Posted on 09/26/2015 9:38:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz scored a runaway victory in the presidential straw poll at the Values Voter Summit on Saturday, grabbing 35 percent of the vote among attendees at one of the country's highest-profile conservative gatherings, where no fewer than eight GOP presidential hopefuls came to court the crowd. Cruz had nearly double the support of the second-place finisher, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, and seven times the votes for Donald Trump, who was audibly booed during his Values Voter speech but still leads the Republican field among likely primary voters who are outside of the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C.
Cruz must be wondering what will happen when he wakes up Sunday, since his weekend got started early and has been going strong ever since. As Cruz was preparing for his Friday appearance at the summit, news broke that Speaker John Boehner would be leaving Congress in a little over a month. Cruz, who Boehner recently called "that jackass" at an out-of-town fundraiser, has made it his business to stoke discontent with Boehner among the farthest-right reaches of the House Republican conference. With Boehner apparently cowed by the struggle over the federal budget, the dream of shutting down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood must seem more achievable than ever for Cruz.
The senator from Texas unfortunately didn't get the chance to reveal Boehner's announcement to the right-wing faithful at the conference on Friday—2016 primary rival Marco Rubio beat him to it—but it was impossible to miss Cruz's glee as he took the stage and cracked jokes about the conservatives in the room striking such fear into the Speaker that he'd up and quit when they came to town....
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C’mon 2ndDiv,
All the leftwing gobberwacky is picking up the Value Voter Piggy Wiggy to tout Cruz over Trump.
You gonna let them get way with this sh*t?
Go, Cruz, GO!!
Congrats to sen Cruz on his win in the straw poll.
Didn't they pick Huckabee once?
Go, Cruz, GO!!
Exactly!
Unfortunately, the Republican primary voters always seem to pick a more liberal candidate than the one who wins this straw poll. Too bad we can’t stop letting THEM do THAT.
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The “Left wing” is on total alert WRT Cruz.
He is the only remaining GOP candidate that they fear.
The left is gleeful on the idea of Trump, Bush, or Fiorina being the nominee. They know that they can easily trounce them.
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If Huckabee had had Cruz’s money he’d probably have won that year. Think about that.
I support Cruz but certainly not for any reason Slate could offer up.
Trump attracts a large variety of people. Not exactly your usual conservative coalition, but people of all stripes. Trump also threatens the Globalists and Low Wage crowd, which is exactly why they're not "gleeful," but they're OK with guys like Cruz who still favor things like TPP.
>>>The left is gleeful on the idea of Trump, Bush, or Fiorina being the nominee. They know that they can easily trounce them.<<<
Well, you got two out of three which ain’t bad, and I’m a Cruz supporter who is hoping Cruz’s numbers will increase.
That being said, I’m not dismissing Trump’s success with the Electorate. Time will tell and all will be revealed soon enough. IMHO a Trump/Cruz Ticket is entirely possible.
Are you still spreading that manure?
Last I checked it was never refuted, but proved absolutely.
The prez will either be Cruz, or a Dem.
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Then don’t vote for him.
Trump stands zero chance for the nomination.
When the polling is among provable Republicans he is way down the list.
I'm not, and if you don't want 40 million new Democrat voters and a further destruction of our industry, you shouldn't either.
The unions are definitely hoping for Trump, Bush or Fiorina to be on the ticket. They know that they own them.
They have stated their total opposition to Cruz and Walker, and Walker has backed out anyway.
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