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Posted on 07/07/2015 12:03:04 PM PDT by Michael van der Galien
Senator Ted Cruz isn’t only the most talked about Republican presidential candidate of the entire field on social media, he’s also doing well fundraising-wise. The senator from Texas announced yesterday that his campaign and allied PACs raised more than $51 million dollar in the second quarter. This means that he’s one of the few candidates who’s actually able to build a war chest necessary to beat a) progressive Republican Jeb Bush and, after that, b) progressive Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Now wonder, then, that the campaign is elated:
"The aggregate total of over $51 million means that, along with Cruz’s strong support from the conservative grassroots across the country, Cruz’s campaign will have the resources, the manpower, and the energy to compete vigorously in all early state contests, as well as nationally in the Super Tuesday states on March 1st."
Cruz himself explained:
"The grassroots energy and support we are seeing is overwhelming. In Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina – and all across the country – we are seeing courageous conservatives coming together for real change. We’re reassembling the Reagan coalition – from conservatives to libertarians to people of Faith – and with the help of so many supporters, we will be able to deliver our optimistic message all across the country.”
Jeb Bush’s allies said earlier this year that they hoped to raise $100 million in the same period. Hillary Clinton will undoubtedly do the same. That’s a difference of $50 million, but it’s good news for Cruz nonetheless: he’s likely the best funded conservative candidate out there and may, with these results, convince the conservative base to rally behind him. If they do, it’ll be for the first time in several election cycles that conservatives have a well-funded candidate of their own…
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Yeah, this came out three days ago.
Before you re-wrote it and stuck it on your blog.
Blog harder.
Old news.
Yep Cruz is doing good. Other takes on the info at the following FR links.
$51 million raised puts Cruz “in the upper echelon” ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3308337/posts
Ted Cruz’s $51 Million Haul: TEA Party Favorite Has Big Bucks Behind Him … ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3308109/posts
Ted Cruz’s supporters make up bulk of $51 million raised for presidential bid ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3308013/posts
Cruz Supporters Combine to Raise Over $51 million for Presidential Bid ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3307972/posts
Our guy is doing great by every measure except one: the polls.
Right now Cruz is in the 8 spot out of 10. Too close for me.
Me too.
Cruz needs to be in the top 10 in the polls (whichever secret polls Fox is going to use) to make it to the first Republican debate. If he makes the debate, then he should clean the floor with most of the other candidates. If not, then it will be really hard for Cruz to get any traction going forward.
In whose polls?
I would not trust the media if they told me the latest polls said the sky was blue
Candidates must place “in the top 10 of an average of the five most recent national polls,
as recognized by Fox News leading up to August 4th at 5 PM/ET,” Fox News Executive Vice
President Michael Clemente announced. “Such polling must be conducted by major, nationally
recognized organizations that use standard methodological techniques.”
This accumulation of polling data will be close to what Fox most likely will use.
Expect several polls to show up the day or two before the selection is to be made.
Scroll down the page a ways and you’ll find polls going back several months.
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