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CU’s Bossie Says Trump’s 2nd Place Showing in Poll Shows Base ‘Desperately Looking for Leadership’
Breitbart's Big Government ^ | June 24, 2015 | Michael Patrick Leahy

Posted on 06/24/2015 5:51:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Citizens United chief David Bossie says the Fox News poll released on Wednesday reinforces results his organization obtained in a survey of its own.

The Fox poll shows Donald Trump in second place among 2016 Republican presidential contenders, and Bossie calls that a clear sign that “the conservative movement that makes up the Republican party voter base is desperately looking for leadership.”

The stunning new Fox News poll shows Jeb Bush in the lead with the support of 15 percent of likely Republican primary voters, but Trump is right behind him in second place at 11 percent.

Today’s Fox News poll is just one of five polls that will be used to determine the top ten candidates who will be invited to the networks’ televised debate in August.

The Fox News poll reinforces the results of a survey of its members released by Citizens United earlier in the day that shows Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Trump are favored by its members in the 2016 Republican presidential primary contest....

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: New York; Texas; Wisconsin; Campaign News; Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bencarson; breitbart; bush; carson; citizensunited; davidbossie; donaldchump; donaldhump; donaldtrump; election2016; gop; michaelpatrickleahy; newyork; polls; scottwalker; strawpolls; tedcruz; texas; therug; trump; wisconsin
FULL TITLE: Citizens United’s Bossie Says Trump’s Second Place Showing in New Fox Poll Shows GOP Conservative Base ‘Desperately Looking for Leadership’
1 posted on 06/24/2015 5:51:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah right.


2 posted on 06/24/2015 5:56:21 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

Cruz is the man to lead. Trump on the other hand is a mouthy , egotistical , show off, turd , who is yet again being pushed by FOX and other media corrupt outlets.


3 posted on 06/24/2015 6:09:38 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: manc
Cruz is the man to lead. Trump on the other hand is a mouthy , egotistical , show off, turd , who is yet again being pushed by FOX and other media corrupt outlets.

Yup.

I would add, that being the risk-adverse businessman that he is, his policy positions are probably not based on rock-solid principles, but instead is what he has chosen to get himself elected. As such, I'm pretty sure, at the first stiff wind of opposition, he will fold like a cheap suit on many of his positions. Just like his opposition to Gay Marriage is apparently weakening as we speak, given his most recent statements on the issue.
4 posted on 06/24/2015 6:12:23 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: manc

Do not underestimate Trump. It is obvious he is resonating with voters in NH. Those polls in NH by various polling outfits should not be dismissed. That is wishful thinking.


5 posted on 06/24/2015 6:14:03 PM PDT by entropy12 (I always see glass half full. I see something good in all people, even the crappy RINO's!)
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To: entropy12

This is a nationwide Fox poll for the article here with Trump moving into 2nd place.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2015/06/24/0624152016iranweb/


6 posted on 06/24/2015 6:22:27 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So here we are. One libtard, Jeb, one conservative vote sucker, Trump, and 400 conservatives in single digits. SitRep normal. Conservatives split their vote into fractions allowing Jeb to win.


7 posted on 06/24/2015 6:37:48 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, we do desperately want leadership.

Not dictatorship.

Not immoral equivocating.

Not say one thing and do another.

Leadership.


8 posted on 06/24/2015 6:43:21 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: entropy12

I agree, though NH is very different to the south and Midwest. NH has a lot of socially liberal people from MA .


9 posted on 06/24/2015 6:45:16 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: entropy12
Do not underestimate Trump. It is obvious he is resonating with voters in NH. Those polls in NH by various polling outfits should not be dismissed. That is wishful thinking.

It is not my job to hump these shows but here goes.

Listen to WRKO out of Boston on the web. They just don't serve Boston listeners, but also New Hampshire to their North. Both Jeff Kuhner 6am to 10pm est and Howie Carr 3 to 6 or 7 pm est.

Listen to the callers, ya'd think Trump has it in the bag, they have thrown Cruz overboard because of TPP / TPA etc and are willing to entertain the top 6 but IMHO their is an anti-establishment-anti-EGOP-anti-the Chamber of Croney Fascism going on that even Ted Cruz, or Walker can get their arms around.

