Posted on 02/18/2016 4:31:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz has pinned his hopes on a big showing in the South. He could still do it, but it's far from certain
It's taken a while for the chattering classes to come around to the idea that Donald Trump may actually pull this thing off. It's hard to blame them. It's as if we all went to sleep one night and woke up in an alternate universe. But they do seem to have accepted it. He came close to winning Iowa, a notoriously buttoned up electorate, and won decisively in New Hampshire. All the polling going forward looks good. It's just become impossible to deny it any longer.
But what about his nemesis Ted Cruz? Are they ready to accept that he is likely to be the last man standing who can stop Trump? Until yesterday one would have had to say no. With South Carolina governor Nikki Haley's dagger to Jeb Bush's heart (her endorsement of Marco Rubio), the whole universe of political pundits were ready to call the number two slot for the Florida Senator. There seems to be a very deep desire to see this boyish neoconservative hawk survive despite his somewhat bizarre personality tics. (In this primary race, it's conventional political rhetoric that's the kiss of death.)
But at the end of the day, some new numbers came out that electrified the political press corps and changed the conversation once again....
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
In the end, Cruz can’t beat Rubio or Trump.
How will Trump lose to Hillary, yet his Republicans rivals can’t even beat him?
There ya go, fixed it for ya! Good luck on that campaign of yours!
FReegards.
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PS-I dont trust anything Salon puts out there. But we have to post articles from the left so we can all stay aware of what the they are up to. I just think Salon is a rag website.
Please, Salon likes Trump now? I know we’re in real trouble now.
Yep. I remember the 4 years later plan in 08. Worked so well in 12.
I just haven't been pre-programmed into a "xxxxx-bot" yet. :-)
It's amazing how many conservatives will allow themselves to be lead around by the nose by leftists. It's like watching lemmings.
Trumpettes can be relied upon to attack the source and not the content.
Heck yeah. And he’s so used to having yes-men around him, he becomes unhinged when challenged, which will just give his opponent more ammo.
Three Strikes re WSJ/Fox poll
Three Strikes - 3rd Time This Campaign Season NBC/WSJ Caught Promoting Agenda Polls
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | 02/17/2016 | Sundance
Posted on 2/17/2016, 4:57:15 PM by PJBankard
The team of NBC and Wall Street Journal (Rupert Murdoch owned) has struck again with their latest highly coordinated and heavily manufactured latest “Agenda Poll”. We have previously revealed NBC/WSJ’s prior two constructs.......
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Remember, an “agenda poll” is not created to show a statistical snapshot of the presidential race. An “agenda poll” has nothing to do with the support. Agenda Polls are manufactured to create media talking points, to create media narratives.
Agenda polling is about setting out to make a story, to sell a specific narrative, by using polling as the means to justify the story you are selling. Nothing more, and nothing less.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3398474/posts
Thank you!
Hey, cool. You found an article on a lib site where the author talks about how Trump is beating Cruz.
Clearly this means Trump is a Democrat. I’m totally changing my vote now.
Yep. Some of them can be but not all of them are like that.
Tell that to the first President Bush.
Everyone beats Hill /Sanders
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
INDICATIONS an SANITY?:
National poll shows entire Republican field can beat both Hillary and Bernie.
Against Hillary:
Trump wins 45% to 43%.
Cruz wins 45-44
Rubio wins 46-42
Against Bernie:
Trump wins 44% to 43%.
Cruz loses 42-44
Rubio wins 46-42
The ads touting a vote for Trump/Cruz is a vote for the Democrats are not only offensive to a large segment of GOP voters who support these candidates, but also apparently not supported by current polling data.
Apparently each of the top three GOP candidates are capable of beating either Clinton or Sanders. Of course, that’s not necessarily saying much, since Clinton and Sanders are arguably the worst two presidential candidates in recent history.
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/226986/
I said:
"Third, I think voters will move to Cruz or Rubio, from Bush,"
I meant: "... from Trump".
(There are no Bush voters left to move anywhere, anyways.)
I watched Cruz last night on CNN. He was brilliant, impressive, and presidential with spot-on foreign policy, etc. Tonight is Trump’s night on CNN.
Rubio’s numbers will go up as Yeb!, Carson and Kasich exit.
The Cheap Labor Express will put all its effort behind him.
I still think if Trump’s numbers hold up, he’s shoe-in for the nomination.
Look for large segments of the GOP party appartus to try to sabotage his campaign.
I don’t think it will work.
Trump vs Hillary or Trump vs Bernie, Trump wins handily.
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