Posted on 02/10/2016 9:39:09 AM PST by SmokingJoe
There's a reason Ted Cruz didn't spend a lot of money in New Hampshire. It wasn't because he had given up on him having an impact there even though most in the media had. It wasn't because he didn’t think that the vote was an important one. It was because he's smart enough to hold back when others are going all in. In essence, Ted Cruz let them burn through their cash while he looked at the long game. To place an unexpected third in New Hampshire, Ted Cruz and his super PACs combined to spend $580,000. This is less than Rand Paul or Lindsey Graham spent before dropping out. It’s less than Carly Fiorina spent on a state where she expected to get less than 5% of the vote. It’s even less than Donald Trump spent… much less. His $3.7 million on top of constant free media coverage meant that Trump was in every household multiple times in the week leading up to the primary.
John Kasich, the other candidate who beat Cruz by placing second, did so by spending over 20x as much. It was a strong night for Kasich who wasn’t a blip on the radar in Iowa, but it also cost him the rest of the campaign barring a miracle; it took $12.1 million to get him second in New Hampshire, leaving him with less than $3 million cash on hand. Unless he can turn this second place finish into an unprecedented fundraising run, his campaign won’t have enough cash to survive into March. Pundits will paint his finish as a strong play for him, but he really needed to finish 1st to justify using nearly 80% of his campaign funds to earn three delegates.
Meanwhile, Cruz has the most cash on hand and the second most super PAC money. As the other candidates proved in New Hampshire, cash isn’t everything. Jeb Bush, who finished fourth, spent $36.1 million. Marco Rubio outspent Cruz nearly 30:1 in New Hampshire to finish fifth. Chris Christie, who will likely drop out, spent even more than Rubio to finish sixt
your headline’s awful
That’s impressive!
Yeah. So? He still got a very measly 12% and beat the unlovable Yebbie by only 1%!
I thought I was the only one. And I am on my second mug of coffee.
LoL Smoke hey your headline is in contradiction.
Take away: Cruz is fiscally conservative in personal matters.
That’s a good thing, assuming you are a conservative, and evidence of good leadership and fiscal acumen.
Dog ate homework.
Even better, Trump spent pretty much his own money, not stuff that other people gave him (that comes with strings).
Ted Cruz $580,000
Trump $3.7 M plus tons of free media
Kasich $12.1 M
Jeb Bush $36.1 M
Rubio Over $30 M
Christie Spent even more than Rubio
so much money wasted! That is incredible that these donors have so much extra money to pixx away
Is there anyone more gullible than a Yeb donor???
Headlines fine. Awful to Trumpbots tho.
Whoever wins, from either party should put Ted Cruz in charge of the budget!! Ted Does Decimals.
Time for me to do another small donation to the Cruz campaign-—he has an outstanding “game plan” for this election and is managing his campaign funds well.
Meanwhile, I’m getting a headache from seeing so many Rubio ads.
Bingo.
I’m always impressed with candidates who don’t waste money.
Ted can manage money. Can’t wait for him to be 45 and stopping the hemorrhage out of DC.
Ted Cruz spent half a million, yet beat the candidates who spent a combined $72 million. Who did better?
I am full on Cruz....
just couldn’t make out what it was saying; others said the same.
thanks for posting though. very revealing.
All of Ted’s money is going to secure the US Territories’ delegates where one doesn’t have to be liked by the people.
No problem with the headline. Your head is in contradiction.
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