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Is Ted Cruz Losing His Grip on Iowa?
Slate ^ | 1/13/2016 | Josh Voorhees

Posted on 01/13/2016 12:13:07 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Heading into Christmas, Ted Cruz had emerged as the clear favorite to kick off the Republican nominating contest with a victory in Iowa. He was racking up endorsements from evangelical leaders/kingmakers and was starting to pull away in state polls. But with less than three weeks to go until the GOP caucus, Cruz now has real reason to worry.

The latest sign Iowa could come down to the wire between him and Donald Trump comes via a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg state poll, which shows the fiery Texas senator's lead on the loud-mouthed tycoon shrinking from 10 points to 3 points among likely Republican caucusgoers in the past month:

Ted Cruz: 25 percent, down 6 points

Donald Trump: 22 percent, up 1 point

Marco Rubio: 12 percent, up 2 points

Ben Carson: 11 percent, down 2 points

As Ann Selzer, the well-respected director of the poll, points out, the narrowing race isn't the result of a late Trump surge--the Donald's been holding remarkably steady in Iowa for months--as much as an erosion in Cruz's support. "It's hard to say Donald Trump is back, because his support grew only one point," she said. "It seems more a matter of slippage for Cruz."

His drop could be the result of the increased attention that comes with being the favorite--which has included plenty of chatter about his Canadian roots--or it could be explained by something else, including statistical noise. Either way, Cruz doesn't look as strong in Iowa today as he did in late 2015.

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; canadian; cruz4attorneygeneral; election2016; ineligible; iowa; saygoodbyeted; tedcruz; texas; whoownstedandheidi
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1 posted on 01/13/2016 12:13:07 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Everything under control.
2 posted on 01/13/2016 12:14:42 PM PST by GilGil
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

GO TRUMP!


3 posted on 01/13/2016 12:14:45 PM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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4 posted on 01/13/2016 12:16:18 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Josh Vorhees. Jason's lost brother.
5 posted on 01/13/2016 12:16:54 PM PST by demshateGod (Trump for press secretary! Cruz for president!)
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Oh my.


6 posted on 01/13/2016 12:17:12 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I love JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me! Thank You, JESUS! (1 John 4:19))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Looks like Bush's former legal GOPher is declining almost at the rate of the American economy.

Rafael better suspend his campaign and get his immigration status mess straightened out.

7 posted on 01/13/2016 12:17:58 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: GilGil

Slate is a site for liberal leftists to attack the right. Gee sounds like the Donald Trump strategy, attack from the left!!!

GO CRUZ!!!


8 posted on 01/13/2016 12:20:50 PM PST by gwgn02
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To: GilGil

Now you’re going to Slate for your news as long as it supports Trump?


9 posted on 01/13/2016 12:21:05 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are. Go Ted.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Cue the bombardment of panicked email solicitations from the Cruz campaign....


10 posted on 01/13/2016 12:22:04 PM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Cruz has the best organization in the state, a great ground game.


11 posted on 01/13/2016 12:22:32 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: musicman

The Left wants Trump. He makes deals with them.


12 posted on 01/13/2016 12:23:20 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Article after article from the Democrat left attacking Trump and pushing Cruz. Not only is that the purpose of this whole article, but consider the wording they use for these two supposed enemies of the leftists who hang out at Slate:

“fiery Texas senator” and “loud-mouthed tycoon.”

Hmm. Whom would you rather vote for: fiery or loud-mouthed? All things being equal, I think most voters would choose fiery. And it’s the same everywhere you look at these left-wing, lying, smearing articles.


13 posted on 01/13/2016 12:24:35 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Cue the bombardment of panicked email solicitations from the Cruz campaign....

Weird. I got an email a couple of hours ago from the Cruz campaign. They were looking for "experienced photoshoppers who would be able to digitally alter official documentation." I'm not quite sure what to make of it.

/JUST kidding, people

14 posted on 01/13/2016 12:25:14 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (What good is a constitution if you don't have a country to go with it?)
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To: elhombrelibre
"...loud-mouthed tycoon..."

Fair. Balanced. Unbiased reporting.

15 posted on 01/13/2016 12:25:22 PM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Honestly, I don’t care who wins Iowa. Jeb could win with 90% of the vote and it still would not matter. The Iowa caucuses are a joke.


16 posted on 01/13/2016 12:27:43 PM PST by gdani
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I am so disappointed in Rush. Today he detailed how Cruz is using push polls to find the best attacks for Trump:

Never asks God for forgiveness
Was a Democrat
Is still a liberal

among others. Then Rush says boys will be boys and moves on. If Trump had done this, Rush would have devoted an hour to demolishing Trump.

Rush even said that for all those calls about him letting Trump off the hook, that he has said all along candidates will take care of Trump.


17 posted on 01/13/2016 12:29:02 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Selzer/Bloomberg/Register - Surprise this time they are using name Selzer. They were always way up for Cruz in state and National poll. I think they want to keep their credibility.
Cruz peaked too soon. Listening to lawyer for too long gets boring and its fatigue. Now he is in New Hampshire.


18 posted on 01/13/2016 12:30:12 PM PST by jennychase
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To: Kenny

Rush is just jealous, Trump plane is parked next to his etc...


19 posted on 01/13/2016 12:33:05 PM PST by jennychase
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To: jennychase

All has to do with the size of the cockpit?


20 posted on 01/13/2016 12:37:04 PM PST by hoosiermama
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