Posted on 12/10/2015 2:55:24 PM PST by Isara
Ted Cruz has successfully courted Bob Vander Platts, Iowa's main Christian powerbroker, winning his endorsement Thursday that was sought feverishly by about half the Republican field. Now, Cruz in closing in on winning the backing of another top social conservative networker: Tony Perkins.
"There's clearly movement going toward Ted, and I think he's making all the right moves," Perkins told CNN Thursday. "But from a timing standpoint, I'm still watching, waiting."
Perkins, who heads the Family Research Council, sits at the top of a pair of sprawling social conservative networks, the Conservative Action Project and the Council for National Policy, that are the hidden hub of the forces looking to push the Republican Party further right.
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Vander Plaats is key for Iowa, but Perkins could be more helpful nationally, as leaders of the professional conservative apparatus jump at the chance to energize Cruz's surging campaign.
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Perkins, officially, remains uncommitted. But as he stood on the stage Cruz last month at Bob Jones University, it was difficult for him to hide his affection. Perkins acknowledges that -- in a field full of social conservatives who Perkins see as allies -- he has had a special relationship with one of them.
"All these guys are my friends and someone's going to get their feelings hurt," Perkins said at the time. "You get a lot of guys who say they want your help when you're running, and then they forget about you when you get there. Ted was not that way."
The chances of endorsing Cruz were bolstered when Perkins' close friend from their days in Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, dropped out of the race. And he doesn't talk about any other candidate nearly as glowingly.
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Kick it up. NO FEAR. The best choice for 2916!!
That I should live 900 years to see it!!
I have a homosexual friend who absolutely despises Ted Cruz (our Senator, by the way.) But when I press him for a reason why, he can’t come up with one.
Definitely a good week in Iowa.
Does it come with a free stay at the Bates Motel?
lol.
With you on that.
Excellent speech he gave today.
Even Perry kept bringing up Cruz today, said not an endorsement but sounded like one.
LOL! I was ready to post a Perkins Pancake House pic, but yours is better.
The Dude from Psycho? Wait. What. Huh???
Lol!
It’s nice to be among folks with the
cultural IQ to get that.
A very solid foreign policy speech about the disastrous military adventurism we’ve engaged in at the same time we’ve thrown the gates wide open at home and target American rights.
Is that a compliment? Or a slam? Lol.
Heh. A compliment for sure.
Thanks. I have so few friends.
;)
Cool, should help Ted make inroads with the LGTB vote
Your post indicates more about you than your "friend"
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