Get ready MSM, DC... he's here...
Posted on 08/30/2015 5:51:15 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A pollster in Iowa said on Sunday that Donald Trump is defying political logic with his 2016 GOP presidential campaign.
Ann Selzer added that Trump is converting skeptics in the Hawkeye State in a way she has never previously encountered.
“A few months ago, he had the highest unfavorable [rating] of anybody,” Selzer said of Trump on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“And people said, ‘Well, he can’t possibly do any better in the horse race because his unfavorable [ratings] are so high,’” said Selzer, president of the Selzer & Company polling firm in Des Moines. “Can you ever really turn those around?”
“I said, ‘You know, we’ve seen everything happen,' ” she told host John Dickerson. “And we’ve certainly seen it happen this time.”
Selzer pointed out her organization’s latest poll as proof that Trump is winning the respect of everyday Iowans.
The new Bloomberg/Des Moines Register sampling released on Saturday has the outspoken billionaire scoring a 61 percent favorability rating.
He earns a 35 unfavorability rating, the survey added, a nearly complete reversal since the last Bloomberg/Des Moines Register sampling in May.
“He now has seven people with higher unfavorable [ratings] than he has, and that includes Jeb Bush,” Selzer said Saturday, referencing the former GOP governor of Florida.
“He has grown his favorability and its turned into votes,” she added of Trump’s fortunes in Iowa.
Saturday’s poll also said that Trump leads the race in Iowa for next year’s GOP presidential nomination with 23 percent support.
The latest RealClearPolitics average of national samplings, meanwhile, also has the New York business mogul ranked first in the Republican field with 23.5 percent.
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There’s not 1 Trump supporter on this entire site that has managed to defend Trump on the basis of any facts.Well after all he's never been elected to office so unless you're privy to his personal or inside business life you're just lying that you have ant "facts".
BUT, if you want to talk accomplishments...well Cruz has none as a Senator, NONE, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA. And the important votes he has made, the ones that aren't your 'feel good" votes are far from "conservative" votes...In fact they're more pro-Obama than conservative.
He's a FRIGG'N lawyer, that's it. He talks, debates, argues, writes letters etc...PERIOD
Heidi, his wife is way more qualified than he is to be president.
She's had political, economical and financial experience She's also a member of CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
As a member of the CFR she helped with a plan for Building a North American Community. Maybe you like that, I don't. They're not exactly a "conservative" group which might explain his questionable vote on trade in favor of Obama
He's painful to listen to, painful to watch him speak, he looks like he's just been scolded with that sad sack, droopy eyed look and most of his supporters here that I see, hope he can hang onto Trump's coattails because they know he's not capable of winning this on his own and certainly not without Trump. You can't tell me you don't see all the cries for Trump/Cruz.
Now the Question is, IF Trump picks Cruz (GAG!) as a running mate, who will you vote for?
No, you are confusing TPA and TPP which has been told over and over again are two different things. Cruz voted for TPA. TPA is a GOOD thing that the next President should have, but Cruz realized the Democrats would never give TPA to a Republican President. Cruz never took a stand on TPP because it never came up for a vote. But this doesn’t matter to you since I can already tell from your comment you’re a protectionist/isolationist and think high tariffs will bring back jobs when they won’t. So no point arguing facts here. Cruz’s statements are clear on the issue. When he realized the TPA vote got corrupted and McConnell pulled a fast one, he backed out.
The Corker Bill sucks. But no one in the House was willing to impeach Obozo if he didn’t call the Iran “deal” a “treaty” meaning the deal would have been effective immediately without any input from the Senate. Cruz (and Mike Lee for that matter) voted in favor because it at least put in writing that Obama had to bring the deal to a Senate vote and it would delay implementation of a bad deal, if slightly. Voting no on the bill would have let Obama break the law again and given the weakness of House leadership they just would have allowed it. Cruz could have voted “No”, but it would have been on the House to begin impeachment of Obama and it wasn’t going to happen. Cruz wanted to at have at least some input which is why he voted for it.
Others are better at explaining the H1-B than I can so I defer to them, but I will say that Trump’s words of “bringing the productive ones back in” is going to have just as much of a damaging effect on jobs. Though I don’t look at this issue in a bubble. I see Cruz advocating for a fair tax and a reduction in corporate income tax rates which will provide more income for everyone and new job opportunities which don’t currently exist. If then a company wants to play the game of hiring foreign workers to keep wages low, the tax reductions will help more employees save/absorb funds so that they can go out and start their own businesses/co to compete with the others a la Southwest Airlines.
Your not making sense on the abortion issue. You say “Cruz may be pro-life like he claims” as if there is nothing to back that up. Who the hell is leading the movement to defund Planned Parenthood? As solicitor general in Texas, Cruz was exposed to a great many number of attorneys/judges, so when it comes time to pick SCOTUS replacements, I trust his record to make the right choice. Meanwhile, Trump put out conflicting statements about PP saying they should fund “the good parts” as if the money was fungible. Then he labeled his sister, a hardcore pro-abortionist judge that she would be a “phenomenal SCOTUS justice”. And in an interview with Howard Stern, Trump told Stern that he was no “pro-life” but that the “issue wasn’t important to him and he could change in the future”. But that’s the same as Cruz position, right?
