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Will Ted Cruz Be the Candidate to Unite the Blue-Collar and White-Collar Wings of the GOP?
New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer ^ | December 21, 2015 | Ed Kilgore

Posted on 12/21/2015 7:52:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 12/21/2015 7:52:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No but Trump will. There is no way blue collar Whites and Reagan Democrats will back Cruz.


2 posted on 12/21/2015 7:54:38 PM PST by montag813
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s hilarious to watch how shocked and appalled the country club wing of the GOP is at the idea that they, for once, might have to do the compromising.


3 posted on 12/21/2015 7:55:31 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (Aeterna Aduersus Tyrannos)
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To: montag813

Jump on those Cruz threads! Your compatriots should be here soon.


4 posted on 12/21/2015 7:55:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: montag813

Trump is the guy to do that.

I think the GOPe might actually be falling back to Cruz as a ‘defeat Trump’ plan, since Rubio isn’t working. They can just stop funding Cruz mid-campaign.

Remember how both Romney and McCain took a break from campaigning a few weeks before their respective elections?

Pull the money plug and Cruz would be up a creek.

They are happy to have Billary in power for 8 years. More of the Unitparty.


5 posted on 12/21/2015 7:59:29 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is a media lie.
There is no statistically significant difference between the candidates RE support of the college-educated.

It’s a simple lie, repeated over and over.


6 posted on 12/21/2015 7:59:58 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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But what about those college-educated Republicans who do favor free trade and "entitlement reform" and maybe guest-worker status for undocumented immigrants so as to make sure the gardens get tended and the meals cooked?

These are loathsome people who should be decimated, ignored, and replaced with a new base of support.

This "free trade" conservatism is unpatriotic, utterly un-American, because it puts their ideology before American interests.

7 posted on 12/21/2015 8:01:13 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: TigerClaws

Cruz has over $100 million in the bank as of right now.


8 posted on 12/21/2015 8:01:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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I agree. Have seen this personally. My reflex liberal neighbor and I used to talk politics every week. We have nothing to wrestle about anymore because we’re both for Trump. I miss our talks. Plus, he despises Ted Cruz and would vote for Hillary (holding his nose) should Ted win the nomination.


9 posted on 12/21/2015 8:01:51 PM PST by Shugee
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M2T here he comes again....LOLOL....


10 posted on 12/21/2015 8:02:11 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ("THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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The trend is looking good:

Cruz is Trump's shield.

The establishment will have to destroy Cruz before they can try to destroy Trump.

11 posted on 12/21/2015 8:02:59 PM PST by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

When is the national primary?


12 posted on 12/21/2015 8:04:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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Birds of a feather flock together rude one...


13 posted on 12/21/2015 8:05:48 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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That perhaps is because Trump is a liberal. Your neighbor has not changed one bit, he hates the Constitutionalist. The change is on your side of the fence.


14 posted on 12/21/2015 8:08:40 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: montag813

No but Trump will. There is no way blue collar Whites and Reagan Democrats will back Cruz.


Do you have a poll that you can point to that shows Trump doing significantly better against Hillary than Cruz.

The latest fox poll shows no significant numbers of crossover or minority voters for Trump over Cruz against Hillary.
And Cruz does much better with independents than Trump.


15 posted on 12/21/2015 8:11:00 PM PST by kygolfman
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To: TigerClaws
Pull the money plug and Cruz would be up a creek.<.i>

And with Turmp compromised, pull all media access. Except with Trump, the left controls who does and doesn't get media exposure and what kind they get.

16 posted on 12/21/2015 8:15:01 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: American in Israel

Perhaps his neighbor is more conservative than he thinks. Can you name any liberals who are pro second amendment, building the wall, deporting Mexicans and deporting Mooselips?

Merry Christmas


17 posted on 12/21/2015 8:18:29 PM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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"Jump on those Cruz threads! Your compatriots should be here soon."

They're worried.

They'll be frantic soon.

18 posted on 12/21/2015 8:18:43 PM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s not in the bank. A smaller fraction is pledged by donors and a larger fraction is in the hands of SuperPACs that Ted has no control over.

Ted’s hard money has grown but at a decreasing rate since he first declared his candidacy. That can change but it’s not for sure.


19 posted on 12/21/2015 8:18:51 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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Of course he does, BIG backers there. And all their psychological profiling. And imitating Trump. Should be a walk in the park for them. Establishment wins again /s

Or maybe Trump supporters are brighter than they give us credit for. Maybe we aren’t sheep waiting to be sheared.


20 posted on 12/21/2015 8:25:08 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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