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The Power of Work; Ted Cruz’s Story
The Huffington Post's Huffpost Politics The Blog ^ | April 19, 2016 | Daniel Kushner

Posted on 04/19/2016 4:28:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

“Cruz was the earliest to organize here and unquestionably had the deepest connections on the ground. His top local organizer, Bette Grande, has been supporting him for months, dating back to when Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, came to her house last September during a North Dakota campaign swing.”

How do you not love this? Literally eight months ago, he was already having his father campaign in North Dakota. And not just doing events, but going to the house of top local organizers in, again, not Iowa, not New Hampshire, not South Carolina, but North Dakota. And it’s not like Ted was working any less hard.

There is a serious discussion to be had about policy in this election campaign, about how increasingly extreme and often dangerous views are becoming ever-more-acceptable, and how about one of the two major parties in the United States is approaching a breakdown as its leaders are finally engaging with their voters, and finding they don’t like what they see, and what that means.

That is a serious topic, and there is much to be said about it. But this campaign is also a testament to hard work. The only reason why Ted Cruz is still standing, and not Marco Rubio or Ben Carson or Bobby Jindal or Scott Walker, and remains the most likely person to be the Republican nominee, is because Cruz outworked every opponent of his by a factor of four. Not only did he outwork his opponents, but his father and wife outworked his opponent candidates by a factor of two....

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: North Dakota; Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2dv; 2ndshift; afternoonshift; cruz; delegates; huffpo; northdakota; tedcruz
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1 posted on 04/19/2016 4:28:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
remains the most likely person to be the Republican nominee

Interesting conclusion. If it happens, we'll have to work even harder than Ted for November.

2 posted on 04/19/2016 4:31:32 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: musicman; Defiant1; mkjessup; BagCamAddict; DoughtyOne

The Huffington Post is on board for Ted, here.

Gee, wonder why that is?


3 posted on 04/19/2016 4:35:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris

Pointing out that he’s a hard worker is hardly endorsing him.


4 posted on 04/19/2016 4:37:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump REFUSES to learn the rules in the states Cruz has won yet whines and cries that Cruz is “stealing” delegates. The truth is that he is too cheap to hire the workers and develop the ground game to win in those states.

Trump and his supporters are the biggest bunch of whiners and crybullies I have ever seen.


5 posted on 04/19/2016 4:37:07 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Scott Walker’s mistake was to hire some guy, an expert, to do the work for him.

Interestingly, Trump just hired him after canning Lebowski.


6 posted on 04/19/2016 4:38:18 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You have to work twice as hard when everyone hates you.


7 posted on 04/19/2016 4:38:55 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; MaxistheBest; mkjessup; jimbo123; BagCamAddict; DoughtyOne; Byron_the_Aussie; ...

Sure. Just another leftist source or hard-left that you use here. So why did you post it? You run interference for Ted all the time. Is this just a coincidence?


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3418268/posts?page=4#4

To: MaxistheBest

Late 2015 sign-on posts Cruz attack article from the most left-leaning newspaper in New York City? Seems legit.

4 posted on 4/6/2016, 10:36:00 PM by 2ndDivisionVet

sargon: [That’s no more or less legit than a 2006 sign-on posting a Trump attack article from the most left-leaning web site on the internet...]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3418268/posts?page=39#39

2DV: [Name it.]

Here, I’ll name it for him.

We’ll just go back to a couple of weeks in March, 2016 or so and note the articles posted by 2DV, from sites usually considered leftist at FR (granted some are used in various ways).

In this list, 2DV posted articles from The Huffington Post, Salon, The Daily Beast, NPR, Mother Jones, CNBC, The New York Times and The Washington Post.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3416185/posts

Anthony Weiner Thinks Donald Trump Is As Doomed As He Was

The Huffington Post’s Huffpost Politics ^ | March 30, 2016 | Sam Stein and Jason Cherkis

Posted on 3/31/2016, 7:03:11 PM by 2ndDivisionVet


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3414575/posts

Time to Transform Bernies’s Campaign Into a Permanent Organization (Yeah! Fool-aid!)

The Huffington Post’s Huffpost Politics ^ | March 25, 2016 | Miles Mogulescu, Entertainment attorney, producer, writer and political activist

Posted on 3/27/2016, 10:30:48 PM by 2ndDivisionVet


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3414947/posts

Dear Fellow Americans: Cruz Has Turned This Country Into a Tinderbox

The Huffington Post’s Huffpost Politics ^ | March 27, 2016 | Sofia Ali-Khan, Muslim American Writer and Public Interest Lawyer

Posted on 3/28/2016, 9:52:20 PM by 2ndDivisionVet


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3415243/posts

My Friends and I Went to a Ted Cruz Rally— Here’s What Happened

The Huffington Post’s Huffpost Teen ^ | March 29, 2016 | Taylor Vidmar, Comedy Nerd / Music & Politics Lover / Writer / Blogger

Posted on 3/29/2016, 2:32:29 PM by 2ndDivisionVet


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3415856/posts

Mississippi Bill Would Let Churches Create Armed Security Squads

The Huffington Post’s Huffpost Politics ^ | March 30, 2016 | Ed Mazza

Posted on 3/31/2016, 3:04:45 AM by 2ndDivisionVet


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3413425/posts

Emory University Students Think Donald Trump Is Out to Kill Them

3/24/2016, 6:07:24 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 70 replies

The Daily Beast ^ | March 24, 2016 | Lizzie Crocker


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3412871/posts

Ted Cruz is the Republican establishment candidate. That’s absolutely insane.

