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Ted Cruz, Triumphant
The National Review ^ | February 1, 2016 | David French

Posted on 02/01/2016 10:28:42 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Cincinatus' Wife

From “youngcons.com”? LOL! You got that right. Look over there...


41 posted on 02/01/2016 11:26:14 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Excellent work as always. People will be surprised a week from today too. I wonder if donnie has thought about ground games yet? Or maybe not alienating any more voters with his bragging and trashing.
Cruz beats donnie by 8 points head to head in NH. Can’t remember what the total was that would never vote for him in NH but seems it was at least double that of Cruz.
Cruz was true to his beliefs - ethanol(thank goodness he has core beliefs) and won Iowa - nobody thought he could do that. NH is going to be a yuge game changer, won’t be pretty for the trumpees.


42 posted on 02/01/2016 11:29:36 PM PST by libbylu (Cruz: The truth with a smile.)
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To: RitaOK; All
Daily Mail: 'To God be the glory. Tonight is a victory for the grassroots': Victorious Ted Cruz hails the religious vote for his Iowa triumph - and attacks his own party's establishment
43 posted on 02/01/2016 11:30:21 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Happy, happy, happy!

Meanwhile, Bernie is giving Hildebeast and Slick heartburn. Go Bernie, you unreconstructed Stalinist you! Remember George McGovern? One State -- Taxachusetts! LOLOL!

Go, Bernie, beat the Beastwoman!

44 posted on 02/01/2016 11:32:24 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutierrez)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Now THAT is better. More like it.


45 posted on 02/01/2016 11:32:33 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Impressive


46 posted on 02/01/2016 11:35:58 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: lentulusgracchus

“.........Editor’s note: Earlier tonight, reports have surfaced, based on claims from the Bernie Sanders campaign, that 90 out of the 1,600 precinct results are missing, and the @iowademocrats have called the campaigns to help find the missing precinct results. Shortly after, an official from @iowademocrats told reporters @gdebenedetti and @kyletblaine that ‘we are currently getting results from our small number of outstanding precincts, and results continue to be reported on our public website. The reports of precincts without chairs are inaccurate ... We have reached out to the campaigns for help in contacting the chairs for our outstanding precincts. We are not taking results from the campaigns.’ - Imana......

http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2016/02/02/with-99-of-precincts-reporting-in-iowa-democratic/


47 posted on 02/01/2016 11:37:04 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: SubMareener
We will see if it is genuine if he continues his preaching in New Hampshire. Otherwise, it was just a cynical tactic to fool gullible Christians.

Not necessarily. A well-trained evangelist does not use the same approach for every prospective convert. I would not preach the Gospel the same way to a backslidden Baptist as I would to a Muslim, though the core message would be the same.

Besides, Ted set it out in his speech at Liberty, IIRC, that he wants to bring in the evangelical vote in a big way. If that works, it could change the dynamics of the race on a large scale, including states that typically vote further to the left.

That, of course, is why, per Alinsky, all the attacks on Cruz focus on the one or two areas that should be his greatest strengths, character, and consistency as a conservative. These are designed to put a wedge between him and his key strategic constituency, evangelicals. Whether that anti-Cruz defense mechanism will work remains to be seen.

Peace,

SR

48 posted on 02/01/2016 11:42:46 PM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE; All

Donald Trump Finally Lost a Poll

49 posted on 02/01/2016 11:47:05 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Springfield Reformer
That, of course, is why, per Alinsky, all the attacks on Cruz focus on the one or two areas that should be his greatest strengths, character, and consistency as a conservative. These are designed to put a wedge between him and his key strategic constituency, evangelicals. Whether that anti-Cruz defense mechanism will work remains to be seen.

Well said.

50 posted on 02/01/2016 11:48:09 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Cruz is a fine example of ethics and high standards over crass reality tv showmanship.


51 posted on 02/01/2016 11:48:26 PM PST by exnavy (good gun control: two hands, one shot, one kill.)
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To: exnavy

That’s a fact!


52 posted on 02/01/2016 11:49:40 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: libbylu

Trump is polling three times what Cruz is in NH

Cruz got out the vote in Iowa no doubt

But he has no vote to get out in New Hampshire

Crotchety New Englanders love Trump

I’ll be fine either way but your scenario is unlikely

Iowa turned out roughly like most figured

Scary part is Rubio got what he did

Both Trump and Cruz and Trump or Cruz folks here should be concerned

That is the establishment game plan and who will now be touted

Trump is leagues ahead in Nevada and South Carolina too

Just saying

I fear Iowa will make the Cruz or FTW people here go off the deep end

I’m fine either way but Rubio will now get pimped non stop on Fox and so forth

Keep your powder dry for the real threat


53 posted on 02/01/2016 11:53:39 PM PST by wardaddy (Trump or Cruz.......its win win folks......so take a John Riggins pill .......lie on the carpet)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Something about his victory speech...

I didn't hear a single "I" or "me" or "mine".

Everything was a product of "we, the people", an expression of our rights, which were gifts from God.

54 posted on 02/01/2016 11:54:31 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Yes! CRUZ WON!!

Trump had the YUUUUGE rallies, and polls that said he was going to beat Cruz by 10pnts or something like that. Who cares!

55 posted on 02/01/2016 11:54:32 PM PST by Moorings
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To: okie01

Yes!

: )


56 posted on 02/01/2016 11:58:51 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Lopeover
Democrats have already started legal action to keep Cruz off of the Illinois ballot. More will come.

Of course, they will. But they will fail. Every one of them.

They've already filed suit in the first five primary states. And all five have been rejected.

57 posted on 02/02/2016 12:01:16 AM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

God knows whats next....but congrats to Cruz on a victory well deserved


58 posted on 02/02/2016 12:01:36 AM PST by woofie
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

With only 1 precinct left to report, here is the final allocation of Iowa’s 27 Republican delegates:
Ted Cruz 8 on 51,649 votes or 27.7%
Donald Trump 7 on 45,416 votes or 24.3%
Marco Rubio 7 on 43,132 votes or 23.1%
Ben Carson 3 on 17,393 votes or 9.3%
Rand Paul 1 on 8,478 votes or 4.5%
Jeb Bush 1 on 5,235 votes or 2.8%

Congratulations to Ted Cruz on his big win tonight.
Sources:
http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/02/01/iowa-caucuses-2016-delegate-tracker/79636466/
http://graphics.latimes.com/election-2016-iowa-results/


59 posted on 02/02/2016 12:14:35 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: Electric Graffiti; All
Onward Christian Soldiers!
60 posted on 02/02/2016 12:15:35 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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