Posted on 08/10/2015 10:04:35 AM PDT by Isara
Birmingham, Alabama (CNN) - Ted Cruz is hoping to gain attention by being precisely where his rivals aren't: the South.
In barbeque joints and tea rooms, Cruz is courting the southerners who are likely to play an outsized role in next year's Republican primary. Eight southern states are slated to cast ballots on March 1, a day now monikered the "SEC Primary" after the top-performing college football conference that voters here cheer.
So Cruz and a large group of aides are spending the congressional recess not in New Hampshire -- a more liberal state, for instance, that he has not visited in more than two months -- but on a bus tour in places like Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Van Buren, Arkansas, hoping to quietly build the infrastructure and lavish candidate attention on SEC states while rivals spend time in Iowa.
"Like the SEC does two-a-days, we're doing two-a-days here right now," said Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe as Cruz greeted a crowd in Huntsville. "Everybody comes in for a Fourth of July event -- a big speech, or some sort of cattle call -- but spending the time, doing these type of events? We don't see that from anybody else."
Cruz and his allies see a hand-in-glove fit between a Texas tea partier who is the son of an evangelical pastor and a church-going electorate many miles removed from Washington politics. He's known for being a bit of a rebel himself, in his unwillingness to tow the establishment Republican line and aligning himself closely with this primary's most famous D.C. outsider, Donald Trump.
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Control the gridiron and you’re guaranteed success.
Nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel. Don’t look up, don’t complain....don’t waste air you can use doing something.
Based on the first poll after the debate, that worked out for him...
Go Cruz.
Trump is a sideshow.
Cruz is the real deal.
...in his unwillingness to tow the establishment Republican line...
It's 'TOE' not 'TOW' the line!
In early organized boxing, a fighter would be asked to step forward and put their toe on the line that would make them a combatant. A man willing to 'toe the line' meant he was ready and willing to fight.
So, the phrase 'he was unwilling to toe the establishment Republican line' makes no sense.
If the phrase was 'he was unwilling to toe the line for the establishment Republicans', that would make sense but not mean what he intended.
The phrase he should have used, if he understood the saying correctly, was that 'he often toed the line against the establishment Republicans'.
Arrrrgghhhhh! English-language-nerd rant over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nc96b-hN2U&feature=youtu.be
Republican Primary Voters are Looking for a Consistent Conservative who Walks the Walk
And canidates like John McCain, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush who ? It is their turn , their coranation, think they can just ride into town on their high white horses and win the day, and the hearts and minds of the people with name recognition alone.
Cruz is in 2nd place in the latest poll. He moved up more than anyone else after the debate (only Fiorina came close to gaining as many points).
He also has raised more money than any Republican except Bush.
If Trump dropped out, Cruz would be well-positioned to be the frontrunner by just as wide a margin as Trump is now.
No one should be calling him a long shot. And personally I’d like to see him go for Iowa just as much as the Southern states. I think he should cast a wide net because I think he has real potential to grow in the polls.
This came up on my Breaking News iPhone app an hour ago. Lovely picture.,
https://mobile.twitter.com/HallieJackson/status/630757840194564096
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My big toe at the moment is swollen up, not sure what happened.
It’s painful, either gout, or a spider bite.
It’s got a red circle on the side.
Go Gators! Go Cruz!
To crowd..."When I tell you I will do something, I mean what I say and will do exactly that"
GraceWorks Church...Chattanooga TN
Great pics—thanks.
Love the name of the church—can be taken a few ways. Clever.
Yes...check out post 17...Cruz jumped down with the crowd and they flooded him...LOLOL
Cruz is the best conservative we have.
Trump is not a conservative, but I love him too for upsetting the plans of the DC Cartel, who are desperate to give us Bush v. Clinton in 2016, with Clinton winning handily.
To heck with that.
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