Posted on 01/25/2016 10:03:50 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
FENNIMORE (WKOW) -- Despite polls showing billionaire businessman Donald Trump leading the Republican presidential race in Iowa, Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin) feels Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has an edge in the Hawkeye State.
Iowa voters will caucus next Monday night in a race seen as pivotal to Sen. Cruz's chances for the GOP nomination.
In past month, Trump has gone from trailing Sen. Cruz to leading him by six points in an average of recent polls.
But Gov. Walker agrees with many experts who believe Cruz still has an advantage, because of the ground game he's set up in Iowa to make sure his supporters all get out to caucus.
Many believe Trump supporters are less committed to turn out.
Governor Walker, who advised others to follow his lead last September and get out of the race so that Trump could be defeated, still doesn't believe the reality TV star is a lock in Iowa or for the Republican nomination.
"I don't necessarily think the person in the lead represents the majority of the voters," Gov. Walker told 27 News Tuesday. "He may represent a plurality of a big field, but I think things will probably change if the field narrows."
But Gov. Walker said he isn't surprised there has been push back against Cruz from Gov. Terry Branstad (R-Iowa), since Cruz has called for an end to the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The RFS is a federal policy that mandates all gas sold in the U.S. include a certain percentage of biofuels like ethanol.
Ethanol is made with corn, and its production brings in millions to the Iowa economy.
Gov. Walker said he got similar push back for mentioning a plan to phase out that mandate, but feels Cruz is in the right on the issue.
That certainly is the conventional wisdom (and hope) of some - we’ll know soon enough.
Hahahah. Cruz is supposed to gain cause the first one to drop out, who was the single biggest flop in the race. “Endorses” him? Can’t find another Beck? How about Kanye?
“....When CNN’s Wolf Blitzer suggested that Bloomberg - a business media magnate worth $36.5 billion, according to Forbes - had many more billions than the Republican frontrunner, Trump scoffed, ‘I don’t believe that, I don’t believe that.’
‘It’s a technology company,’ Trump said, suggesting that if someone came in and created a better version of the Bloomberg terminal, the centerpiece of Bloomberg’s fortune, he’d go belly up.......
Posting Mother Jones articles will not help you make your point no matter how strongly you feel the article makes its point. I mean come on, what would you be thinking about a Freeper posting an article (good or bad) about your guy?
Walker is a courageous governor. I admire and respect him. However, he was a big bust as a presidential candidate and doesn’t need to audition as a political pundit.
I like your screen name. Makes people ask a question.
Going to a fun rally where you spend four-five hours to hear a 50 minute speech is so much easier than going to an hour long caucus. None of those Trump rallyers will bother to caucus.
Iowa is their chance to shaft the know-it-alls.
Lookie Here: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/iowa/caucus-finder/ Handy, Dandy Iowa Caucus Finder Application!
Deace is saying the R party there are expecting 300,000+ Caucus goers to show up. Sounds like a mother load of new voters of which the vast majority are the Trump crowd. If its a massive crowd you can bet that it’ll be a good night for Trump.
High turnout: Trump wins.
Low turnout: Cruz wins.
Makes one wonder about the ego of such a man...the soul of such a man.
Creepy. Very, very creepy.
Kanye would more than likely see a kindred spirit in Trump.
He successfully divides the conservative or Republican base and turns us against one another.
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Just one line from your posting. The entire posting shows you have great insight, IMO!
Mother Jones?
LMAO!!! Of course they’re going to trash Cruz.
Such a wasted opportunity. He would have been the first retarded president and been a great inspiration to the mentally challenged around the world. Such a shame.
“I have read article after article how a good sized chunk of the audience starts to stream towards the exits once the me, me, I, I, and the inevitable name calling starts.”
“article after article”??
Why has the MSM avoided repeating that? That would be a non-stop 24-7 news item if it happened only once.
You made that up.
Yes, but then he got the support of one FReeper, and she has been the political kiss of death.
Snicker...
So is Politico.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/ted-cruz-2016-establishment-george-bush-213561?o=0
Being disliked by Bob Dull, GWB, and McPain might help a candidate.
“The winner four years ago was fourth in the polls going into Caucus night. His name is Santorum”
You’re talking about President Santorum, right?
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