Posted on 12/21/2015 7:45:27 AM PST by conservativejoy
Ted Cruz can see himself on a collision course with Marco Rubio, barreling toward a head-to-head battle with his fellow senator for the Republican nomination , that is, if Rubio can deliver on his end of the deal.
In a wide-ranging interview here Thursday, Cruz predicted that the GOP race will boil down to the familiar dynamic of an establishment favorite squaring off against a conservative challenger after they claim victories in New Hampshire and Iowa, respectively. "I believe I will be that conservative candidate," Cruz says. "I don't know who the moderate candidate will be."
The Texas senator says he has consolidated the conservative "lane" of the race, thanks to the exits of Scott Walker, Rick Perry, and Bobby Jindal as well as to the fade of Ben Carson, and is confident he will win Iowa and become one of the two finalists. "I don't believe we have peaked," he says when asked about surging to the top of several Iowa polls this week, and about the potential danger in taking the lead there seven weeks from the caucuses.
Cruz's confidence owes to his campaign, an Obama-style grassroots-heavy operation that prioritizes direct voter contact and ground organization.
So certain of his operational superiority has the senator become that he dons his strategist cap gleefully and discusses the most granular details of his polling enterprise and outreach program.
Moreover, he mocks the approach taken by Rubio's campaign, which is famously allergic to process stories and defiantly dependent on media buys. At one point Cruz suggests that his rival is "hiding from the grassroots" and running for president "from a TV studio."
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Sorry GOP....but I will never vote for an amnesty whore like Rubio. Good luck with that.
Remember when McDaniel thought he had the runoff for the nomination all sewed up?
Cruz leads somewhere = its locked up! Stop paying attention?
Leads nowhere else = it’s still up for grabs?
The nicest thing you can say about Rubio is that he is a higher priced whore than McCain or Graham. He will demand just a little higher price to sell out the country.
“Ted Cruz can see himself on a collision course with Marco Rubio”
Yes they will duking it out for a distant second place after Trump.
A learned, in-depth analysis of the Republican primary race that never mentions that guy who’s been leading almost all polls since early July. Ted’s sounding more and more like one of those academic eggheads with zero common sense.
Everyone should remember Iowa has been known for last-minute surges. Don’t count Dr. Ben Carson out yet either.
Carson?
Nobody should ever think they have a lock on the vote.
Cruz didn’t say that. The person who wrote the article did.
Cruz didn’t say that. The person who wrote the article did.
Donald Trump? He is the king of moderates. Nothing conservative about The Donald.
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