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Ted Cruz 2016 : VICTORY at Florida FFFC Straw Poll (2015-05-19) : GOP Beltway Pundits Amazed !
Ted Cruz 2016 Florida Grassroots Victory Campaign ^ | 2015-05-20 | Patton@Bastogne

Posted on 05/20/2015 5:35:16 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne

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Ted Cruz SURPRISES the GOP Beltway Establishment Pundits at the FFPC Florida Straw Poll (May 19, 2015) in Orlando, Florida.

A virtual dead-heat between Ted Cruz (30.3 %) and supposed "Florida native son darling" Marco Rubio (30.7 %).



Jed Bush and Scott Walker finished poorly in a third-place tie with a paltry 8.9 % each, barely passing an otherwise weak showing by Rick Santorum (6.7 %), Rand Paul (4.5 %), Ben Carson (3.4 %), Mike Huckabee (2.2 %) and Rick Perry (1.1 %).

GOP 2016 candidates Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, and John Kasich each received "zero" straw poll votes.


Political analysts view this straw poll victory for Senator Ted Cruz as reinforcing the idea that America's Conservative voters are deciding very early on to consolidate behind the best qualified genuine conservative candidates, and NOT repeat the disaster of the "Political Circular Firing Squad" in 2012 when Mitt Romney and the Karl Rove Establishment GOP defeated in detail otherwise excellent candidates such as Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.


Shown below (photograph courtesy of conservative political consultant Kevin Wright) are ten of the estimated twenty-five Ted Cruz Florida grassroots supporters who attended the FFPC event.

Their attendance was noteworthy in that most of the Ted Cruz attendees received only three days advance notice of the event.


Douglas Coggeshall, a Conservative Evangelical Christian who is building a Florida grassroots organization for all of Florida's 67 counties, challenged the FFPC event's attendees to build effective county-level grassroots organizations NOW, to defeat the Jeb Bush GOP $ 100 million dollar juggernaut in the GOP Presidential State primaries in 2016.


Coggeshall invited event attendees to participate in the July 18 Tampa planning meeting for the Ted Cruz Florida Grassroots Victory Campaign.


The Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC) event was superbly moderated by John Stemberger (Florida attorney) who presented a comprehensive examination of individual candidate strengths and weaknesses prior to the straw poll vote.


Discussion leads included Carl Stevens, Sara Johnson, Florida Senator Alan Hayes, Bryan Empric, Karin Hoffman and Pastor Kurt Kelly.

Discussion leaders Carl Jackson (columnist) and Karin Hoffman (Tea Party national leader) pointed to Ted Cruz's extraordinary record of accomplishment while serving as U.S. Senator, and his unique quality of NOT having "flip-flopped" on any campaign issues, unlike GOP 2016 presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Ben Carson, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker.


Florida State Senator Alan Hayes received a standing ovation as the Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC) recognized his accomplishments and dedication to successfully passing legislation to protect unborn children in Florida.

Sen. Hayes’ powerful leadership in the Florida Pro-Life movement was enthusiastically applauded.



Douglas Coggeshall
Ted Cruz Florida Grassroots Victory Campaign
Ted-Cruz-2016@Engineering-Excellence.US
(727) 485-6220


 photo FFPC-Group-Photo--2015-05-19_zpss5x7aasn.jpg.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Cruz 2016

Alan Keyes Press Secretary

hehehehehe...


41 posted on 05/20/2015 4:46:37 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Solson

They don’t give raw totals or the details of how the vote was conducted (online?). And Rubio apparently got 33.7% to Cruz’ 30.3%, not as reported at the top of the thread.

https://www.facebook.com/floridafamilypolicycouncil


42 posted on 05/20/2015 4:53:16 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Patton@Bastogne

We want a fight this time dammit.
Ted Cruz 2016


43 posted on 05/20/2015 4:59:20 PM PDT by right way right
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To: jjotto
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Here's the "straight scoop" on the conflicting straw poll numbers ...

Today I sent the original story out (below) as a national press release to parties such as Drudge, Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity, AP, 15 major Florida newspapers, CNN, Fox news ... Washington Times ... many others.


I'm not surprised by somebody "getting the straw poll numbers wrong" /sarcasm-off ...

The FIRST thing I did upon arrival at the meeting was to copy the Candidate names down in my notebook, in the exact order as the "blue" Straw Poll Ballot.

That way, when the vote count was announced, I could quickly and "accurately" transcribe the numbers as they were announced.

Kevin Wright, a fellow attendee, was standing immediately to my right as the vote numbers were announced, and I was "indeed" surprised when the moderator said "30.7 percent for Marco Rubio" ...

