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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: catnipman

Or you could argue against the points in those articles...


41 posted on 12/21/2015 9:17:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Erik Erickson again. Got it.


42 posted on 12/21/2015 9:18:58 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: montag813

Trump, not Cruz, is the candidate supporting ethanol. And Super Tuesday is in Cruz’s strongholds.


43 posted on 12/21/2015 9:22:25 PM PST by dangus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Or you could argue against the points in those articles...”

there’s only a single point and it’s the same point in all of those repetitive articles you post: they’re all based on the same original piece of bullshit from Erick Erickson.

And I could care less what EE says, and nothing he says is worth the time to refute. What IS worth pointing out is that you post the same crap over and over again.

BTW, has Cruz opened any more campaign offices in Bumfuch County, Arkansas? Inquiring minds want to know.


44 posted on 12/21/2015 9:22:34 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Trump is the only Republican capable of buying the polling results he wants and bussing in astroturf supporters. just sayin'
,br> Innuendo doesn't work for me. Freepers should Put up or shut up!
45 posted on 12/21/2015 9:24:00 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump and Cruz are not attacking each other. Why don't their follows take note)
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To: catnipman

Opening campaign offices in out-of-the-way places is how state primaries are won. Making fun of it tends to paint you as a snob.


46 posted on 12/21/2015 9:24:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Personal Responsibility

Rick Santorum went from 1% in national polls to winning several states. Unfortunately, crooked procedures (since reformed) robbed Santorum of most of his delegates in states like Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, Louisiana, and Missouri, and he was thusly never able to become singularly the not-Romney candidate. In fact, the mainstream media lied and claimed that Romney won the Iowa vote.


47 posted on 12/21/2015 9:25:48 PM PST by dangus
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To: roamer_1
Pardon me, but your inevitability is slipping...

I would happily back Cruz if Trump falters. I want a winner, and right now that looks like Trump. My point is that I despise the Iowa caucuses, have general contempt for the state's voters, and think it should be supplanted by more important states.

48 posted on 12/21/2015 9:27:57 PM PST by montag813
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To: Personal Responsibility

Santorum is one of two who didn’t move on to the Presidency by taking Iowa.....might want to check all the others who did.


49 posted on 12/21/2015 9:29:11 PM PST by caww
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To: dangus

I get more annoyed with the deadbeat candidates who hang on just to barter later on.....ten of them should have been gone a ways back...they simply muddy the waters IMO.


50 posted on 12/21/2015 9:31:04 PM PST by caww
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To: TBP

The IOWA conservative base may be moving or not moving towards Cruz. We don’t really know because we can’t trust the media and those they call “experts.”

But outside of Iowa, the crowds and everything else says Trump. Cruz is a great candidate and would make a good solicitor general, but he is not the person to handle the presidency following Obama. With a big problem being his fractured relationship with the Senate and House.

The only person that has what it takes to be a unifier and then do something with a more unified party and more unified nation is Trump. If it can be done at all, we are asking a lot of Trump as it is.


51 posted on 12/21/2015 9:33:13 PM PST by fingers_crossed
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To: Signalman

Polls may underestimate Trump support


And polls are just as likely to overestimate support.


52 posted on 12/21/2015 9:34:20 PM PST by FerociousRabbit
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To: fingers_crossed

Cruz has been leading in Nevada. Things are likely to shift once Trump loses a contest or two.


53 posted on 12/21/2015 9:37:22 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: fingers_crossed
With a big problem being his fractured relationship with the Senate and House.

Because he's stood up to them.

That's not a problem; that's a recommendation.

Do you really want to criticize Cruz for not playing get-along, go-along?

54 posted on 12/21/2015 9:38:32 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP

Please show me a poll that says Cruz is leading in Nevada.


55 posted on 12/21/2015 9:39:33 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: montag813

I would happily back Cruz if Trump falters. I want a winner, and right now that looks like Trump.


That line of thinking is quite prevalent but makes no sense to me. If you want a winner and that is what you are basing your vote on then you really do not even need to bother voting. You will get the winner, regardless, will you not?


56 posted on 12/21/2015 9:43:33 PM PST by FerociousRabbit
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57 posted on 12/21/2015 9:46:37 PM PST by kik5150
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To: fingers_crossed

The only person that has what it takes to be a unifier and then do something with a more unified party and more unified nation is Trump. If it can be done at all, we are asking a lot of Trump as it is.


Then Trump is your candidate. He said he can work with Republicans and Democrats. Just like Republicans and Democrats worked together to pass the Democrat budget last week.

I, on the other hand, want a conservative that will veto every liberal piece trash that lands on his desk. Trump is a big government authoritarian. Look to his past statements. He will work with the liberal Congress. Cruz will fight their liberal agenda at every turn and that’s what I want.


58 posted on 12/21/2015 9:54:20 PM PST by FerociousRabbit
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To: montag813

Didn’t Reagan win Iowa?


59 posted on 12/21/2015 9:58:27 PM PST by BreezyDog
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
So, the man who leads every national poll, in some cases doubling the support of his next two competitors combined, is simply going to crash and burn?

Of course Cruz wins Iowa.

But, consider, what comes after that? Does anyone really believe Trump will not win NH? Or NC?

It's a reach, at best.

60 posted on 12/21/2015 10:01:12 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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