Posted on 02/08/2016 12:23:15 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
Ted Cruz won last week's Iowa caucuses, exceeding expectations and capturing an impressive 27 percent of the vote. Donald Trump took second place, while Marco Rubio took third.
What happened next?...
(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...
Not at all, he is bypassing the “mushy middle” voters by rebuilding the Reagan Coalition. He doesn’t need the same voters that the establishment candidates need.
That’s my opinion. But I see what you are saying.
At least he doesn’t owe Goldman Sachs $480 million.
From voters who support Ted’s ideas and agenda.
I do believe that this will be the wildest election cycle in decades, and not just for the GOP but the Dems as well.
Everyone has had their passions inflamed to such an extent that reason will seldom make an appearance, imo.
At least it’s different from the past.
Did Reagan? Since being a businessman is the brand new, all-important qualification for being President, are you planning to nominate Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros or John Corzine next?
Nearly all of us agree with you, IMHO.
Yeah, and losing/settling all those lawsuits that alleged fraud.
Oh wait, that was Trump.
Concur.
Interesting article.
The e’s like to say Cruz has no friends in the Senate.
Maybe calling the establishment Senators mendacious sellouts hurt their feelings.
I do feel that Cruz is the most solid candidate both in conservatism and steadfastness.
As article pointed out, Trump couldn’t even spell conservative until he started deciding having an 80 foot living room just wasn’t enough and it might be fun to be president.
That was in 2011. Not a very long history of conservatism and how long will he stay in the fold? No one knows. He does have a lot of liberal friends.
What this article misses is the possibility that Cruz is using the same sort of data-driven GOTV methods used in 2008 and (moreso) 2012 to propel Obama to victory (Narwal, Catalist).
This is pretty much the Holy Grail of politics right now — Conservative candidates who crack it and can use it to win elections are, and should be, the future of the GOP.
If his Iowa overperformance is an indication, Cruz is tapping into occasional/inconsistent voters who doen’t get reflected all that well with polls. New Hampshire will be a much better indicator of that being the case, so we’ll see tomorrow night.
do believe that this will be the wildest election cycle in decades,
I agree. A lot can and will happen between now and Nov.
You are not helping your cause.
If Bernie Sanders is the nominee, I’m sure Trump supporters will vote for him because Trump’s big-government, “take care of everybody,” protectionist, anti-free-trade views are much more in line with Sanders than any Republican.
Not only is Donald a saint, but he has the cutest personality. I just love the ‘words’ he uses and how he makes those faces.
Actually, Reagan did. At the SAG.
None of those other billionaires are willing to risk anything for this nation personally, they just want to take. What a disingenuous analogy.
Ladies and Gentlemen make sure your tray tables are in a folded and upright position, we are experiencing severe turbulence . . . LOL
Deeds? Trump has no deeds. He’s a novelty.
He had money and he made money. Some studies showed that if he had done nothing, he would be exactly as rich as he is now.
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