Posted on 02/23/2015 12:04:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has erased U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s strong lead among Texas Republicans in the volatile and still-developing race for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Cruz’s 25 percentage-point lead over Walker in October has vanished: The Texan won the support of 20 percent of the state’s registered voters to Walker’s 19 percent — a statistical tie. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and author Ben Carson were tied at 9 percent, and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was next at 8 percent.
“Scott Walker is clearly breathing some of the oxygen on the right. The big takeaway here is that Ted Cruz is still a giant among Texas Republicans — but he is not invulnerable,” said Jim Henson, co-director of the poll and head of the Texas Politics Project at UT-Austin. “Conservatives are willing to look at another candidate who fits that profile.”
In the October UT/TT Poll, Cruz registered 27 percent of the support to Walker’s 2 percent. Perry, now running fifth, was running second a few months ago.
“This is the first real shakeup in this that we have seen,” Henson said. “We’re now a year out from primary season. It’s not really a race yet, but it is a shift, and people are probably starting to think about it.”
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Hillary will never win Texas in the general.
For the list.
How the Demicrats will win...getting Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Ted Cruz to all run at the same time and splitting up the vote....
Where is Ms Clinton, still in rehab?
No, still in drydock being fitted with a new bottom.
Hillary has to go see Trey Gowdy. Can’t wait. I believe that CIA weapons experts who flew into Beghazi with Ambassador Stevens in the other C130 are talking to the committee as we speak.
clinton soaring?!!! What a joke...
I suspect that Hillary Clinton will pass away between now and the 2016 election. Not to be morbid, but her being out of sight is not a good thing for the Democrats.
Donations to the Clinton Global Initiative Crime Family are pouring in.
Even Texans are rejecting La Raza Rick and his pro-ILLEGAL alien policies. lol!
Having her barnacles scraped.
His idiotic comments about being a card carrying union member wasn’t too bright either......
She’ll ‘can’t seem to remember’.......
I suspect she’s planning an intervention for Bubba and the Bimbos.
We’re still waiting for Slick Rick to pay his $1 million 2012 taxpayer funded tab for Texas DPS security on the campaign trail.
She’ll be recommissioned “The Flying Buttress”.
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