Posted on 02/18/2014 8:58:11 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
'Cruz missile' strategy propels Stockman toward runoff vs. Cornyn.
It is a monumental shift in major race that could be sending shock waves through the GOP establishment.
Underfunded and targeted by GOP strategist Karl Rove, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, has defied the odds in his long-shot bid to topple the second-most powerful Republican in the U.S. Senate, and he’s on the verge of forcing a crucial runoff with incumbent Sen. Jon Cornyn, R-Texas, in the Texas GOP primary.
According to the results of a stunning new poll, Cornyn has fallen from 50 percent to 43 percent.
That means Cornyn would have to gain eight points in the next two weeks to break the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff, but he seems to be losing ground, fast.
A runoff is critical because it can change the entire direction of a race.
That’s why forcing a runoff is the centerpiece of Stockman’s strategy, the same strategy that sent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to the Senate in 2012.
The goal is to force a runoff to buy time needed to rally the grassroots, raise funds and obtain key endorsements....
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Vote for I Don’t Know. He’s much better than Who’s on First.
He really doesn’t have any nack for an upset. In 1994 he was just in the right place at the right time. Newt Gringrich unveiled the contract for America and there were a massage number of a Democrats that were ushered out and Stockman was there take advantage of the situation. He didn’t stay in office long after that.
There is an echo chamber effect on FR these days. So many copy cat posters trying to out smart the last poster. Who can come up with the best impression of second grade spelling of names? Absolute certainty of the outcome of future events.
Drum Corny out
Rule of thumb: 80 percent of Undecideds ALWAYS go for challenger(s)
The GOPe will shoot Stockman in the general election just as they have with every other non-Babylonian candidate.
They would rather have a Dem win than a real American.
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