FR's along with meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m surprised Hugh isn’t still supporting 2008 and 2012 Romeny. Hugh was and is a GOPe crony.


19 posted on 06/24/2015 5:11:26 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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