3/23/2016, 4:35:51 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 103 replies

The Washington Post’s The Fix ^ | March 23, 2016 | Chris Cillizza


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3413018/posts

Clinton Takes On Cruz And Trump Foreign Policy

3/23/2016, 10:46:15 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 8 replies

National Public Radio ^ | March 23, 2016 | Scott Detrow

Cruz? Didn’t anybody from here call her and tell her that Cruz has no path to the nomination?

1 posted on 3/23/2016, 10:46:16 PM by 2ndDivisionVet


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3412473/posts

Why Ted Cruz is more likely to pull an upset than Bernie Sanders

3/22/2016, 6:40:21 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 54 replies

The Washington Post’s The Fix ^ | March 22, 2016 | Phillip Bump


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3412427/posts

Kasich Hits Back at Cruz Over Call to Police Muslims

3/22/2016, 4:50:23 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 42 replies

Mother Jones ^ | March 22, 2016 | Inae Oh


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3411912/posts

In DC Simulation, Trump and Cruz Bolt GOP, Form New Ticket

3/21/2016, 2:04:10 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 37 replies

The Huffington Post’s Huffpost Politics The Blog ^ | March 21, 2016 | Alan Kelly, Founder & Chief Exec., Playmaker Systems


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3411903/posts

With an Orthodox focus, Ted Cruz reaches out to Jewish donors and voters

3/21/2016, 1:40:56 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 18 replies

The Washington Post ^ | March 21, 2016 | Katie Zezima


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3411823/posts

Sanders supporters could vote for Trump: Expert

3/21/2016, 11:17:20 AM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 13 replies

CNBC ^ | March 18, 2016 | Alexandra Gibbs


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3411294/posts

If you think Donald Trump is scary, get a load of Ted Cruz’s foreign policy team

3/19/2016, 5:12:31 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 59 replies

Salon ^ | March 18, 2016 | Gary Legum


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411053/posts

Could Ted Cruz Win?

3/18/2016, 9:03:37 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 106 replies

The New York Times ^ | The March 25, 2016 Issue | Ross Douthat


8 posted on 04/19/2016 4:39:15 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Cruz stole from the VOTERS. And the voters are mad
because the GOP are scum liars, and helpers of Obama.

One presumes, FRiend, that you remain on the side
of the People whose votes should count.


9 posted on 04/19/2016 4:40:08 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Cruz: the Tea Party guy, voice of the average American, Mr. Straight Shooter.

Cruz: he can't win at the ballot box, so he is attempting to win by technicality.

Cruz: Mr. Anti-Establishment who favors TPA/TPP

Cruz: not manly, but a political animal
10 posted on 04/19/2016 4:40:51 PM PDT by jobim
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To: Diogenesis

And you just prove my point.


11 posted on 04/19/2016 4:42:34 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: SaveFerris

I feel like Englebert Humperdink or the Beatles. Never dreamed I’d have groupies who search for my greatest hits. You love me, you really love me.


12 posted on 04/19/2016 4:43:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: ifinnegan
Trump just hired him after canning Lebowski.

Who is Lebowski? Is he someone big?

13 posted on 04/19/2016 4:45:16 PM PDT by digger48
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whether Trump or Cruz, a COMPLETE campaign will be needed to win. That means 100% of FReepers and TeaPartiers and all of us must get to know our neighbors and get them to vote for US as the surrogates of the candidate.

The candidate cannot do it alone this time.


14 posted on 04/19/2016 4:45:34 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: SaveFerris; 2ndDivisionVet; All

With THAT kind of posting history from far left sources, it does give one pause. The Huffington Post, Salon, The Daily Beast, NPR, Mother Jones, CNBC, The New York Times and The Washington Post?

Sounds like they’ve got a field correspondent with too much time on his hands.


15 posted on 04/19/2016 4:46:53 PM PDT by mkjessup (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe, RINOs & the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass)
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To: spintreebob

I have said here many times that if Don Trump garners the Republican nomination I will enthusiastically vote for him. Can the Trump backers here say the same about Ted Cruz?


16 posted on 04/19/2016 4:49:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: ifinnegan

Well, Walker had a real job (Governor) to keep doing every day.
Cruz is a Senator, LOL


17 posted on 04/19/2016 4:49:12 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; MaxistheBest

Yes, this one, and the one I’m about to post, were collected AFTER you hit on Maxisthebest.

Several months ago, when you posted a hit piece on DT from a leftist source, I figured you were a desperate Cruzbot or in fact, paid to do so.

Fact: You live or lived in the Dallas area

Fact: Your tagline used to say “I’ll raise $2 million for Sarah Palin. What will YOU do?” (roughly). Then, Sarah Palin jumped on board the DT train.

Fact: You said, at least as late as 2010 in your tagline, that an NBC requires TWO citizen parents. Which TC did not, at his birth. Now, you’ve changed.

Fact: At one time, you asked FReepers for money in FReepmail. Many years ago.

Fact: You post an endless stream of articles, including many pro-Cruz and more than a couple anti-Trump.

Fact: You run interference for Ted inside many threads.

I say you’re paid. Oh, you may not be paid by Ted directly, but someone connected to him or someone rooting for him, that has money, is paying you.

You work it like a job. I say it’s a job.


18 posted on 04/19/2016 4:49:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“one of the two major parties in the United States is approaching a breakdown as its leaders are finally engaging with their voters”

It seems that Bernie, the socialist, is engaging Democrats very well. Hillary, the party leader, is less engaging.


19 posted on 04/19/2016 4:50:04 PM PDT by ChessExpert (It is not compassion when you use government to give other people's money away.)
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To: mkjessup

See post 18.


20 posted on 04/19/2016 4:50:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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