I turned to Kevin and asked "30.7 for Marco" ?

Kevin replied, "Yes !" ...

all in the space of 10 seconds ...

after which I continued writing down the remained of the numbers.



I stand by my account, the famously "liberal" Tampa Bay Times notwithstanding.

I'm a Senior Aerospace Mechanical Engineer. I east and sleep "numbers" ... especially ones that are important and have a publicly stated value of "30.7 percent".



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44 posted on 05/20/2015 7:08:34 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Ted-Cruz-2016 @ Engineering-Excellence.US)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

People in FL don’t know much about the Rubio record: I doubt they ever will.


45 posted on 05/20/2015 8:10:45 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Our only hope is that Cruz’s superior debating skills will push all the rivals into early oblivion. Nothing else can save the nation at this point.


46 posted on 05/20/2015 8:11:48 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: upchuck

Loveable Lindsey and Huckabee are there to keep votes from Cruz in SC in hopes that Jebbie can prevail and then follow up with a big victory in FL. But Rubio is checking Jebbie in FL.


47 posted on 05/20/2015 8:14:37 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

Cruz is not my first choice either but it’s nothing personal. I think he would make a fine president. At this moment I just have a preference for another candidate. That said, if he’s the nominee I will vote for him without reservations. The thought of Shrillary, Uncle Joe, Fauxahontas, Marty O’Malley, and any other lefty becoming the next president is too gruesome a thought. Besides a President Cruz won’t put up with the likes of a John Boehner as House speaker and Mitch McConnell as the Senate majority leader. He’ll have them booted out of leadership which is only a good thing. Admittedly, my preferred candidate(s) may not have the guts to give Bonehead and McSellout their walking papers but Ted would.


48 posted on 05/20/2015 8:19:54 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill; All

As smart as Cruz is, I would rather see a Governor on the top of the ticket in 2016 and 2020 and Cruz as VP.
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Yeah right! The only Governor who has ascended to the Office of President, in the last 40 years, that was a great President was Ronald Wilson Reagan. The rest weren’t worth a bucket of warm piss.


49 posted on 05/20/2015 9:45:50 PM PDT by Din Maker (247 elected to the House is is the most since 1928. 54 in the Senate is one off the modern high of 5)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

33.7 for Rubio came from John Stemberger, who I possibly mistakenly understood was president of the host organization. Perhaps his Florida Policy Insider is not the same organization?

https://twitter.com/JohnStemberger


50 posted on 05/21/2015 4:48:17 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Theodore R.

Rubio’s “record” and “positions” are constantly moving targets ...


51 posted on 05/21/2015 4:49:04 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Ted-Cruz-2016 @ Engineering-Excellence.US)
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To: jjotto
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Yes ... John Stemberger was the moderator ...

I STAND by my account of hearing John Stemberger announce "30.7 percent" for Marco Rubio ... Kevin Wright will confirm my account ...

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52 posted on 05/21/2015 4:51:50 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Ted-Cruz-2016 @ Engineering-Excellence.US)
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

” As smart as Cruz is, I would rather see a Governor on the top of the ticket in 2016 “

Like Gov. Brown ?


53 posted on 05/21/2015 11:12:56 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Tupelo; Andy from Chapel Hill; Patton@Bastogne; SoConPubbie

Yeah boy! Exile that conservative Cruz to a position where he is the hell outta the way! The traitorous leaders in our House & Senate approve your message!


54 posted on 05/21/2015 11:18:36 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: CatherineofAragon; All

” Those who governed include Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton...which tells us that previous governorship means very little.”

Ha! Good one, Catherine.


55 posted on 05/21/2015 11:21:07 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill
As smart as Cruz is, I would rather see a Governor on the top of the ticket in 2016 and 2020 and Cruz as VP.

1. Teddy Roosevelt
2. Jimmy Carter
3. Bill Clinton

Yea, being a Governor just automatically makes you a better President, right?
56 posted on 05/21/2015 11:22:40 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Cruz facing Hillary? He’d be branded by the Media as a bully and male chauvinist after the first debate. It will be Lazio vs Clinton Part Deau. The Democrat BS Media rules as always. The Gimmedats are already absorbing the BS on a daily basis.


57 posted on 05/23/2015 6:55:30 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (2016 The RNC better come up with a Winner this time. Run some one like Cruz and Go for Broke!)
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To: Stillwaters

In Florida. Interesting.


58 posted on 05/23/2015 9:18:28 AM PDT by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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