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As Ted Cruz pulls ahead in Iowa, he becomes favored to be the next president
The Examiner ^ | December 21, 2015 | Mark Whittington

Posted on 12/21/2015 8:33:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: TigerClaws

Trump has said he is only self funding through the primaries. He is anticipating other funding to kick in after he wins the nomination.


21 posted on 12/21/2015 8:45:18 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump to McCain - "Pass the strawberries".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Show a crowd and some numbers. I really think this is media hype to promote alternatives.


22 posted on 12/21/2015 8:49:22 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nice that for a change a Cruz thread went one whole post before the Trumpeters hijacked it.

Trumps new party symbol should be a jackass. Not sure I will enjoy a jackass in the white house, but it is a step up from Bammy.


23 posted on 12/21/2015 8:50:41 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: American in Israel

Nice that for a change a Cruz thread went one whole post before the Trumpeters hijacked it.

Trumps new party symbol should be a jackass. Not sure I will enjoy a jackass in the white house, but it is a step up from Bammy.
Amen and God love you.


24 posted on 12/21/2015 8:54:27 PM PST by libbylu
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To: American in Israel

Nice that for a change a Cruz thread went one whole post before the Trumpeters hijacked it.

lmao...... what does it tell you if Cruz can’t win on freerepublic?


25 posted on 12/21/2015 8:54:37 PM PST by changeitback440
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I know some of his rich friends have been wanting to help out but he won’t even take from them. These are people who just want to get America back on its feet.


26 posted on 12/21/2015 8:55:14 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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There is an amazing amount of desperation in the Cruz supporters on FR tonight. Did something happen I missed?


27 posted on 12/21/2015 8:55:36 PM PST by JoSixChip
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To: American in Israel
Trumps new party symbol should be a jackass. Not sure I will enjoy a jackass in the white house, but it is a step up from Bammy.

The Jackass is already taken. It's the official symbol of the Democratic party.

Where is the Israeli sentiment? I think there are a lot of dual citizens in Israel, are they supporting Cruz? Trump? Someone else? I guess that Israeli dual citizens can vote in American elections, I have a friend there, she's lived there for 20 years. Not sure if she is still voting in our elections too? Do you vote in both, or just USA?

28 posted on 12/21/2015 8:56:15 PM PST by Jack Black ( "Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In the last 10 Iowa caucuses:

3 have won unopposed (Reagan 84, Bush 92 and Bush 04)
4 that won went on to LOSE the nomination (Bush 80, Dole 88, Huckabee 08, Santorum 12)
3 went on to WIN the nomination (Ford 76, Dole 96, Bush 00)

Moral of the story: Iowa is not a great predictor of success in future Primary success.


29 posted on 12/21/2015 8:59:32 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: Personal Responsibility

Tell that to Presidents Carter and Obama.


30 posted on 12/21/2015 9:00:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: changeitback440

That’s not what my monthly straw polls here say.


31 posted on 12/21/2015 9:02:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: changeitback440

That’s not what my monthly straw polls here say.


32 posted on 12/21/2015 9:02:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Roger Kaputnik

No thanks, I’d rather win.


33 posted on 12/21/2015 9:04:01 PM PST by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Carter and Obama both got elected after two publicly excoriated, demonized Republican administrations(Nixon and W). The media may have driven the message and the administrations may have taken more public damage than they earned, but by Election Day the voters hated the administrations just the same.

The nation was looking for change and it got it.


34 posted on 12/21/2015 9:05:44 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Carter and Obama who both won Republican primaries.

Apples and oranges. Try again.


35 posted on 12/21/2015 9:05:49 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: Personal Responsibility

So winning Iowa first had nothing to do with it? Because I’m old enough to remember it differently.


36 posted on 12/21/2015 9:06:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Jack Black

I am in the US now and am only a US citizen. However I can comment that Israelis tend to be far more conservative than their US Jewish bretherin. I have no idea who the American Jews are supporting.

From my experience the only ones who vote absentee are Americans in Israel, not Israelis. Israel becomes who you are when you immigrate. America becomes where you were from.


37 posted on 12/21/2015 9:07:23 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: Roger Kaputnik
Hold fast and flip them the bird. Vote Trump.

I AM holding fast, and I will not be commanded or controlled. I am holding fast for the Constitutional Conservative in the race, Ted Cruz.

And I'll hold off flipping you the bird for now. We'll need your support later on and hope you will be with us when the time is right for you.

38 posted on 12/21/2015 9:13:52 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just another reiteration of the BS Erick Erickson article you posted earlier. See if you can find a few more echos of the same thing to make it look like there’s more going on here than just more repetition of the same Erick Erickson bullshit.


39 posted on 12/21/2015 9:15:36 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Personal Responsibility
Moral of the story: Iowa is not a great predictor of success in future Primary success.

Two out of the last four.

Flip a coin. I think Cruz would take those odds right now.

40 posted on 12/21/2015 9:15:48 PM PST by FreeReign
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