Posted on 04/29/2015 8:34:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Ted Cruz’s month-old presidential campaign has won strong reviews from GOP insiders in key states who say he’s managed to tap into the anti-establishment sentiment of primary voters, and his allies have proved they have the ability to raise tens of millions of dollars to boost his bid.
The Texan’s presidential aspirations hinge on his ability to lay claim to being the chief conservative alternative in the race, which means he’ll have to find a way to expand beyond the tea party and social conservative base that he begins with.
“He is expanding his base, and he is right now hitting on a lot of cylinders and I think the mechanics of the campaign have done well,” said Dave Carney, a GOP operative in New Hampshire. “My advice is: do not underestimate him. He is a serious, serious, guy and the more the nation’s elites make fun of him, the stronger he will be. Everyone ignores him at their own peril.”
Robert Vander Plaats, head of The Family Leader, an Iowa-based Chritstian group, said Mr. Cruz’s rollout has been “exceptional.”
“I am one of these who believes if the caucuses were held today, Cruz would definitely compete for winning it,” Mr. Vander Plaats said. “I think he is really being rewarded for his bold leadership in the Senate, and his willingness to expose both sides of the aisle — not just the Democrats.”(continued)
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See my tagline.
We take the actions, but the outcome is in His Hands. Well above my pay-grade.
/johnny
It’s called the Cruz Factor.
Ted Cruz - Sarah Palin 2016
CRUZING V - 8 CYLINDERS HORSE POWER.
Put the political petal to the metal.
Proving his political mantle.
That's my first choice.
Do you have information that Palin is going to run in 2016?
I've heard that she isn't going to run.
My personal belief is that anyone thinking she is going to run watches too much television and is dreaming.
/johnny
That is a wild theory, inaccurate, but wild.
I’m not a tyrant for Cruz, if that’s what you mean. He is a star candidate in his own right. He doesn’t need me to insult everyone else in order to support him.
If you think any of these contenders are going to stay in the base and pat your hand and no one else, you’re looking at a loss. That’s all I am saying.
We conservatives elect nominees, but Independents elect presidents. How many times do you have to be knocked out to get that picture?
Remember all the gushing over Mitt Romney’s executive and managerial chops—and then how disastrously he managed his own campaign?
Thanks. Coming from always cheery you, I know I’m in the real world of reality.
You are so right! And, look at Hillary’s disastrous campaign. She was said to be the apex of competence and coronation, all at the same time. Her sycophants and decision making didn’t seem to know “come here” from “sic em”.
A well managed campaign means you probably have a grown up candidate at the top.
Cheery? I thought you were the one trying to marginalize Cruz and Palin.
What issues do you see Cruz as too conservative on so far?
There was a thread here a few days also that someone echoing or heard news that she might think about jumping into the race.
Palin already has Cruz in the race, she will do what she can to help him.
With Hillary running it would be a smart choice.
It would help stem the tide of Hillary’s use of the gender card and the use of the word sexism..
We will gain much more by letting Cruz be Cruz and conservative.
It's sad that Freepers want to chase little bitty amounts of votes by chasing specialized voting blocks.
The conservative block is much, much bigger than all of those little groups put together.
/johnny
“We conservatives elect nominees, but Independents elect presidents.”
Independents will get Cruz elected if he is the nominee.
The answer is not pandering to the middle. It’s simply showing the middle that their true position is solid conservative. I think that’s what Cruz will do
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