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GOP Descends Into Madness As Ted Cruz Vaults Into Top Tier Of 2016 GOP Candidates
PoliticusUSA - Real Liberal Politics ^ | April 1, 2015 | Keith Brekhus

Posted on 04/01/2015 6:31:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A Public Policy Polling (PPP) national survey conducted from March 26-31, 2015 shows Ted Cruz pulling into contention with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, for the GOP presidential nomination. The survey, released on April 1st, but apparently not as an April Fool’s joke, shows Ted Cruz gaining ground on the leaders, and sitting in a strong third place position for the Republican nomination. His presidential announcement speech at Liberty University appears to have resonated with Republican voters.

Cruz has surged from 5 percent support a little over a month ago, to 16 percent now. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker still leads with 20 percent support. Jeb Bush is in second at 17 percent and Ted Cruz is at 16 percent. Ben Carson and Rand Paul sit at 10 percent each. Four other candidates (Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and Rick Perry) remain mired in the single digits.

With Republican Party voters, Ted Cruz is popular. 52 percent of GOP voters have a favorable opinion of Senator Cruz, to just 30 percent who view him unfavorably. His support is especially strong with Republicans who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters. With Tea Party Republicans, Cruz enjoys a 74 percent favorable rating to 21 percent unfavorable rating.

It would be very easy to dismiss Senator Cruz’s candidacy as a joke, given his penchant for outlandish remarks, and impractical proposals like abolishing the IRS and repealing every single word of Obamacare. However, his particular brand of madness seems to have attracted him new supporters from within the ranks of the GOP electorate.

Polling consistently shows that Republican voters are not warming up to Jeb Bush’s candidacy. GOP primary voters are seeking a more conservative alternative who will give voice to their radical right-wing perspectives, informed as they are by talk radio hosts and the 24/7 bash Obama cycle over at FOX News.

Senator Cruz has tapped into Republican resentment, stoking the politics of rage to fuel his campaign. Whether or not his polling surge is but a temporary bump, or a more permanent boost that could make him a threat to seize the Republican nomination, remains to be seen. But one thing is now clear. Ted Cruz’s policy prescriptions may still be a joke, but his candidacy no longer is. America had better be ready because if Senator Cruz’s momentum continues to grow, the Republican primary could descend into madness, dragging the whole country along for the ride.


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: cruz; polls; scottwalker; tedcruz
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To: 2ndDivisionVet


Just filled out my 2015 "We really,really need your money" RNC Congressional District Survey.

Where the survey had a check box with a big
YES I want to support the RNC yadda, yadda, yadda
I crossed out RNC and wrote TED CRUZ!


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21 posted on 04/01/2015 7:11:01 PM PDT by John 3_19-21
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To: txhurl

Yes, we need to dismantle the funding of the left. The grants and everything else that feeds the leftwing orgs across the country need to be done away with.


22 posted on 04/01/2015 7:18:20 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: John 3_19-21

Notice Rience Priebus has had ZERO COMMENT on Cruz’ declaration? What does that tell you?


23 posted on 04/01/2015 7:19:07 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, you know what, Keith?

WE ARE MAD AS HELL AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!


24 posted on 04/01/2015 7:21:37 PM PDT by Taxman (I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!)
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To: PubliusMM
"impractical proposals like abolishing the IRS and repealing every single word of Obamacare"

Oh, what a CRAZY idea, to abolish Obamacare.

I mean, we only survived as a country until 2010 without it.

25 posted on 04/01/2015 7:23:10 PM PDT by boop (Hey, stoop, that's got gears. It ain't no Ford.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Like i said in an earlier thread cruz has the wisdom of Ronald Reagan, the intelligence of william f buckley , and the debating skills of newt gingrich.

Thankfully he doesn’t have the baggage and occasional pro-regressive liberal tendencies that newt has


26 posted on 04/01/2015 7:27:13 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
CRUZ!!!
There Is No Other!!!
BUMP
27 posted on 04/01/2015 7:29:19 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: txhurl
in my best marching call cadence :"

G-O-P-e-R-N-C.