People other than here on FR are pissed beyond belief IMHO as to the at the direction the Country is going.

10 posted on 06/24/2015 6:49:05 PM PDT by taildragger (It's Cruz & Walker. Anything else is a Yugo with Racing Stripes....)
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To: manc
Cruz is the man to lead

He blew it big time on that first vote for the trade deal, and when the deal was changed couldn't put the genie back in the bottle. One of Trump's selling points is he doesn't make bad deals.

I'm one of the first people who gave to Cruz's campaign. But he should've been the conservative leadership in the US Senate to stop this thing. How does he undo the damage?

11 posted on 06/24/2015 6:54:12 PM PDT by grania
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To: taildragger

Yes, even the conservative Republicans are missing the conservative populism that characterized Reagan ..


12 posted on 06/24/2015 7:06:14 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: grania
-- How does he undo the damage? --

The same way all the winners do. Pander to the masses, screw the principled.

13 posted on 06/24/2015 7:08:59 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: freedomfiter2
Yes, even the conservative Republicans are missing the conservative populism that characterized Reagan ..

Yes, Sarah has it, but I am not going their. Trump? Maybe, he is a stubborn hard arse business man in his own right, flawed like we all are, but like Reagan he has a TV persona that makes him a visual populist, like or dislike that concept and not a conservative populist like Reagan, but he sure is speaking it at the moment whether it is real or not.

With that said I see Harley Riding Union Construction Worker types pulling the lever for "The Donald" because he wants to build things again.

I am not sure Walker and or Cruz can get these guys to pull the lever for them.....

14 posted on 06/24/2015 7:11:33 PM PDT by taildragger (It's Cruz & Walker. Anything else is a Yugo with Racing Stripes....)
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To: manc

Even Cruz’s flip-flop isn’t going to save him.

I know I’m repeating myself, but why Cruz insisted on committing political suicide was a stunning decision.


15 posted on 06/24/2015 7:15:00 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Jonathan Gruber is proof that God is still smiling on Americans)
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To: taildragger
"People other than here on FR are pissed beyond belief IMHO as to the at the direction the Country is going. "

There's a Bad Moon on the Rise.

Folks have often wondered "what happened to the Reagan Democrats"?

They' still out there and many haven't voted in over 20years.

A CREDIBLE jobs and America first populist will have no problem garnering a majority no matter what party banner they run under.

Even third party if they have $500mil of their own money laying around.

Immigration and Trade are THE ISSUES. Then War. Then Corruption.

And those are the only issues upon which 2016 rides.

16 posted on 06/24/2015 7:47:07 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Balding_Eagle
"but why Cruz insisted on committing political suicide was a stunning decision"

Because it's going to make him, his extended family, and his friends rich.

Very rich.

17 posted on 06/24/2015 7:49:46 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: entropy12

Trump will have a major impact on the race. He might even be tapped for VP. Love him or Hate him—Trump has a message many want to hear—He sounds like a leader! He sounds like he might get things done. Will he—if and that is a big if—he’s elected? Who can say? But he might turn out to be another Reagan.


18 posted on 06/24/2015 8:03:42 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Cboldt; grania

Screw the principled conservatives? Pushing TPP is conservative?

I will bet you any money for every factory which moved from Mexico to USA, I will show you TEN which moved from USA to Mexico. Manufacturing jobs are mostly middle class jobs. Only ones who will benefit from TPP is the rich donor class in USA and the workers in Pacific rim countries.

Why Cruz wanted TPP? Is he aware of labor rates in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar? Does Cruz really think American middle class will benefit from TPP? If that is definition of a “principled” conservative, please give me the one who PANDERS to the MIDDLE CLASS, and not under command and control of their sugar daddy rich donors. Most of my relatives, friends and kids are in middle class. Excuse me from backing them instead of the rich donor class.


19 posted on 06/24/2015 8:51:36 PM PDT by entropy12 (I always see glass half full. I see something good in all people, even the crappy RINO's!)
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To: entropy12
Do not underestimate Trump.

If Carly makes the cut in the first debate she will be helped by Trump at his expense.

20 posted on 06/25/2015 12:54:50 AM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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