Beyond Iowa, Cruz Betting Heavily on the South

Texas Tribune ^ | Jan. 11, 2016 | Abby Livingston

[Democratic-Republican]

Presidential Candidates Comparison ...

One thing though. Anybody else suspicious about these two categories ...

• Free Market

• Taxes, Economy and Trade

... and why anyone should take their word for what they assign as "Good" and "Bad". Modern politically correct establishment-think makes these suspicious.

I mean, knowing what has been done to America, how can political gurus judging those things as "Good" and "Bad" be taken seriously at this point?

And that 2nd one called "Taxes, Economy and Trade" really lumps together a stew of ingredients that do NOT belong together. We can easily all agree on "Taxes", but "Economy and Trade" is likely code for Chamber of Commerce death-to-American jobs sellout to multinationalist megacorps.

This comment has nothing to do with Trump or Cruz either. I wouldn't trust anyone's judgment on those self-selected categories at face value at this point in time.

It is far more likely that for the typical special interest group pushing such a bullet list that Good/Bad should be reversed in these categories. Either that or add in new categories for Pro-America and Anti-Globalism to balance out the sellout of America.

[caww]

Carson’s running out of money so it shouldn’t be long before he drops out......actually that’s Trumps primary tactic...suck up all the news for as long as possible, with all the drama and over the top remarks, until they drop off one by one because they don’t have the money to stay the course......let alone get press to be heard....and the media is “feeding” it all for their ratings.

[Theodore R.]

I can’t gauge who is leading in TX; I hope its not the native son, Jebbie.

[TXDuke]

“but the last poll for TX I saw Trump had a pretty good lead”

Remember, polls can be very misleading because they do not take into account the incumbent factor or factors related to how the primaries are run. Sample sizes and location of the responders can also greatly skew any poll. That is why I ignore all polls regardless of whether they’re good or bad. We’ve seen too many times, even recently, where the polls showed the exact opposite of what was happening on the ground. Texas is one of those situations and I wouldn’t doubt it is happening in order places too.

[Georgia Girl 2]

In GA the polls are heavily in favor of Trump and they are accurate. GA will be a solid majority for Trump. I would have to believe that the same goes for TX and FL where trump is leading a sitting senator and a former governor. You would think that Cruz would be the heavy favorite in TX. If he isn’t then something is wrong.

[TXDuke]

I know you THINK they are accurate in GA, but you don’t know. You just base your opinion on what you see in GA. It may be right or wrong.

Likewise, I see in Texas where Trump is strongly disliked and Cruz is still strong so the one poll that showed Trump ahead did not overrule the other 10 polls that showed Cru leading. I can tell you that Cruz signs/stickers are everywhere and I’ve yet to see a Trump one. I’ve also never met a Trump supporter in person here nor has anyone that I know. That doesn’t speak well for Trump’s support, which is why Texas will go for Cruz.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well like I said you better hope TX goes for its native son or else he’s not likely to have much of a chance.

As for GA Trump has a huge lead in the polls and he is all anyone is talking about. Cruz has no chance here and I suspect in the rest of the SEC.

[TXDuke]

TX will. There is no doubt about that.

I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the SEC goes for Cruz as well. The SEC has many states and I could see LA being one that goes for Cruz, especially if some of the local conservatives back him there. I’ve also heard rumors from friends in TN and KY that Cruz has a good shot there too. Who knows? There are still a lot of things that could happen throughout the year.