CRUZ or lose.
Posted on 12/29/2014 6:26:57 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A certain Texas Republican still has plenty of fans. Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Federalist Today Presidential Straw Poll with 26 percent of the nearly one thousand votes cast. The field included 16 potential candidates. “Placing a respectable second and third, Senator Rand Paul (22 percent) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (16 percent) showed that they also have considerable support among the ‘lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray’ Federalist faithful,” report David Corbin and Matt Parks, two analysts for The Federalist - a learned and vibrant online journal.
“The political insider would, undoubtedly, not be impressed. Good luck getting Senators Cruz or Paul elected President of the United States. Any such insurgent’s campaign will be undone by a press that favors Democrats, a bare-knuckles Republican establishment that favors milque-toast candidates, and a bewildered flyover electorate conditioned to favor one flavor-of-the-month insurgent presidential candidate after another, to the detriment of any effective insurgent candidacy,” say Mssrs. Corbin and Parks.
“These same insiders would have no problem envisioning a scenario in which insurgent Democrat Elizabeth Warren, establishment Democrat Hillary Clinton, or establishment Republicans Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, or Chris Christie win the presidency. Ruling-class smugness aside, these folks have a point: playing by the normal rules, the least likely outcome in 2016 is a victory by a Republican insurgent, even though 40 percent of Americans consistently identify themselves as conservatives (twice the typical number of progressives) But who says we have to play by their rules?” the pair ask....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3162312/posts
Poll says Ted Cruz is the most popular Texas politician
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3146220/posts
Poll on Drudgereport for GOP. Virtual tie with Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, Sarah Palin included.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3131058/posts
2016: Cruz, Rand Lead Tea Party Presidential Poll; Christie, Jeb Bush Last
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3121917/posts
Jeb Bush is a sure looser, and this is why the media is promoting him as the Republican candidate. Sorry, Media.. Ted Cruz 2016!
How cab this be??? We have been told by the ‘Lamestream Media’ that Jeb Bush is the undisputed nominee?
I’m still saving my money and time for mr Cruz.
If/when he announces, my money and time will be for him.
I will crawl through broken glass to STOP Jeb Bush
Cruz it or Lose it!
The same media that opposed Hillary in 2007-2008 will suddenly rally around her even though she was the also-ran to John Edwards and Barack Obama (the media’s choice as best candidate).
I will get torched for saying this, but I would take Romney over Bush any day. There’s a certain voter psychology that puts Romney in a strong position to kick Hillary or Liz Warren’s butt in 2016.. Obama voters will say “I should’ve voted for Romney last time and I’m not going to make that same mistake AGAIN”. Romney has a strong advantage because this is the mindset that will prevail if he runs again.
No way. Jeb Bush is soaring to the top, don’tcha know?
gee.... would they have an agenda??? and Rand Paul , he agrees with O bummer too damn much. (besides being a Libertarian with a daft father.
I predict the GOP base voters, the grass roots, will vote for Cruz in the primaries, giving him the nomination.
The MSM and the GOPe will be stunned by this and their response will be, “What happened?”
YES! Go Ted Go!
Better to fight tyranny you rejected than tyranny you elected.
I hope you’re right.
Cruz is the only one I can support.
Jeb Bush is a retread of his dynastic predecessors; Rand Paul is a kook, on the order of Ross Perot.
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