And if you can’t understand that that wasn’t the bill they were voting on in the Senate, then it’s pointless to argue with someone that doesn’t have their facts straight.
The “secret” room trade deal you’re talking about is TPP. There was not 1 single vote on TPP and Cruz never took a final position on it because it never came up for a vote.
The vote Cruz had was on TPA, the A standing for Authority. TPA was a process for a President to fast-track a deal by requiring simple majorities in the House and Senate rather than 2/3 in the Senate alone to get passage. Cruz’s reasoning being that history has shown trade deals don’t get done without TPA and that the scope would normally fall within the House of Representatives commerce role where they should also have a say. When the corrupt bargains the Boehner/McConnell are not not included and the TPA is clean, it is good legislation and that’s why Cruz voted for it the first time.
But the truth is this doesn’t jive with your protectionist/isolationist policies, so you try to confuse people by saying TPA and TPP are interchangeable when they are not.
I Owe the World an Apology
1. He shut down the government single handedly with a filibuster.
2. Got Obama to sign his bill on Iranian terror ambassador:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/obama-ted-cruz-iranian-diplomat-105828
3. Gave a speech saying Mitch Connell lied on trade authority.
4. He has sponsored and co-sponsored a huge number of bills in the Senate
“The laws
We looked through Cruz’s legislative history on Congressional Quarterly’s database and found that since he became a senator in January 2013, he has been the main sponsor on 44 bills and a cosponsor on 187.
Of those on which he was the primary sponsor, only one passed, as Bash said.
This bill, the one Cruz mentioned in the interview, passed unanimously in April 2014 and was intended to stop Iran’s proposed U.N. envoy from entering the United States. Iranian Ambassador Hamid Aboutalebi was involved in holding more than 50 Americans hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Iran in the 1970s.
Cruz’s name is on two more laws as a cosponsor. He was one of 80 senators to cosponsor a July 2014 bill to enhance cooperative programs between the United States and Israel. He also joined a bipartisan group of 22 senators behind an August 2014 bill establishing a special envoy to promote religious freedom in parts of Asia.”
This is from the very liberal and anti=conserviatve politifact: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/mar/29/dana-bash/how-many-bills-has-ted-cruz-passed-senate/
5. He has stopped other bad legislation from happening.
This is very important because the conservative movement is primarily about dismantling an overwhelming jacobin federal govt. It is not about passing more legislation. If Cruz were not in the Senate, McConnell would have already committed and infinite array of repulsive legislative compromises.
This is why House Leader John Boehner expressed such glee that Cruz is running for President. He said he is glad that the “jackass” is not in Congress while he is out campaigning.
That statement alone by the speaker of the House speaks volumes about how accomplished Ted Cruz is.
Keep in mind that this is someone who has argued multiple times in front of the Supreme Court— and won 5 cases in front of the Supreme Court.
I challenge you or any other Cruz skeptic to name a greater list of conservative accomplishments among candidates available.
No Accomplishments in the Senate? What are you looking for? Pork barrel projects?
How about this one. That without Cruz’s filibuster in the Senate, GOP voters lose all faith the Congress and decide to sit 2014 out. You don’t think Cruz’s efforts had a hand in bringing these people to the polls?
Cruz also sponsored legislation in getting the Purple Hearts awarded to the soldiers involved in the “workplace violence” event on Fort Hood.
So all lawyers are evil now, that’s a wonderful sentiment. Why the Hell would a conservative ever spend 3 years at a liberal law school and attempt to get to the bench so they can rule as an originalist? I mean, let’s just give up the whole legal realm to the liberals and liberal thought so that they’ll be the only people left to sit on the courts. What a brilliant idea!
Oh no, I’m not taking any more crap on this Heidi BS. When I pointed this out to Trumpsters:
https://stream.org/donald-trump-pro-abortion-sister-phenomenal-supreme-court-justice/
Trumpsters told me “I’m not voting for his sister” or “He’s just being kind”.
Well you know what, I’m not voting for First Lady either so what’s good for the goose is good for the gander and this has nothing to do with Ted Cruz.
You’re last statement is pure drivel and doesn’t support the crowds and multiple ovations Cruz has gotten just about everywhere he goes. There’s no facts to debate here.
If the choice is between Trump and whomever in the General Election, I will right Ted Cruz’s name in. My days of voting for a RINO or pretend conservative are over.
There is no LIKE function on FR so I just want to pile on to your very astute analysis.
The thing trump supporters are not thinking about is how much Trump resembles Ross Perot.
Almost everything about Trump is like Perot.
I think even if Trump wins it all— which he might.
It is quite possible that he will waffle in liberal directions that he held in the past.
We do not know. It is also quite possible that if he fell to second or third he would simply run third party and bring in another Clinton just like Perot did in 1992.
These are both very real risks.
Cruz has a much more proven conservative record.
Stopping the government with a one day filibuster is not an accomplishment. Getting fooled by McConnell lies is not an accomplishment.
So Cruz does have ONE accomplishment in 3 years, to stop the Iran ambassador. That was an easy one, so no one wanted that terrorist to be approved.
