Posted on 02/28/2015 7:04:26 PM PST by ziravan
Good summary.
I was hoping you’d have some comment on Levin. Beyond “Best Speech”, do you further thoughts? How was his reception by the crowd?
And who is this?
Were you there when all the people walked out when Bush began to speak?
Agreed They should advertise it in advance. I’m on Ted Cruz’ email list because I donated to his Senate campaign.
They emailed me an invitation a few months ago that I ignored. They emailed me a followup invitation, a last call, about 3 weeks ago. I almost couldn’t get things set in time.
I was able to fly Southwest from Love Field directly to Reagan for cheap: ~$220 round trip. That made the trip much better.
If I hadn’t already been on Sen. Cruz’ email list, I’d of missed it.
I believe CSPAN used to carry it in the past, and NO I am not talking about C SPAN 3.
I tried the live feed from Drudge, but was not live for me...I did a google search and found a great site that had it streaming...cant recall the name at the moment but it was great
I loved Sarah Palin over all...Cruz and Walker very good...I like Ted Cruz after Sarah...I suspect Sarah will endorse Ted Cruz...unless the unthinkable happens and she runs...would love that, but yes Cruz would be great
Sarah will endorse whoever the Republican nominee is.
I had always heard that Ron Paul had people bussed in,and figured it continued with Rand.
Meanwhile others in past have really not even tried to win the poll, that`s why I find the entire Straw poll a joke
Thank you, from all us Freeps who couldn't attend and support Senator Cruz.
I walked out.
Honestly, there was always people coming and going and it didn’t seem to me that there were more people walking out than “average”.
But. I was there when the ballroom was only 80% empty about 30 min before Bush took the stage. I watched hundreds of interns with Jeb! stickers walk into the room in a 15 min period. They came complete with team leaders that organized them to take every empty seat and to spread out to fill the seat of anybody that left.
IF anybody was planning an organized walkout, it’s very deflating to know that your seat will by taken by a sycophant the moment you vacate it. This was an effective strategy in damping down a walk out.
But. Look at the video. Look how nervous el Jefe was. He knew that he wasn’t among friends.
Also, busing those interns into the room meant buying their admission tix and that meant each of them got a straw poll vote. Bush’s complete poll result can be attributed to bought votes. It’s a straw poll, that’s how it works. Without the bus-in, I doubt he’d have done a quarter as well in the poll. Seems to me that the only people that cared to vote for him were people paid to be there.
I know some idiots who are in their eighties, and ought to know better than to vote Dem. My parents.
Thanks for the report, very thoughtful of you, I’ll never get to one so its nice to get the straight scoop.
Thanks for the report and the excellent perspective.
I think Bush is toast.
only 80% FULL I meant.
Of Course she will, but I would not be surprised to see her go all in for Cruz.
There is absolutely nobody out there that has thanked Sarah so publicly than Cruz..
He has said multiple times that she was the one person most responsible for him winning his seat.
That really really impressed me, because I can think of quite a number that played her support down after the fact... Nikki Haley of SC was a big disappointment in that respect.
But Ted Cruz multiple times credited Sarah for his victory in Texas, absolutely.
Same for my great-aunt and great-uncle.
Good points.
People like Sarah should go behind the scenes and let it be known that they will not support Bush. Bush needs to get an ear full and quit right now. But he won’t.
Don't even get me started on my siblings. Dummies all.
I’m in my eighties and would never think of voting for most of the Dems I’m aware of. I am for Cruz all the way!
I have a neighbor (retired school teacher ) that is a Dem and it doesn’t matter what the person running for office is, he will vote for him/her along as they are Dems. They are in their eighties also. I tell him his party left him over the years, I believe he knows this but he just won’t change.
Let him and his blinkered supporters throw their money away on an impossible dream. He's going nowhere.
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