Ted Cruz 2016 : VICTORY at Florida FFFC Straw Poll (2015-05-19) : GOP Beltway Pundits Amazed !

Ted Cruz 2016 Florida Grassroots Victory Campaign ^ | 2015-05-20 | Patton@Bastogne

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Ted Cruz SURPRISES the GOP Beltway Establishment Pundits at the FFPC Florida Straw Poll (May 19, 2015) in Orlando, Florida.

A virtual dead-heat between Ted Cruz (30.3 %) and supposed "Florida native son darling" Marco Rubio (30.7 %).


Jed Bush and Scott Walker finished poorly in a third-place tie with a paltry 8.9 % each, barely passing an otherwise weak showing by Rick Santorum (6.7 %), Rand Paul (4.5 %), Ben Carson (3.4 %), Mike Huckabee (2.2 %) and Rick Perry (1.1 %).

GOP 2016 candidates Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, and John Kasich each received "zero" straw poll votes.


Political analysts view this straw poll victory for Senator Ted Cruz as reinforcing the idea that America's Conservative voters are deciding very early on to consolidate behind the best qualified genuine conservative candidates, and NOT repeat the disaster of the "Political Circular Firing Squad" in 2012 when Mitt Romney and the Karl Rove Establishment GOP defeated in detail otherwise excellent candidates such as Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.


Shown below (photograph courtesy of conservative political consultant Kevin Wright) are ten of the estimated twenty-five Ted Cruz Florida grassroots supporters who attended the FFPC event.

Their attendance was noteworthy in that most of the Ted Cruz attendees received only three days advance notice of the event.


Douglas Coggeshall, a Conservative Evangelical Christian who is building a Florida grassroots organization for all of Florida's 67 counties, challenged the FFPC event's attendees to build effective county-level grassroots organizations NOW, to defeat the Jeb Bush GOP $ 100 million dollar juggernaut in the GOP Presidential State primaries in 2016.


Coggeshall invited event attendees to participate in the July 18 Tampa planning meeting for the Ted Cruz Florida Grassroots Victory Campaign.


The Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC) event was superbly moderated by John Stemberger (Florida attorney) who presented a comprehensive examination of individual candidate strengths and weaknesses prior to the straw poll vote.


Discussion leads included Carl Stevens, Sara Johnson, Florida Senator Alan Hayes, Bryan Empric, Karin Hoffman and Pastor Kurt Kelly.

Discussion leaders Carl Jackson (columnist) and Karin Hoffman (Tea Party national leader) pointed to Ted Cruz's extraordinary record of accomplishment while serving as U.S. Senator, and his unique quality of NOT having "flip-flopped" on any campaign issues, unlike GOP 2016 presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Ben Carson, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker.


Florida State Senator Alan Hayes received a standing ovation as the Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC) recognized his accomplishments and dedication to successfully passing legislation to protect unborn children in Florida.

Sen. Hayes’ powerful leadership in the Florida Pro-Life movement was enthusiastically applauded.



Douglas Coggeshall
Ted Cruz Florida Grassroots Victory Campaign
Ted-Cruz-2016@Engineering-Excellence.US
(727) 485-6220


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[MulberryDraw]

Then when the inevitable vacancy occurs on the Supreme Court, appoint Cruz.

This sounds like the GOP-e budget (we'll fix it in 10 years). I doubt Cruz is going to sit still long enough for either to happen.

[conservativejoy]

OUTSTANDING! God Bless Everyone of these wonderful campaign workers!

[SoConPubbie]

Good job PB!

[conservativejoy]

To me the most important components are having the right Vision and the right positions on the issues. There is very little similarity between how the office of the Presidency and a Governorship are executed. Those who have done both have mentioned that fact.

I like where Cruz wants to lead the country because he is listening to Conservative Grassroots people like you and I. :)

[FreeReign]

Huckster 2%.

LOL.

As the media tries to foist Huckabee on southern conservatives.

[itsahoot]

President Cruz could place 2-3 like-minded justices on the Supreme Court during an 8 year term.

You may find that the GOPe will change their mind about the President having a right to his appointments.

[CatherineofAragon]

"As smart as Cruz is, I would rather see a Governor on the top of the ticket in 2016 and 2020 and Cruz as VP."

I thought Rush Limbaugh did a good job of refuting the senator/governor meme. He correctly observed that Obama, who never governed, has been pretty successful at destroying the country. Rush asked if anyone really thought Obama would be a better president if he had governed a state.

Of course the answer is no. The ideology of the man is the important factor. Look at what Obama has managed to push through---and he isn't even that bright. Cruz, on the other hand, is a brilliant man, and solidly conservative. He would be able to accomplish much more, and in the right direction.

To date, 16 presidents have been senators; 17 have been governors. Those who governed include Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton...which tells us that previous governorship means very little.

Ted Cruz: Senator Vs. Governor

[RedMDer]

Great job!

[duffee]

I’d rather have President Cruz making the Supreme Court appointments. Why use our Best and Brightest as one of nine and not really in a position to direct the country? Let him appoint those he’s worked with whose abilities he knows.

[Hostage]

Big thumbs up to the Cruz Crew in the photo above!

[upchuck]

GOP 2016 candidates Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey linda Graham, Bobby Jindal, and John Kasich each received "zero" straw poll votes.

Her campaign is certainly off to a roaring start.

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h/t to martin_fierro for the graphic

[Solson]

Just so we are all clear - Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are not enemies. Focus the battle where it needs to be.

BTW, how big is the FFFC? If there were 25 Cruz supporters, how many were there in total?

[SoConPubbie]

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[Uncle Miltie]

Senor Rubio cannot win his own state.

Go Senor Cruz!

[Uncle Miltie]

Like Huckabee?

[no-to-illegals]

Congratulations Kudos!!!

[Georgia Girl 2]

But oh wait I thought Breitbart just said Mitt er Scott Walker was practically coronated already and with a hair’s breadth of being endorsed by Mike Lee and Jeff Sessions. Oh could it be well wrong? :-)

[Lisbon1940]

Previous full-term governorship should be a disqualifier.

[CatherineofAragon]

From those names I listed, you could make a case. ;)

[uncitizen]

Yay! Go Ted Go!