Posted on 08/11/2015 1:39:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a strong advocate of a move to defund abortion service provider Planned Parenthood in the Senate, was considered the biggest winner of the first Republican presidential debate that was aired on Fox television last week.
An NBC News/Survey Monkey poll, which was conducted after the GOP debate in Cleveland last Thursday, found Cruz jumping to second place overall, gaining 13 percent voter support behind frontrunner Donald Trump with 23 percent. Cruz increased his prior rating by a whopping 7 percent, the biggest such increase among the Republican presidential contenders.
Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina was believed to have won the "happy hour" debate among the seven bottom candidates as she is now tied with Florida Senator Marco Rubio at fourth place with 8 percent, behind third placer Ben Carson with 11 percent. Prior to the debate, Fiorina only had a 2 percent rating.
"Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina were the candidates with the most gains in support, 7 points and 6 points respectively, but there was no real change among most candidates given an error estimate of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points," NBC News and Survey Monkey said in a statement released on Sunday.
The new poll said the constitutional conservative gained the most out of the first of six debates, where Republican National Committee will base its decision in nominating GOP's presidential candidate for the 2016 US presidential polls.
Cruz, who is willing to use every procedural tool available to defund Planned Parenthood, has doubled the number of his support he had among Republican voters, which only reached 6 percent before the event.
He stood out from other Republican lawmakers, stirring the pot with a call of action to completely shut down Planned Parenthood, the subject of five undercover videos, which exposed the group's shockingly inhuman and unethical abortion practices in the US.
"I believe we should use every and any procedural tool available to defund Planned Parenthood," Cruz told reporters prior to the Senate's 53-46 vote on defunding the nationwide organisation last Aug. 3, according to the Hill.
His stance overshadowed Cruz's fellow Republican presidential candidates Rubio and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who both voted against the $528-million annual funding for Planned Parenthood.
Rubio did not gain or lose the confidence of Republican voters in the survey following his performance at the Fox News presidential debate. Paul now ranked seventh with 5 percent after losing 1 percent support after the event.
Carson increased his poll numbers by three points, moving into third place overall after giving one of the strongest closing statements of any candidate in either debate.
Despite drawing criticisms for his sexist remarks against Fox news anchor and debate moderator Megyn Kelly, Trump remained at the top gaining 1 more percent support from Republican voters for a rating of 23 percent.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush fell three notches down to tie with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for fifth place following their uninspiring debate performances.
Go Cruz!
This good man has an awesome intellect!
A great role-model for young Latinos IMO.
Cruz is the real deal. Found this archived article about Donald Trump, which was extremely disturbing into his psychological makeup. I know some of it is true because of the books he has written and the publicity which surrounded him during that era. Very, very disturbing to me. It’s a very long read, but well worth the time it takes.
http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner
I’d take anything from Vanity Fair with a huge lump of salt for many reasons, such as (A) it’s a homosexual hotbed, (B) I don’t think anyone attacked Sarah Palin more viciously between 2008 and the present day and (C) they’re to the left of Leon Trotsky.
Way to go Defunding Planned Parenthood Cruz... oh wait, that goes to Perry, Walker and even Christie.
Er, way to try to increase immigration Cruz.
Be that as it may, many of the events line up with things he wrote in some of his books. I believe Liz Smith is the author and she was known to be on target back in the day. She had the scoop on everyone famous. Believe it or not - this is a very serious election, and we must be very careful who we support.
No, I don’t post this same thing in every Ted Cruz thread, I am for Ted Cruz, the way some salvage others though, I just said a truth. I’ve never posted this elsewhere.
What you have said is nothing but a falsehood.
Which is better than Planned Parenthood.
Cruz is like a thoroughbred, maintaining an even pace just jogging lightly behind the front runner breaking down the path for him. If Trump stumbles, Cruz will be the natural to pick up their support.
Smart, he knows what he is doing.
You are a bead counter? Try using golf balls, you ninny.
Why is Cruz being ignored by the Fox Channel,Herman Cain was on Fox and Friends and heaped praise on the candidates that surged in the polling after the debate,he called them real leaders,they were Donald Trump,Carly Fiorina And Ben Carson.
NO MENTION OF TED CRUZ,what a joke.
They really must be afraid of Ted Cruz,he who must not be named
The world learned that Herman Cain has “secrets”, and he’s still pontificating.
You are exactly right, ballpark. The other day I saw Bret Beir being interviewed by someone else on FNC (can't remember who), and they were discussing the results of the first post-debate NBC poll that showed that Cruz and Fiorina had risen to second and third place, respectively. Well, Beir went on and on about Fiorina and other candidates, and didn't even MENTION the Cruz part of the story until a few seconds before the end of the segment, when he added, more like an afterthought, something to the effect of "It should also be mentioned that 'arguably,' Ted Cruz did quite well, as well..."
It's unbelievable how obvious this ignoring of Cruz is, especially to those of us who are paying attention.
Would that be legal or illegal immigration ?
Please elaborate on what you mean immigration.
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