Posted on 02/05/2016 5:21:09 PM PST by JSDude1
On Monday night, the Republican Party gave the first victory of 2016 to the first Hispanic candidate for president of the United States, Ted Cruz.
Sen. Cruz won for many reasons: his outsider appeal, disciplined message, and sophisticated get-out-the-vote operation. But after two trips to Iowa to volunteer for Cruz, I noticed something else about the Cruz campaign that probably made a difference.
Iâve worked on many campaigns. I started with George W. Bushâs 2004 campaign when I was 14, and Iâve volunteered at the grassroots level every year since. A wise mentor once told me the kind of organization a leader builds says a lot about him.
There was something different about the Cruz campaign, including many signs of kindness and courage:
â¢Cruzâs Urbandale headquarters were like many campaign headquarters â office space in a suburban strip mall. Streams of volunteers came in to sit in rows of phone bank tables, and went out with literature to canvass neighborhoods door-to-door. Staff bustled in and out of small offices. But people were relatively calm and quiet. There was orderliness.
â¢Unlike every other campaign I had worked on, the Cruz operation encouraged volunteers to engage. Plainly typed signs all around the phone bank said, please flag someone down if someone has you stumped with a Cruz question â we want to earn as many supporters as possible! This communicated not only a commitment to discipline, but also to rational persuasion and fearless confidence that our cause is what the voters are looking for.
â¢One of the offices had been cleared of desks and chairs and instead contained colorful foam mats, toy blocks, and coloring books. I saw four or five kids putting together puzzles or coloring quietly while a mother made calls from a folding chair. Someone told me
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Cruz apologized on behalf of his staffers who made an honest mistake (if it can even be called a mistake) in contacting their precinct captains to notify them of the information concerning Carson heading back to Florida.
Them contacting the precinct captains with that information was perfectly logical based on the information contained in Chris Moody’s tweet.
The information in Moody’s tweet was perfectly logical based on the information that was given to Moody by Carson himself or someone on his staff.
Cruz did nothing wrong here.
Unethical and deceitful in what way. Cruz and crew admitted it was a simple mistake from an erroneous report. Cruz even apologized.
Unless you have some information that it was malicious please share..
So, he’s going to continue his sham until Cleveland. He’s doing it now out of sheer spite. If he has raised so much money, why is he having to slash staff? He doesn’t know how to manage his campaign and he sure as heck can’t run the country.
The only thing that is fueling your feigned outrage is your hatred for Cruz. Take some time off. I know your bipolar candidate isn’t speaking tonight, but make you can replay his “F” bomb speech to remind you what impressive Presidential material he is.
The judge on 4 against one said yesterday under the Iowa statute against coercing voters...a law unique to Iowa.
I think you’re right. Carson needs to end the sham.
Coercing voters? You’ve got to be kidding me. If lying to voters was a crime, then no politician would ever escape prison.
Carson is not now, nor has he ever been a serious candidate. You know it. I know it. Carson knows it. Trump knows it.
Carson is going to drop out and soon. Not a single voter was “coerced” into voting for Cruz because of the information that was being disseminated. For the most part, everything was true. Carson left Iowa the day before the Caucus to fly to Florida to change his underwear.
You are really grasping at straws if you think some law about “coercing” voters was broken.
Get a grip x. This is a distraction. I can’t believe all the people who are getting their panties in a knot over this.
co·erce
Persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.
If you want dirty tricks look no further.
25% of Trump supporters stayed Home!!!
Judge Alex Ferrer
If he is claiming anyone was coerced, then he is an idiot.
You know what you call an attorney with an IQ of less than 80?
Your Honor.
I don't think they said 25% stayed home. I think they said 25% thought about staying home.
All of which means that it is correct to say it is a suspect election.
It IS a suspect election.
No one knows who really won without the ‘unethical’ behavior.
I quit.
And yet they reported just this week that he is laying of 40% of his staff, and reducing the salaries for most of the rest. Where did all that money go?
Looking on Ben’s official website only shows 3 events - all in California.
Wiki
In 1995, he became an associate administrative judge in the criminal division of the 11th judicial circuit, which covers Miami-Dade County, where he spent ten years presiding over criminal cases. He also served as an appellate judge over appeals from the Miami-Dade County Court, county commission, and other agencies. [4]
In 1999, he was elected to serve as district representative to the executive committee of the Conference of Circuit Court Judges, a position he held until 2001. He is a member of the Florida Bar and the District of Columbia Bar Association. He has been an adjunct professor at Florida International University, and taught media relations to other judges at The New Judges College and The College of Advanced Judicial Studies, as well as at various national conferences.[citation needed]
Ferrer joined Morgan & Morgan’s team, Florida’s largest firm of personal injury and consumer protection attorneys in March 2015. [5]
He told Greta last night that he believes in efficiency and he’s not going to waste money
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