Cruz roundup: News polls with mixed results, biting his tongue on Rand

The Dallas Morning News' Trail Blazer Blog ^ | June 2, 2015 | Sylvan Lane

[2ndDivisionVet]

Here's betting the internal polls paint a very different picture. Why do I say that? You don't attack someone in "sixth place" and virtually ignore the other 1 thru 10 candidates. But that is exactly what is happening.

[cripplecreek]

Its not a sprint.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Great point!

[TexasFreeper2009]

Cruz polls much better with conservatives which are the ones who actually vote in primaries.

[Lake Living]

We know who they fear!

[mtrott]

Cruz has been sort of quiet here lately, which might not be a bad thing for him, as the news lately has been full of extremely incendiary issues which, hopefully, will not the the main issues as we get closer to the debates. People will want to hear about how candidates propose to get the economy booming again and foster strong job growth. Who will reign in oppressive federal government intervention and over regulation of our lives. Who will finally give us a good national energy policy. Who will scale back or get rid of the Dept. of Education.

[dware]

I’m hoping the primaries blow the polling to pieces.

[Theodore R.]

conservatives which are the ones who actually vote in primaries

Couldn't possibly be so, or why would have have such pitiful nominees for so many office for so long now?

[ziravan]

Because every republican is a conservative at election time. Some of them severely so.

[Leto]

IMO when the debates begin Cruz will shine when the field get whittled a bit the contrast between Cruz and the others will become more pronounced.

[txhurl]

It’s *critical* to lie to the pollsters: it unnerves them via self-doubt, forces them to hunt for internals they don’t want to read, and they then set up their targeting and smearing all wrong.

LIE to the pollsters! Everybody run to Santorum!

[GlockLady]

“…why would have have such pitiful nominees for so many office for so long now?”

Open primaries?

[rrrod]

Im betting on folks waking up and moving away from huckster,Santorum and Carson when it counts.

[SoConPubbie]

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[SoConPubbie]

Why do I say that? You don't attack someone in "sixth place" and virtually ignore the other 1 thru 10 candidates. But that is exactly what is happening.

Boy that is really the Truth!

2ndDivisionVet, VINL, and myself post a very small percentage of the articles about Ted Cruz on FreeRepublic, precisely because there is so much crap, out-and-out lies, and just plain evil crap being posted about him.

[RitaOK]

And thank you poster guys for taking care of us, on the Cruz stories. I am sorry about the crap stories out there against Cruz. It is likely just the beginning. Two years more, roughly.

Cream rises though and you can’t defy gravity.

[caww]

Cruz is doing fine IMO...as another poster said this is not a sprint....Media will say what they will all along to keep people engaged and to formulate the race as they want it to go.

I agree with your post regarding Cruz....and will add i give Cruz lots of room for how his campaign goes and what he states....HE will have to play middle ground on some issues...as he will need voters to win. But I trust when Cruz has the Presidency he will do what is good for this nation because he has one thing most don’t....he believes what he says.

[z taxman]

TPA, TPP, immigration waffler, Freedom Act supporter. Pass.

[2ndDivisionVet]

How’s the weather in Chicago? They still buying you people free deep dish pizza there at OFA?

[z taxman]

Attack the messenger eh? Glad to see you’ve been reading up on your Alinsky. See, I can do it too.