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A memo to all GOP presidential candidates not named Ted Cruz
Washington Times ^ | 4/20/2016 | Steave Deace

Posted on 04/20/2015 2:09:22 PM PDT by VinL

Here’s why if the Iowa caucuses were today he would win and you wouldn’t... This memo amounts to an intervention.

It serves to warn all other Republican presidential campaigns of a perfect storm looming on the horizon. Not only does the storm favor Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, but your combined failures/refusals to recognize it are only helping him. If that environment persists, Mr. Cruz will not only win Iowa next year, but win it convincingly.

Your skepticism of Mr. Cruz’s candidacy, and willingness to play ball with a system the average Iowa conservative no longer trusts, is helping to positively brand Mr. Cruz to voters looking for a fighter and an outsider.

And that is what the majority of 2016 Iowa Caucus voters are looking for.

Now before you (and your consultants) get defensive and immediately dismiss this memo as a ridiculous polemic written by a rube, please remember a few things.

My record predicting the outcome of elections in Iowa is proven. For this reason, many of your campaigns have already sought out my take on the lay of the land here. Several of you have already appeared on my radio show to speak to my audience. Some of your campaigns have even asked me for staffing referrals. And I just moderated the first joint candidate forum of the 2016 cycle in front of about a thousand Iowa Caucus voters/activists.

Given this track record, I hope you’ll each take this in the spirit it is intended. I know several of you personally, would be proud to vote for many of you, and am grateful to have such a strong field. Nonetheless, if the caucuses were today you’d all be fighting for second behind Mr. Cruz.

While it’s definitely (snip)

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
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Good article- but the Wash Times website is a tangle of ads--
1 posted on 04/20/2015 2:09:22 PM PDT by VinL
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To: All; VinL

See my tagline.


2 posted on 04/20/2015 2:11:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: VinL

It’s awful.

I have NoScript and Ad Block Plus running or I wouldn’t even attempt to view the site.


3 posted on 04/20/2015 2:14:14 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: VinL

So Rubio and Paul would come in second and third? There are only 3 people running right now. Cruz, Rubio and Paul. Until others announce this article is sorta early.


4 posted on 04/20/2015 2:15:59 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: VinL
Your skepticism of Mr. Cruz’s candidacy, and willingness to play ball with a system the average Iowa conservative no longer trusts, is helping to positively brand Mr. Cruz to voters looking for a fighter and an outsider.

And that is what the majority of 2016 Iowa Caucus voters are looking for.

BOOM

5 posted on 04/20/2015 2:16:05 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: VinL
Don't tell the RINOs - they'll realize they'll need to lie their *sses off and lie they will.

Lets have some clarity in the primaries, for a change.

6 posted on 04/20/2015 2:19:43 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: VinL

The pussy-footing around on issues like amnesty, gay marriage, and 2nd Amendment rights has doomed the declared as well as wannabe candidates for me. Cruz is the lone exception. We’ll see whether he turns out to have feet of clay, too.


7 posted on 04/20/2015 2:19:54 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: VinL

Now Naps, I remember you from the last election cycle. I was for Newt, you for St. Rick. I never trolled your threads, so let’s start off on the right foot— and don’t start raining on my threads.


8 posted on 04/20/2015 2:21:22 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, than to consent to wrong.)
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To: napscoordinator; VinL

Naps,

Look up the author’s name, since I’m guessing you’re not familiar with him.


9 posted on 04/20/2015 2:22:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: skeeter

We’ve already seen a lot of pandering and lies by Paul with his tax cuts for college kids, laws repealed for blacks which put them in prison more than whites etc.


10 posted on 04/20/2015 2:24:08 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah who is it?


11 posted on 04/20/2015 2:25:14 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: Arm_Bears

Just said the same.

Stop the lies and pandering as only Cruz has been steadfast thus far.


12 posted on 04/20/2015 2:25:18 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: VinL

I like the title


13 posted on 04/20/2015 2:25:22 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: VinL

As has been pointed out, the “moderates” believe the way to win is to be just a little to the right of the Rat and take the middle voters. They fail to notice that every time they try it they fail.


14 posted on 04/20/2015 2:26:16 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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To: VinL

“.......the Wash Times website is a tangle of ads—”

Sorry, I gave up going to Wash Times site long ago. They overload the site with ads, and too often I was compelled to shut down, and restart as they jammed up freezing my ‘puter to the point I could not get out of the site without shutting down.

Very frustrating, and time consuming, so I don’t bother anymore.


15 posted on 04/20/2015 2:26:19 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Why vote for Democrat-Lite when you can vote for the real thing.


16 posted on 04/20/2015 2:27:00 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Arm_Bears

Completely unacceptable: Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio.

Worth considering: Ted Cruz, Scott Walker.

I’m not sure about Rand Paul - his craziness is unique, but he has good points too (unlike Bush and Christie).

In any case, we need to coalesce around one or at most two candidates early, before the RINOs settle on their inside pick.


17 posted on 04/20/2015 2:27:19 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: manc
The last thing we need the rest of the field suddenly calling for the 10th Mountain Div on the border and yammering about taking a blowtorch to Obamacare.

This two card monte game has gone on long enough. Let Jeb believe he can win without conservatives.

18 posted on 04/20/2015 2:27:55 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: napscoordinator

So you want me to do your homework for you? Can I chew your food, too?


19 posted on 04/20/2015 2:28:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL


20 posted on 04/20/2015 2:29:16 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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