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Cruz counters Trump’s overtures with targeted approach in Iowa
The Belleville News Democrat ^ | January 30, 2016 | Jonathan Martin and Matt Flegenheimer, NYT News Service and the Assoc. Press

Posted on 01/30/2016 2:50:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz's campaign reps in state's 99 counties are using behavioral data to make personal calls to voters

Trump's camp is counting on a surge of new caucus participants with little experience

Sen. Ted Cruz's leading Iowa supporters say his get-out-the-vote operation is the best they have seen for a presidential campaign here. He had better hope they are right.

With his monthlong lead in the polls erased, Cruz's hopes for pulling out a much-needed victory over Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses on Monday now rest in the hands of thousands of campaign workers and supporters who are spending this weekend telephoning, emailing and knocking on the doors of likely caucusgoers.

Cruz's campaign boasts a chairman or chairwoman for each of Iowa's 99 counties, captains in 1,537 of the state's 1,681 precincts, and 10,000 people from this state and beyond who have volunteered to help in the final push....

(Excerpt) Read more at bnd.com ...


TOPICS: Iowa; Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: canadian; cruz; dividedloyalty; dualcitizenship; gunownersinfonext; iowa; mailergate; mercer; mercerpsyopsfail; mercersmoney; tedcruz; trump
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If Hillary can get away with classified emails why can’t Cruz shake the system.


61 posted on 01/30/2016 3:57:57 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump then Cruz for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
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To: dynoman

Whatever, it’s going no where. Of little consequences for all the SMART people of Iowa.


62 posted on 01/30/2016 3:57:57 PM PST by annieokie
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

Here’s a quarter.....


63 posted on 01/30/2016 3:58:38 PM PST by annieokie
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To: annieokie

You are wrong and getting it twisted. Read and comprehend what he said.


64 posted on 01/30/2016 4:05:23 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: annieokie
To expand on your earlier point :)

How stupid are the people of Iowa? How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap?

In this instance the context was Dr Carson's religious conversion (From Briebart. )

In his biography, Carson has written about finding God after one of his violent outbursts, and doing so while sitting alone for hours in a bathroom. Trump wasn't buying it, and appeared to attack as "fools" and "stupid" voters who have, specifically Iowa voters:

Anyone in Iowa or the whole damned country is stupid to believe a man who told of the night he found God. This is how he wins. It turns my stomach because Trump has no boundaries.

65 posted on 01/30/2016 4:07:01 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights (We can all be Twitter bullies! Trump does it, so it's okay!!)
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To: libbylu

Cruz is nasty. He has a commercial that cuts off Rubio’s words on Cap and Trade and makes it look like Rubio was for it. It’s all over the news saying that Cruz lied about it. What kind of Christian is he? He is probably the worst person every to grace America. I wish he would go back to Canada.


66 posted on 01/30/2016 4:07:47 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: annieokie

When you have to deliberately take it out of context to make a point the point is obviously fatally flawed.

You are deliberately taking one part of what he said out of context and twisting it into something he did not say.


67 posted on 01/30/2016 4:09:31 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: napscoordinator

I’ll take that as a you changed your mind. Ted is no longer your “second” choice? As if it will ever get to that. Lol.


68 posted on 01/30/2016 4:09:44 PM PST by Kudsman (Restore the Republic, repeal the 17th.)
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To: napscoordinator

He is probably the worst person every to grace America.

Thank you for admitting that you like Obama, Sanders, and Hillary better than Cruz.

I figured that much.

69 posted on 01/30/2016 4:13:07 PM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: catfish1957

Oh yeah.......when you are slimy like Cruz those 3 are not as slimy as Cruz. Sorry just facts.


70 posted on 01/30/2016 4:16:22 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: napscoordinator

Oh yeah.......when you are slimy like Cruz those 3 (Sanders, Hilary, Obama)are not as slimy as Cruz. Sorry just facts.

WOW!!!! How does it feel to go full Credibility Challenged.

Folks, this napscooridnator person is saying Cruz is more slimy than Obama and Hilary!!!!!!!

Thanks for the clarification. It really helped your argument. LMAO

71 posted on 01/30/2016 4:22:00 PM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Cruz’s campaign reps in state’s 99 counties are using behavioral data”

To intimidate voters with shaming letters. :-)


72 posted on 01/30/2016 4:30:55 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: catfish1957

Oh so scary. I know you are in love with your candidate. Big deal. You like liars. No biggie. I know you are Canadian like Cruz but in the United States, I do not have to like everyone. Sorry I know you hate that and would love to force everyone to love Cruz, but it won’t work for me. As a matter of fact, the more they learn about Cruz, the more they hate him.


73 posted on 01/30/2016 4:32:12 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
It turns my stomach because Trump has no boundaries."""...

He has that same effect on most voters as well.

Thanks for the info on Dr. Carson. I had not read his bio, just excerpts of it......

74 posted on 01/30/2016 4:51:48 PM PST by annieokie
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To: dynoman
He said it. Get over it......it's on the books, many heard him live and were shocked he would say such a thing.
75 posted on 01/30/2016 4:54:09 PM PST by annieokie
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

“To expand on your earlier point :)
How stupid are the people of Iowa? How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap?

In this instance the context was Dr Carson’s religious conversion (From Briebart. )”

That was NOT the context. Trump said that when talking about Carson’s stabbing someone in the belt buckle story. The accurate context is in post 51.


76 posted on 01/30/2016 5:30:35 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: CodeToad

I wonder how those poor people feel to have their voting % plastered on the Drudge Report. Do you think reporters are going to check to see if they vote this year? LOL


77 posted on 01/30/2016 5:43:17 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. - Psalm 33:12)
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To: dynoman

Take it up with Briebart

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/13/trump-carson-pathological-iowa-voters-stupid-vows-to-bomb-the-sht-out-of-isis/

In his biography, Carson has written about finding God after one of his violent outbursts, and doing so while sitting alone for hours in a bathroom. Trump wasn’t buying it, and appeared to attack as “fools” and “stupid” voters who have, specifically Iowa voters:

He goes into a bathroom, comes out and now he’s religious. … And the people of Iowa believe him. Give me a break. Give me a break. It doesn’t happen that way. Don’t be fools. …

How stupid are the people of Iowa? How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap?


So yes, it was the context in this instance. But Trump has called many people stupid more than once. So maybe you are thinking of another time. It is hard to kee count.
I don’t pull these things out my butt.


78 posted on 01/30/2016 6:28:46 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights (We can all be Twitter bullies! Trump does it, so it's okay!!)
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To: dynoman

i just posted the excerpt with a link to the page.

I was accurate.
Your post 51, not so much.

Again, if you have a problem with the accuracy of the article, take it up with Briebart. Maybe they can send it down the memory hole before Trump sees it and goes after him.


79 posted on 01/30/2016 6:38:19 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights (We can all be Twitter bullies! Trump does it, so it's okay!!)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

I’ve watched the video, the transcript I post is correct. The video doesn’t lie. It wasn’t about God or Carson’s religious beliefs at all. It was about the stabbing attack only.


80 posted on 01/30/2016 6:38:34 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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