"....3.Endorsements Matter In Iowa. Because Iowa is a caucus state, which means that candidates' representatives lobby voters before those voters raise their hands, endorsements matter an awful lot. On-the-ground organization matters an awful lot. That's why Silver's site still has Cruz with a 48 percent chance of winning the Iowa caucuses, with Trump at 41 percent. That's their poll-plus calculation, which counts endorsements and ground game. Just using the polls, FiveThirtyEight.com gives Trump a 55 percent chance of winning the caucuses, with Cruz at 37 percent."...
Perry, who is famously skilled at retail politics, will campaign with Cruz Tuesday across Iowa, and will join Iowa GOP Rep. Steve King to stump for Cruz again Wednesday. Perry and King will both join Cruz at a Des Moines rally Wednesday night.
The endorsement gives Cruz the blessing of the longest-serving governor in Texas history, just as the senator faces intensifying heat from other veteran politicians, including from his colleagues in Washington, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.
He reminds me of a guy who thought someone else had a chance late last year.
i think it’s encouraging that a loser like Walker knows so much more than several national polls that spend millions of dollars trying to figure things out.
I’m pretty sure than means Cruz is a lock in Iowa.
Gov. Scott Walker is absolutely correct!
“Many believe Trump supporters are less committed to turn out.”
Exactly.
IOW, Trump has his 30% or so who would support him even if he shot people in the middle of the street, but the vast majority of Republicans who do NOT want Trump are split among all the remaining candidates. When the herd thins, where will those people gravitate toward? Probably not Trump.
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.
Walker and Cruz! Together again! Now Donald Trump is definitely done! 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.
Walker supporters are unlikely to show up
This is from the guy who dropped a 22 point head start in the primary and who s last gasp on exiting was a not so subtle plea to keep Trump from winning at all costs?
Yea, he was my favorite going in.
His bitterness is difficult to hide.
Trump can afford to lose all the caucus states, and will still win the nomination if he wins the “winner take all” primary states.
Cruz, on the other hand, CANNOT afford to lose Iowa. If, with all his “ground game”, Cruz loses Iowa, then he’s pretty-much done.
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?