Notice that Cruz is hitting “7” cities= which actually translates to, small venues where occasionally someone asks, “but are you actually a natural born citizen?”
No big rallies here with 10,000+ people, while Trump is having them constantly.
This is not someone “seizing the moment in Iowa.” Cruz’s campaigning is insignificant.
What Cruz is actually hoping on is that his surrogates in Iowa— the people who control radio or TV— convince the low-info Iowa voters to switch from Ben Carson to Cruz, but Trump has sucked up all the energy in the room.
I’m sure this is going to get me in trouble with the Cruz support base here, but these articles seem to constantly feature leading headlines that try to paint a narrative that when put up against polls and surveys, dont seem to match.
“Cruz is soaring”
“Cruz seizes the moment”
“Cruz is catching fire”
“Cruz ascending”
And then you look and find...he’s behind Carson (whom think may be still in the middle east looking for that grain pyramid), and sometimes tied or behind Rubio. Nevermind being 20-30 behind Trump.
So someone is spinning a really misleading picture.
Actually, Trump pretty much has a hold on most low information voters.
They tend not to know, for example that he supports socialized medicine, thinks leftists make good potential supreme court justice nominees, abuse eminent domain, contribute to Hillary and other leftwing Democrats....stuff like that.
They just know he's a reality TV star who talks tough. They don't really care about nuance like: "Is this guy actually a conservative?" "Does he know which Amendment is Number 10 and what it says?"
Hank
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The labor unions are busing thousands in for Trump’s rallies.
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Fly over country matters.
Iowa is completely different than the rest of the country. It is the way it used to be everywhere.
It is a very rural state where if you want the peoples votes, you go see them where they work, shop and go to church.
That shows them you are serious about representing them.
It used to be that way in every state. Just recently has it become about sold out stadiums and arenas.
The effects of the TV age and the 24 hour news cycle have really affected the campaigns.
Heck, I can remember a candidate for the US Senate climbing up on the hay wagon as we baled hay.
He talked to my dad and I for 30 minutes.
That led to an invitation to speak at the church, which led to an invitation to the school auditorium, which.....you get the point?
BTW, that fella won.
Beat a big money candidate who only did big shows.