You-are-good-as-dead-to-me!
28 posted on 04/01/2015 7:29:43 PM PDT by John 3_19-21
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To: skeeter

I purposefully associate primarily with conservatives, and I have not yet met one who would vote for Jeb Bush. Have any of you?


29 posted on 04/01/2015 7:33:19 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It just may be a lunatic we’re looking for.


30 posted on 04/01/2015 7:41:54 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: montag813

True but Reagan had some gubernatorial experience by then. Cruz is my favorite so far but he’s not quite as seasoned as Reagan in 1981. He is more in the 1964 convention speech era.


31 posted on 04/01/2015 7:44:10 PM PDT by posterchild (It takes a politician to declare a settled science.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

but weve had 2 days of po lil ol Willard...

and the Big Bad Harry w3ho had access to Willard’s financial records at the mormon business/religion they both belong to....

feel sorry for Wee Willard...give him a sympathy vote..

Is he still the GOPe pick ???

Rush was pushing him today too..


32 posted on 04/01/2015 7:45:24 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'll take out(vote AGAINST) an "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN" every time I get an opportunity to, and that INCLUDES the GENERAL ELECTION.

You got it?

"ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS"SHALL NOT PASS !



It's SIMPLE.





What You Need To Know About Ted Cruz ( 1:46 )


Take a good long look at where "Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS take us.


33 posted on 04/01/2015 7:47:17 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

> “Senator Cruz has tapped into Republican resentment, stoking the politics of rage to fuel his campaign.”

From the Conservative view, ....

Senator Cruz has stepped in to defend the Constitution of the United States, inspiring American patriots to march with him in restoring the Republic.


34 posted on 04/01/2015 7:54:31 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Tennessee Nana

TNanna—where have you been? coloforniac and diogenes have been lonely without your support in their obsession with all things romney. howse BHO working out for you and your ilk? better a muslim in office than those scary mormons. bet you can’t wait for Hillarious? i don’t believe she’s a mormon; so, you’re safe if she’s elected in 2016.


35 posted on 04/01/2015 8:06:02 PM PDT by IWONDR
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To: keats5

Certainly not after I provide them with info the MSM refuses to.


36 posted on 04/01/2015 8:13:30 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Rome2000

I have a dream, and it is this- what you said:

“Walker/Cruz-Cruz/Walker have the capability of controlling the Executive branch for the next 16 years, utterly destroying the union movement and hunting down domestic communists in the Press, Government, and Academia like dogs.”

Let’s make it a reality, and in the process overthrow as many of the corrupt, spineless, gutless GOPe and commie democrats as we possibly can in the process. The majority of Americans HATE what this country is becoming, let’s get this ship back on course!


37 posted on 04/01/2015 8:20:57 PM PDT by boxlunch (CRUZ 2016! TAKE AMERICA BACK!!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why would we citizens care what this flaming liberal and hater has to say about any candidate we chose to look at?
Go aawy you are bothering the adults..........


38 posted on 04/01/2015 8:21:30 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yes, it is total madness and Cruz has absolutely no chance of winning in the general election. Therefore, the best tactic for all those Democrats who turn out to vote in the Republican primaries and previously voted for the likes of Dole, McCain and Romney to ensure a Republican defeat should go out and vote early and often for Cruz to be the Republican nominee.

Really, if they think he has no chance of winning then they should be celebrating his rise in the polls and not trying to knock him down. The more shrill the left gets over Cruz the more it means they fear he actually can win. If his campaign was the madness they claim they would be standing back to watch the self destruction.

39 posted on 04/01/2015 8:34:35 PM PDT by Armando Guerra (Cruz 2016)
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To: montag813

They weren’t laughing on election night either. You should have seen Frank Renolds face on ABC news. Ah the memories.


40 posted on 04/01/2015 8:50:24 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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