Ted Cruz Ping! If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
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CRUZ or LOSE!
Posted on 06/24/2015 9:05:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Ted Cruz is imploring supporters to donate $1 million to his presidential campaign by Tuesday, saying in a recorded email appeal that positive fundraising results are important to shaping the media narrative of the 2016 contest.
The Texas Republican proved to be a surprisingly prodigious and effective fundraiser in the opening weeks of his White House bid. He raised $4 million online his first week and has told reporters that super PACs backing his candidacy have "banked" an eye-popping $37 million.
Now, Cruz is asking his backers to help him close the second fundraising quarter strong to help him put up a good showing against Republican front-runner Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee.
"I'm sure that you've seen that both Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton have announced their candidacies for president, just like everyone knew they would, and they're both well on their way to raising well over $100 million each. Well, we're not going to raise $100 million. But we don't need to raise that much money," Cruz said. "We have just days before the most important deadline of the 2016 presidential campaign. On June 30, every single presidential campaign must file reports with the Federal Election Commission, reporting exactly how much money we have raised.
"Once results are made public, every media outlet, from the mainstream news outlets to influential conservative magazines and websites, will have immediate access to every campaign's financial results and they will immediately run stories about how the presidential race is shaping up. If we post strong fundraising numbers, the media will be forced to acknowledge what you and I already know — which is that our campaign has momentum."
As of Wednesday, Cruz was bunched in the middle of the pack of the Republican presidential contenders, sitting in seventh place with 6.5 percent of the vote, according to the latest RealClearPolitics.com average. The senator was 2 percentage points ahead of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and 1.5 percentage points behind Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
Cruz's money bomb comes on the heels of a crucial Senate vote on providing President Obama "Fast Track" authority to negotiate trade deals. Cruz had previously supported and voted for Trade Promotion Authority legislation. But just before Tuesday's vote, the Texan announced that he had had a change of heart, and later voted "no." It did not affect the outcome, as the measure passed and advanced to the House.
The current fundraising period ends on Tuesday.
I’ve always said I want to know how they’ll vote if there is a tie. Cruz just showed me what he’ll do.
Ted Cruz Ping! LOL...dwindling supporters! LOL. You must have Common Core comprehension skills.
Now, who do you support?
I already know...you support Rand. Let’s see if you admit it.
Nope. I make fun of Rand and his daddy's Paulbots. See prior posts.
After Cruz's dismal performance, I've decided not to support anyone in the primaries for now. By the time my state has its primary, the field will have thinned quite a bit.
Not supporting the lesser of two evils in the general election either. McCain and Romney demonstrated that was just rewarding bad behavior.
If both parties' candidates are bought and paid for by Goldman Sachs, I'll sit out the general election.
Okay numbnuts who are you supporting?
Dwindling? Not hardly!!!!!!
Read Post # 24.
LOL...are you obsessed with Goldman or something?
That reminds me....I need to donate again...and double it for the trolls.
See my tagline.
Goldman Sachs has had way too much influence on D.C.
Take a look at the revolving door between GS and fedgov. It's incestuous. Example: What happened in the 2008 gov't bailout and GS' ex-CEO Hank Paulson's role in that fiasco as Treasury Secretary.
In the 2016 campaign, it's important to note that Cruz's wife works for GS and they're a major donor to his Senate and presidential campaigns. And one of Hillary's big supporters just happens to be the current CEO of GS. They're playing both sides of the Uniparty.
Obsessed? Only if you define a dislike of crony capitalism as an obsession.
No, she doesn’t work for GS...she WAS an employee of the firm. I believe Cruz called the firm out awhile back.
If this is all you have for Cruz, you are desperate.
“No, she doesn’t work for GS...she WAS an employee of the firm.”
*****
Heidi Cruz is a managing director at GS. She’s taken a leave of absence for the campaign. A leave of absence is just that. She is still a high level employee.
I’m a small donor :)
Small donors are the best, especially lots of them.
Ted’s campaign explicitly targets the small donors because those donors send the largest message.
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