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Bush, Rubio, And Perry Condemn Trump, While Ted Cruz Salutes Him

Ted Cruz: Some In GOP Are For 'Amnesty' Because It's Cheap Labor

Ted Cruz on Supreme Court: The Justices 'Put on an Obama Jersey'

Ted Cruz's supporters make up bulk of $51 million raised for presidential bid

Sen. Ted Cruz on the Court, Immigration and His Cockiness (Video on Meet the Press - July 5, 2015)

Todd Grills Cruz on Immigration, Never Gets an Answer

Ted Cruz's 'audition' for 'The Simpsons': Eeexcellent or D'oh? (+video)

Cruz: Trump’s Bold Focus On Immigration Exposes Gop ‘Washington Cartel’ Attitude

Cruz says liberals must love Obama

Cruz Boasts $51M War Chest After Raking in $10M

Cruz Supporters Combine to Raise Over $51 million for Presidential Bid

Trump Proud To Be Fighting For A Secure Border (Trump, Cruz vs virtually everyone else)

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Thanks for the links, as always.

Brit Hume was on Fox News this AM and said that Trump has taken a lot of the wind out of Cruz's sails by being even more outspoken and angry, and that he is appealing to people who are fed up with the establishment GOP. I don't recall if he used the term "tea party" or not.

While it makes for fun TV, I don't think that anger is a really a good emotion for winning elections. I remember an old study that said that usually the more positive candidate has the advantage. (Reagan vs. Carter, Reagan vs. Mondale, Clinton vs. Bush 1, Bush 2 vs. Gore, etc.)

None the less the polls seem to support his theory. Neither Cruz nor Trump are close to having a majority of the GOP support them, they are trying to get to 15% to be in first place. In the last week Trump has surged, pushing Cruz further down in the polls.