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TED CRUZ’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH DESTROYED RAND PAUL’S ON FACEBOOK
National Journal ^ | 4-8-15 | BY STEPHANIE STAMM AND DUSTIN VOLZ

Posted on 04/08/2015 1:35:41 PM PDT by kingattax

Cruz’s launch boasts nearly three times as much attention on Facebook as Paul's.

Despite all the digital sophistication—and a few missteps—propping up his presidential campaign, Rand Paul is already lagging on Facebook behind one of his biggest rivals: Ted Cruz.

Cruz, who formally launched his White House bid last month, attracted nearly three times as much buzz—measured in likes, posts, comments, and shares—on Facebook during the 24-hour window surrounding his announcement as Paul, who announced on Tuesday.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Kentucky; US: Texas; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; facebook; florida; marcorubio; scottwalker; tedcruz; texas; wisconsin
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1 posted on 04/08/2015 1:35:41 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: Slyfox

PING


2 posted on 04/08/2015 1:36:01 PM PDT by kingattax (a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
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To: kingattax

Maybe we are looking at a Cruz/Walker ticket....???


3 posted on 04/08/2015 1:38:51 PM PDT by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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To: kingattax
Hahahaha!

Astroturf R Us.

4 posted on 04/08/2015 1:39:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If obama speaks and th<uere is no one the<ire to hear it, is it still a lie?)
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To: EagleUSA
If Walker actually manages to figure things out, that's a ticket that I would be happy to vote for.

/johnny

5 posted on 04/08/2015 1:41:41 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: kingattax

TED CRUZ - MORE THAN QUALIFIED TO BE POTUS - 2016
http://www.tedcruz.org/

Pretty impressive...
• Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 - May 2008, Cruz was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the entire country, not to mention the longest tenure in Texas history.
• Partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.
• Cruz has authored 80+ SCOTUS briefs and presented 40+ oral arguments before The Court
• Cruz served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Cruz was the first Hispanic ever to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States
• Described as a ‘superb’ constitutional lawyer, the man’s considerable skills and laser-like focus were on display for all when he took oily reptile Eric Holder by the neck and made him
answer the damn question.
• In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.
• Cruz presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• In addition to his victory in Heller, Cruz has successfully defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools and the majority of the 2003 Texas redistricting plan. Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.
• Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission
• Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.
• Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation
• Ted Cruz is currently junior US Senator from Texas. In order to win the 2012 Republican nomination for the Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, Cruz had to defeat Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst -heavily favored/backed by the DC old-guard GOP- in the Republican primary runoff. In the event, TEA Party favorite Cruz crushed Dewhurst, 57-43%...
he then beat Democrat Paul Sadler in the general election by a similar margin, 56-41. Cruz is also endorsed by the Tea Party Movement and the Republican Liberty Caucus.
• AWARDS: “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” Chambers USA (2009 & 2010) “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America,” National Law Journal (2008) “25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century,” Texas Lawyer (2010) “20 Young Hispanic Americans on the Rise,” Newsweek (1999) Traphagen Distinguished Alumnus, Harvard Law School
• On November 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He is now spearheading efforts in the Senate to have root-and-branch...
Godspeed, Senator Cruz- I’m all in.

http://freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/2015/03/ted-cruz-to-declare-presidential.html


6 posted on 04/08/2015 1:42:45 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: kingattax

Paul apparently did an interview this morning on one of the network morning shows and came across very poorly. He’s losing some of longtime supporters because of it, based on what they’re saying on his Facebook page.


7 posted on 04/08/2015 1:42:59 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: kingattax

Paul is a joke and got destroyed in his first interview.


8 posted on 04/08/2015 1:43:30 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: kingattax

Stephanie and Dustin are trying to get conservatives to fight.

“Destroyed?” Puh-leeze.


9 posted on 04/08/2015 1:43:50 PM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: subterfuge
Stephanie and Dustin are trying to get conservatives to fight.

Sorry, but the New Rand Paul, since he started considering running for President, is no longer conservative.

That was your first mistake, believing he was a conservative. A libertarian, yes, but a conservative no more.
10 posted on 04/08/2015 1:45:37 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Easily flustered by liberals is no way to go through life.


11 posted on 04/08/2015 1:46:25 PM PDT by petercooper ("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
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To: kingattax

Ted Cruz 2016!


12 posted on 04/08/2015 1:51:10 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: subterfuge

They are also trying to get liberals to fight. Hence they baited Rand Paul, an antimilitary liberal who is conservative on some matters of fiscal policy.


13 posted on 04/08/2015 1:52:03 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: kingattax

Rand Paul’s announcement was a string of platitudes lacking conviction.

Rand Paul’s delivery reminded me of a milder Hillary.

Hell No.

CRUZ!


14 posted on 04/08/2015 1:52:04 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: kingattax
And I think it was great of Ted to be so gracious to Rand as he stepped into the ring.

Next.

15 posted on 04/08/2015 1:53:25 PM PDT by Slyfox (I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever)
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To: petercooper

Trying to sound passionate when everybody can see through you is no way to go through life. (either)


16 posted on 04/08/2015 1:54:53 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: kingattax
Another way to interpret this:

Ted Cruz voters trend older than Rand Paul, ergo Facebook is in the beginning of its death throes similar to AOL's earlier demise.

How long before we start hearing about granny finally figuring out how to share photos with her grandchildren on Facebook, but the grandchildren have already moved on to Snapchat, etc.?

17 posted on 04/08/2015 1:56:54 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: kingattax

18 posted on 04/08/2015 2:04:24 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: TexasFreeper2009

19 posted on 04/08/2015 2:05:23 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: lonevoice

And more good news . . . .


20 posted on 04/08/2015 2:23:23 PM PDT by Pride in the USA
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