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Cruz surges to the top in Iowa
Washington Examiner ^ | 12/7/15 | Gabby Morrongiello

Posted on 12/07/2015 9:54:00 AM PST by Isara

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To: mkjessup

I think he won NH too, then Reagan exploded.


41 posted on 12/07/2015 10:11:37 AM PST by nikos1121 ("Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."-- Golda Meir)
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To: longtermmemmory

okay smart guy....follow the dollars for me. I know where the dollars mostly come from, and it AINT K STREET.

I’ll interpret your response as admission that I am right.


42 posted on 12/07/2015 10:11:58 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: ScottinVA

I think Trump is the frontrunner for now, but that could very well change. Especially if someone other than him wins Iowa.


43 posted on 12/07/2015 10:12:04 AM PST by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose!)
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To: Brilliant

He’s not ready.


44 posted on 12/07/2015 10:14:12 AM PST by Aria (Abortion = murder, the taking of a human life.)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

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GOPe will never ‘pick’ Cruz, they are simply being overwhelmed.

At first they cheered Trump, cuz they mistakenly believed that he would derail Cruz and blow away.

They guessed wrong, obviously.


45 posted on 12/07/2015 10:14:13 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Genoa

He sure had some convenient votes for GOPe...and then when the legislation was safe from defeat he switched his vote and started slamming the “washington cartel”.

Actions speak louder than a lawyer talking.


46 posted on 12/07/2015 10:15:29 AM PST by Aria (Abortion = murder, the taking of a human life.)
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To: Isara

Umm..this is hilarious.

Trump hasn’t even started to fight. On coverage alone he’s gotten this far.

He can self fund a billion to run. Doesn’t need to beg.

Currently he’s letting the other guys spend all their cash trying to run him down. All they are doing is emptying their accounts, and he knows it.

He will not put an idiot crony in charge of his cash like Romney did. The money will come out and be spent effectively on a well organized campaign.

And he will do that with the others already out of cash, and we haven’t gotten to the general election.

Cruz is aiming for Veep. That’s fine. Young guy, needs credentials. Like getting past the fact that he was born in Calgary. If anyone thinks the Rats are gonna give him a pass on that because of Obama, they’re nuts.

And that’s the way it izzz, folks. In the system we have now, the man with the cash goes the distance.


47 posted on 12/07/2015 10:16:13 AM PST by Regulator
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To: Isara

heh heh

It was easy to predict the MSM was going to ‘discover’ Cruz’ support when it fit their narrative. They did the same with Carson. Cruz has had strong support in Iowa from before he announced, and has a strong ground game.

Cruz might be a very slight favorite. A boisterous New Yorker of any persuasion was always going to be a tough sell to Iowans. Ask Rudy Giuliani.


48 posted on 12/07/2015 10:16:35 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Aria; Brilliant

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>> “He’s not ready.” <<

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Troll-a-roll-a-rolla, Troll-a-roll-a-roo...
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49 posted on 12/07/2015 10:18:10 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: LS

“Sigh. First the Fiorina ‘surge.’ Then the Carxon ‘surge.’ Now the Cruz ‘surge.” Any surge the GOPe can get to derail Trump.”

Meh.

Just let them have their one poll to jump around and crow and be self-righteously assured that they are the “true conservatives” ordained by God to be victorious... for as long as it takes for another poll to come out.

They are banking on butt-kissing Iowans as the thing that will totally win the nomination....because (reasons).

Hey it worked for Roberson, Huckabee, and Sanatorium.


50 posted on 12/07/2015 10:18:28 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Regulator
Cruz is aiming for Veep. That’s fine. Young guy, needs credentials. Like getting past the fact that he was born in Calgary. If anyone thinks the Rats are gonna give him a pass on that because of Obama, they’re nuts.

I love the smell of fear.

51 posted on 12/07/2015 10:18:49 AM PST by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose!)
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To: amorphous

Did you read Quayle’s story on breitbart yesterday? Trump talked to GHWB, wanted to be his VP.
Who knows.


52 posted on 12/07/2015 10:19:11 AM PST by libbylu
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To: Isara

Lookee here...... One can campaign proactively against leftists, 0bama, Hillary, radical islamic terrorists, and for average Americans, and rise to the top.


53 posted on 12/07/2015 10:19:41 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Property Owners who maintain "Gun Free Zones" for killing should be legally liable for any shooting.)
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To: LS

Do you believe that Cruz is the “GOPe”?


54 posted on 12/07/2015 10:20:18 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Property Owners who maintain "Gun Free Zones" for killing should be legally liable for any shooting.)
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To: Regulator

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Trump would waste his time to fight.

It is his own insurmountable negatives that have defeated him, not Ted Cruz.

Cruz has called out only Rubio, for his lies.


55 posted on 12/07/2015 10:21:44 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Williams

Both Cruz and Trump are quite acceptable to me.

I prefer Cruz.

But I can totally live with Trump.


56 posted on 12/07/2015 10:22:01 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Property Owners who maintain "Gun Free Zones" for killing should be legally liable for any shooting.)
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To: libbylu

Nope, thanks. Like you say, who knows. Whatever agreement Trump and Cruz have, it seems to be working. That’s the important thing. :-)


57 posted on 12/07/2015 10:22:10 AM PST by amorphous
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To: Uncle Miltie

+1


58 posted on 12/07/2015 10:24:42 AM PST by amorphous
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To: editor-surveyor

You know I’m not a troll.

I just don’t support Cruz.


59 posted on 12/07/2015 10:24:54 AM PST by Aria (Abortion = murder, the taking of a human life.)
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To: VanDeKoik; LS

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Roberson, Huckabee, and Sanatorium didn’t declare war on Ethanol.

They just Cream-of-Wheated their way through.

Think and understand.


60 posted on 12/07/2015 10:25:20 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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