If one wants to be president, one must show he/she has leadership qualities to attract followers. Cruz has sponsored a “HUGE” number of bills as you say, but only ONE of his “easy” bill passed. Cruz can learn a lot from Trump how to lead and attract followers.
If that’s what you want to believe, I’m okay with it.
He is not hawking Liberal policies, but if you don’t care to educate yourself on the subject, that’s fine with me.
Do as you like.
I know where they are coming from. Sad thing is, if they would only listen to his speeches, it would put a lot of their fears to rest.
Alas they won’t. Let them wallow in it They seem to be comfortable with that than realizing he’s selling Conservatism to the nation.
That’s something they aren’t doing by trashing him.
“Also fault the GOPe for not teaching and expounding upon conservative ideals and principles.”
Why should they teach what they don’t believe?
Please list for me the conservative bills that have passed Congress this year.
Name for me one candidate that is demonstrably more conservative than Cruz in this year’s race.
Trump is a quite wealthy. He does not care what anyone else thinks.
that is good right now. It won’t be good when he is governing.
Trump has no political experience. Cruz was solicitor general and won 5 cases in front of the Supreme Court.
It is ridiculous that someone as good as Cruz has to take flak from Free Republic.
I would not be at all surprised if Trump raised taxes, appointed justices who support abortion, and acceded to numerous democratic crony friends.
Trump has not principled conservative history. All of his work in politics is with the political winds at his back.
Cruz also defeated the Republican establishment in Texas to win his senate seat.
Cruz is the most resistant force in the entire US congress. That is imperative and constitutes numerous accomplishments. We have no idea what Boehner and McConnell have taken off the table because Cruz can filibuster and has.
Cruz is unable to rise over 7%. That is his main problem. It is NOT his lack of conservative principles.
Cruz has argued multiple cases in front of the Supreme Court.
he won five cases in front of the supreme court. He beat the Bush administration on the execution of an illegal alien in Texas.
How many illegal alien murderers has the Dumpster put to death?
“NONE, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA.”
How many times has the Dumpster attended events to hob knob with the Clintons?
MANY
Cruz is a national debate champion. The idea that he is painful to listen to is disproven by his success in all known forms of public advocacy.
Who is paying you to post these poor arguments?
In a field of 16 he is doing quite well.
I think he is in the top three with Trump, Carson, Cruz.
He is in a good spot and I think Trump knows he is an excellent political advocate.
Get ready MSM, DC... he's here...
The anti-Trump person isn’t a Leftist. They are independent Conservatives that study on their own much of the time. They have followed politics long enough to know right from wrong (with regard to Conservatism).
Once again they see a man that on outward appearances, has at least cursorily supported Leftists and their causes. This is foreign to them, because at their station in life they could never have done what Trump did. Frankly, I have a hard time with it myself. The donating of money to Leftists I despise, is not something I pass of lightly.
I do have to come to terms with it. I want to know what went on in his mind. How could he? It’s the obvious question. I don’t have a definitive answer for that. I do have an answer, but it won’t satisfy any of us in total. It does at least let me understand.
When you get into the rarefied air of a man like Trump, you see things from a different perspective. Some would say you see it in a very selfish way. You’re only looking out for yourself. No anyone or anything else matters, not even your own nation.
If the guy was only supporting Leftists, I would see him as a diehard Leftist. He wasn’t. The politics of the person didn’t matter. Why? Because he had a business to protect.
Sounds very bad to some folks. To them he was nothing but a selfish individual. Fact is, he was also thinking about 22,500 employees, whose families depended on his businesses flourishing.
Trump wrote a book 15 years ago. In that book he talked about the Canadian and Scotish health systems. Today he is referenced for those commenst as if he said them last month.
Regardless he hawks a private sector, anything but single payer, plan today. Never mind, some folks won’t listen.
Trump has covered a lot fo ground over the last several months. Those that have listened to him know he isn’t selling what some FReepers accuse him of being. He IS NOT selling Leftist solutions. He’s selling Conservatism.
Those that trash him, are fighting Conservatism. There’s no less blunt way to put it.
If they won’t listen to him, then they can’t know. Let them stew in it until they get tired enough to finally listen.
When they do, they’ll hear things they like.
Let them enjoy the pain, the feeling of being dejected, abandoned, betrayed...
To them that beats actually paying attention to what is really taking place all around them.
They respect Ted Cruz. They respect Jim Robinson. They may even have respected some folks who like Trump Today. Do they think all these people have forsaken decades of beliefs to simply follow a guy because he’s public figure?
Well yes. That’s easier for them than educating themselves.
Sad really, but there are always going to be some folks slower than the rest to catch on.
Pity them and their angst.
Post of the week....this week and next week.
Leni
Thank you.
To hell with Cruz. Auto reply email only after a year. LOL!!! He’s exactly just like the test of politicians. Even comes through town and meets only with invited business owners... Dudes got backbone, but all that counts for is in the House or Senate. He couldn’t get 10% of the Electoral College if every oil tycoon in Texas have him their last dime.
Keep strokin the donkey though. You’ll be rewarded shortly.
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