Posted on 12/21/2015 8:33:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Politico noted on Sunday that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas has solidified his lead in Iowa, according to a CBS Poll. He is favored by 40 percent of likely caucus-goers, with Donald Trump at 31 percent, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida at 12 percent, Dr. Ben Carson at six percent, and everyone else polling at two percent or less. The numbers are part of the reason that conservative pundit and radio talk show host Erik Erickson had announced that Cruz is favored for the Republican nomination, despite the media dustup over whether and when the senator from Texas did or did not favor legalization of illegal aliens.
Donald Trump is still ahead in national polls. However, that lead is essentially meaningless because the primary campaign is a series of statewide contests, starting with Iowa and continuing with New Hampshire and South Carolina. The scenario goes something like this:
Cruz wins in Iowa, deflating Trump’s balloon considerably. Trump followers start to search for another candidate who still addresses their wrath against how both political parties are treating them. Someone else wins New Hampshire, either Rubio or New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who seems to be rising as of later. Trump’s collapse becomes precipitous, so Cruz wins South Carolina....
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It looks like the conservative base is starting to coaesce around Cruz.
MSM, DNC, and GOPe are working overtime and in tandem to pick our candidate for us AGAIN. Rigged polls and false narratives ain’t gonna work this time. Hold fast and flip them the bird. Vote Trump.
President Santorum agrees.
This is where all the hard work of Ted CRUZ and his national campaign network pays off.
Not only does Cruz have his own substantial base of support, he appears to be the second choice of many of the other candidates’ supporters. As more and more people fall by the wayside, that could be a good place to be.
Why would Trump followers care what the ethanol and illegal alien labor-addicted cornholes think about anything? Trump will sweep Super Tuesday. Those primaries are all that matter, and should come first.
lolololol
If Iowa was as important as this article claims, Rick Santorum would have been the 2012 nominee.
Rick had $100 million dollars in his campaign coffers after he won Iowa?
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Agree. Super Tuesday is when Trump will clean up. Iowa backed Huckabee and Santorum. It’s an outlier.
I like Cruz. He’s my second choice, but he lacks the money and the GOPe would starve him.
Trump has my vote.
award Cruz an honorary sweater-vest and lets move on...
GO TRUMP!
Pardon me, but your inevitability is slipping...
This clown is dreaming!!
Polls may underestimate Trump support:
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trump-polls-20151221-story.html
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