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Inside Trump’s Texas Insurgency
Politico ^ | 2/29/16 | ADAM WREN

Posted on 03/01/2016 5:54:57 AM PST by jimbo123

Three days before Super Tuesday, a white Make America Great Again Trump RV steered into a cul-de-sac in a neighborhood of two-story houses and well-trimmed lawns outside of Arlington, Texas.

On the RV’s rear end, an image of Trump, holding his fingers up in a peace sign, hovered over snow-capped mountains and pine trees. On the vehicle’s side, there was a life-size bust of a golden retriever wearing a red Make America Great Again hat. With its golden mane, the dog bore a passing resemblance to the candidate himself.

A side door opened up, and out poured a handful of volunteers sporting white Trump t-shirts and hats. Equipped with a smartphone app called Strike List GOTV, which listed potential supporters and their addresses, they fanned out across the neighborhood to block walk for Trump.

Walking the block for Trump doesn’t exactly square with the popular image of the billionaire’s presidential campaign, which for months hasn’t consisted of much more than a series of phoned-in interviews to cable news programs and mega-rallies connected by private jet hops. But as Trump has gained momentum, racking up three wins in four states and 82 delegates so far, the campaign has changed shape, and started to look a lot like a conventional candidacy buoyed by more bread-and butter-activities like knocking on doors.

On this warm Texas day, there were no grand escalator entrances or helicopter rides or screaming crowds—just a team of Trump volunteers checking off voters on their iPhones. Trump’s new GOTV operation might not be the most formidable one in the state; but it just might be enough to pull off an upset, striking a mortal blow to Texas’ favored son Senator Ted Cruz by denying him the 50 percent threshold he needs to grab all the delegates on his home turf.

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KEYWORDS: cruz; texas; trump
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1 posted on 03/01/2016 5:54:57 AM PST by jimbo123
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Guess we will see tonight. Logic says Cruz should run away with it but this year who knows.


2 posted on 03/01/2016 5:57:19 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: jimbo123

Texas is the last State Cruz and Mark Levin can win.


3 posted on 03/01/2016 5:58:03 AM PST by scooby321
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No Texan is running, so it should be interesting.


4 posted on 03/01/2016 5:59:53 AM PST by proust (Texans for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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To: jimbo123

Anyone have a link for real-time info on this one?


5 posted on 03/01/2016 6:01:17 AM PST by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: jimbo123

RCP average polling has Cruz at 37% and Trump at 28% in Texas.


6 posted on 03/01/2016 6:02:53 AM PST by Durbin
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To: proust

I just hope he loses so we don’t have to listen to his oh-so-sincere self-righteous pontifications.


7 posted on 03/01/2016 6:03:51 AM PST by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: jimbo123

I hope Glenn Beck is there helping Ted.


8 posted on 03/01/2016 6:04:06 AM PST by McGruff (It's clear Trump Derangement Syndrome has no limits.)
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To: jimbo123
Good article about Trump ground game. Thanks for posting.
9 posted on 03/01/2016 6:06:38 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Rennes Templar

Indeed. “but he won Texas” will replace “but he won Iowa.” uggh.


10 posted on 03/01/2016 6:09:38 AM PST by proust (Texans for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Fingers crossed that there is a Trump win in Texas tonight. I’m praying for it! God bless Donald Trump. The forces of evil are trying to attack. Please keep them out.


11 posted on 03/01/2016 6:10:12 AM PST by sissyjane
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To: rrrod

If Cruz doesn’t win Tejas by more than 50 percent then for all practical purposes it is a win for Trump as the delegates will be divided and Cruz, while he may get the most will only get a portion and Trump will score again. Bye bye Cruz!


12 posted on 03/01/2016 6:12:55 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: proust
No Texan is running, so it should be interesting.

Ted is a naturalized Texan, just like me.

13 posted on 03/01/2016 6:13:27 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: jimbo123

I think Trump will hold Cruz under the 50% threshold today.

My guess is, Cruz comes in first, with Trump second. It’ll probably be Ted’s last clean win over the big guy.


14 posted on 03/01/2016 6:14:48 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: jimbo123

Denying Ted a 50% threshold is a big win any way one looks at it


15 posted on 03/01/2016 6:15:20 AM PST by bill1952 (taxes don't hurt the rich, they keep YOU from becoming rich.)
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To: sissyjane
Interesting many Texas voters like Cruz in senate, Trump as President and see it as a twofer.
16 posted on 03/01/2016 6:16:46 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: scooby321

Levin sees his chances for being a supreme court justice slipping away.


17 posted on 03/01/2016 6:20:48 AM PST by datricker (Its morning again in America!)
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To: Night Hides Not
So, Ted Cruz is a naturalized Texan, meaning he was from somewhere else and then moved to Texas and became a Texan by choice, as opposed to a Natural Born Texan who would have been born in Texas.

Fair enough?

18 posted on 03/01/2016 6:24:04 AM PST by OKSooner (Burn it down. Burn it to the ground and punish the guilty, then figure out what to do next.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

“Interesting many Texas voters like Cruz in senate...”

If I’d known that Ted was going to use his Senate seat as a springboard to the White House before he’d even finished his first term, I would have been more hesitant in voting for him in 2012.

Emulating Obama’s political climbing act didn’t exactly inspire confidence.


19 posted on 03/01/2016 6:26:42 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: jimbo123
The man to watch in this primary is Marco Rubio.

Texas has a 20% threshold to participate in delegate allocation.

He might not make it, and if he doesn't it's likely that Trump and Cruz will shut him out of ANY delegates in the biggest state of the night.

20 posted on 03/01/2016 6:30:45 AM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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