[ozarkgirl]

I’m not terribly worried about Iowa, even if Cruz wins. What concerns me is looking at “real clear politics polls” is that on a head to head Trump losing to Hillary and Sanders. Cruz seems to do better on the head to head - good thing is still a long way to go to the General.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

[Jane Long]

Here’s more info on that....

Working-Class Hero: Trump Expands To 20-Point Lead Among White Blue-Collars Vs. Hillary Clinton
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3382147/posts

[newfreep]

Trump will absolutely crush either of the leftwing socialists/communists by speaking the truth.

Teddy, the polite “Haahhvud” scholar (and supporter of Corker’s Iran nukes) simply lacks the street dog fighter instincts of Trump.

Add in Teddy Boy’s sugar daddy, Robert Mercer and his open borders support, Teddy Boy would be a disaster...even if he becomes POTUS>

[TexasFreeper2009]

The important thing about all those head to head polls is Hillary’s number.

She never polls above the low 40’s against anyone.

Hillary is a KNOWN quantity. Everyone that is ever going to support here already does.

Trump on the other hand... is in the EXACT same position as Reagan was. The news media has made him out to be a crazy monster that will get us all killed at best.

BUT

People will eventually get to decide for themselves if Trump is REALLY the monster the media says he is (just like they did with Reagan) and they will do that after watching the debates between Trump and Clinton.

Trump doesn’t even have to win those debates, he just has to convince people he is not a crazy lunatic, at which point the numbers will move dramatically to Trump and he will win in a landslide of Reagan proportions.

[SamAdams76]

In the 1980 campaign, George Bush and John Anderson were doing much better head-to-head against Carter than Reagan was. In fact, the polls at that time had Carter crushing Reagan by 30 points. Many establishment Republicans at the time were saying that Reagan as nominee would be a disaster. John Anderson ran third party because he wanted to be on the ballot in case Reagan self-destructed.

I think back then it was a case of mainstream media trying to engineer a nominee that Carter could beat and the same thing is probably going on today.

[jpsb]

I would not be too concerned about head to head polls this far out. Hillary is IMHO unelectable and either Cruz or Trump beats her. I think Trump in a landslide, Cruz in a election.

[true believer forever]

I'm not terribly worried about Iowa, even if Cruz wins. What concerns me is looking at real clear politics polls is that on a head to head Trump losing to Hillary and Sanders. Cruz seems to do better on the head to head - good thing is still a long way to go to the General.

That's only because trump has name recognition. If people don't like Hillary - there are lots of them - and they see her name vs Cruz whom they may have a few very vague notions about, they will express their displeasure with H by voting for Cruz. It will even out. Cruz has barely started getting any national attention, and with that will come alot of negatives.

Fret not!