Poll: Ted Cruz leads in Iowa; Donald Trump stays atop NH, SC

CBS ^ | 12/20/15 | Staff

[Signalman]

Trump/Nugent 2016.

[smoothsailing]

Cruz and Trump will finish in the top 3 in Iowa. That's all they need to do.

[SmokingJoe]

Gonna just make my prediction now. Ted Cruz is gonna win the nomination. Everything is just lining up perfectly for him at just the right time. He has all the momentum.

[CatherineofAragon]

"I’ve read 2 articles,-one NYT, along these lines. His organization in all states is state of the art, others not nearly so by comparison."

A few nights ago, someone who was on Fox---might have been Rich Lowry---said that his ground game is extremely sophisticated, more so than any of the other candidates.'

[parksstp]

Cruz is “owned”, eh?

Class Warfare belongs in the other party.

How many politicians do you think Trump “owns” since he bought off a bunch of him and had enough influence to insist that a killer of “hundreds of thousands” attend his wedding?

[LS]

Er, no. Trump has been gaining consistently in IA, up from the 19 range when Carson was ahead to 31 in this poll. Yes, Cruz has moved faster, but it’s simply wrong to try to portray Trump as “flat.” He is exactly where he is in almost every national and other state poll.

[Signalman]

Ted needs to have his suits tailored. Notice his coat sleeve extends way over his wrist while Trump’s sleeve ends right at the wrist.

[parksstp]

If Cruz wins IA by more than double digits and comes in a strong 2nd in NH (20% or more), he will absolutely win South Carolina.

Nevada also has a caucus before Super Tuesday and Cruz was leading that in the latest poll released last week.

That brings up Super Tuesday and the SEC Primaries which Cruz will sweep most of, including Georgia.

[CatherineofAragon]

'He knows elections and election law so he doesn’t have to rely on others for strategy. His people mostly do legwork."

Exactly. He doesn't need to mindlessly take direction from advisors.

[Leaning Right]

If he (Cruz) finishes no lower than 2nd in NH, he’ll be the nominee.

And that would be a disaster. Trump is capturing the old "Reagan democrat" crowd. Heck, I'm even talking to liberals who plan to vote for Trump. Cruz just doesn't have that magic.

Don't get me wrong. If I could pick the next president, it would be Ted Cruz.

[kanawa]

[mylife]

[SmokingJoe]

Ummm.. no. We are talking about hard cash campaign money, not soft money SuperPAC money. Santorum had very little hard cash campaign money left after Iowa. That's exactly the same problem that sank Walker and Rick Perry this year. Both had SuoerPACs with plenty of cash in their coffers, but no hard cash in their campaign coffers. By law the campaigns cannot touch SuperPAC money or even coordinate with them.

[tennmountainman]

Trump will run the table where it matters most.

The SEC.

[smoothsailing]

I think Cruz borrowed a suit jacket from Trump for this pic. It looks like the jacket would fit Trump perfectly!

[SmokingJoe]

Chuckle! That PPP poll is from 4 days ago. Wanna try again bud?

[pookie18]

Ted needs to have his suits tailored. Notice his coat sleeve extends way over his wrist while Trump's sleeve ends right at the wrist.

True, then he'd be liked by faux conservative David Brooks who thought that 0bama was the cat's (finely-tailored) pajamas because of the crease in his pants...

[Duchess47]

Please post a link to a poll in Nevada that shows Cruz leading. Last poll I saw showed Trump at 38% and Cruz at 4%.

[CPT Clay]

#GrassrootsMatter.

[CPT Clay]

Never seen a poll w at 6.9 Moe.