Posted on 08/10/2015 1:18:14 PM PDT by xzins
While most of the media attention after last weeks GOP presidential debate has been focused on Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz has seen a huge jump in his poll numbers, and apparently an explosion in campaign contributions since he took the stage.
Check it out!
Id say 225,000 contributions with an average contribution of $68 is quite impressive.
Its important to note that a lot of these contributions are coming from ordinary Americans, making this a true grassroots effort, rather than bowing to the will of corporations in order to get funding.
One of the reasons people seem to be flocking to Sen. Cruz is because he has a proven track record for standing against the establishment in Washington, ruffling feathers and being a rebel rouser simply by refusing to budge on the conservative principles he believes in.
Thats definitely the kind of attitude and record we need our nominee to have, and surprisingly, there are a few candidates who have this going for them like Rand Paul for example and hopefully well know exactly who the right man or woman for the job is after the next few debates.
Great news!
Cruz is in Seattle next Tuesday for a fundraiser. Come and join us, wont you?
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Cruz donations should be around $60 million at this point.
I think it may be much higher.
He was at $53 million a month ago, and then received two major donations totaling $25 million. Add this approx $15 million, and the other donations he’s received since these reports, and he’s approaching or passed Bush fundraising.
Csrl Cameron reported on this today, and while no number were mentioned, Cruz’s strategy of working the SEC primaries to deflate the IA, and NH primaries is smart, and drawing attention.
-— Cruzs strategy of working the SEC primaries to deflate the IA, and NH primaries is smart, and drawing attention. -—
Ted probably believes that the Evangelical vote will be divided in IA, and NH is now unofficially MA, with Trump, Bush and Kasich in the lead.
Huck may be gone by the southern primaries, and Ted will have a war chest to spend on advertising, giving him a big tactical advantage.
Clinton, Bush and Wallace?! Where did you find that photo? Wow!
It’s almost as good as Nixon and Elvis
surely Iowa evangelicals will not repeat with Huck or Santorum just b/c they did once before...but see that they have the real deal in Cruz, and one who can go the distance and not just be a protest to the establishment...
surely
Seattle is a cross-country trip for me. I’ll wait for one closer, but thanks for the invite.
Honestly, though, even Cruz doesn’t get the new celebrity political culture we are in. Trump does.
That’s a very shrewd and subtle point but spot on......
You see that in the Twitter followers, Trump 3.6 million, Cruz a couple hundred thousand.
More might give if they thought he had a real chance.
A. Kennedy was a Reagan “pick”.
Don’t expect much at all from IA.
Yes. He was.
He needs to spend early and define himself early. He has the money. It’s a golden opportunity.
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