Posted on 01/26/2016 10:07:49 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Senator says polls put billionaire on fast-track to nomination.
Sen. Ted Cruz made a somewhat startling statement during a recent address to evangelical pastors, telling them Donald Trump seems on fast-track status to win the nomination - that if he wins Iowa, the billionaire businessman "could be unstoppable" on the campaign trail.
The video, obtained by the Christian Broadcasting Network and the Brody File, showed Cruz telling his gathered listeners the nomination process was basically entering its final stretch, despite the fact the first caucuses and primaries haven't even taken place, yet.
"If Donald wins Iowa, he right now has a substantial lead in New Hampshire, if he went on to win New Hampshire as well, there is a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee," Cruz said, in the video.
He went on, CNN reported: "So even if you're thinking about another candidate, the simple reality is there's only one campaign that can beat Trump in this state and if conservatives simply stand up and unite, that's everything."
Cruz said the race he's running with Trump is at a "dead heat." But polls actually show Trump with big enough lead to beat even statistical variances.
Three recent Iowa polls from CNN/ORC and Fox News show Trump with an 11-point lead over the entire Republican pack.
CNN/ORC's most recent national survey, meanwhile, shows more than 4-in-10 of Republican voters, 41 percent, around the nation want Trump as their candidate.
This is the first time Trump has surpassed the 40 percent mark in CNN/ORC polls. Cruz comes in second, but with a distant 19 percentage point of voter support. Sen. Marco Rubio, in third, has only eight percent, the poll showed.
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All of us have seen it for a long time. I don’t think that the guy who is touting his ability to work with the people who have increased our debt by $70G per FAMILY over 7 years would be anything but a catastrophe. To me, winning this quarrel with you Trumpeteers is not the objective; it is trying to save the US Constitution and our way of life.
Never did I believe that a vast number of people would wear blinders and cheer this dangerous man. But it has happened.
Horde your vodka. You are going to need it soon.
Because we need someone in the White House who can “make deals” with Nancy Pelosi.
It’s not going to be a pretty site when the chandelier in your ballroom crashes down on all of you.
This has to be by far the most laughable thing I’ve read. Cruz rebrand himself? You sound like you came straight from DU. Sorry no disrespect but those sentiments are no where near those of a champion of the conservative cause and more like the musings of a hopey changey liberal.
History cannot be erased, Trump, the narcissistic salesman is the same he was is and always has been. A RINO. No matter of speaking on his behalf can ever change that
McConnell's lawyer has a super pack that wants to eliminate Trump and put Cruz in the White House and McConnell is in favor for it...
The exact same can be said for CRuz supporters...and your candidate. So, there’s that.
No need to horde anything, if Trump wins.
LOL....the tiny ship was tossed!!
Neither will win the nomination. Delegates are allocated by the states and that is controlled by the gope.
LOL
Rubio will win the nomination. You heard it here first.
LOL! Nice!
Hopey changey and our vapid American Idol culture is a powerful motivator. We no longer have many intellectual conservatives only knee jerk star struck hopey changey zombies. Say something long enough it becomes truth. Hell he had the audacity to compare himself to Reagan. The man is a sham and will NEVER in his life compare to Reagan.
WOW! Are you serious....Rubio or Bush???
right, we need at least four more years of gridlock and civil war to get America back on track.
LMAO
Both
Hahah you pick that up at DU? This is laughable considering Mitch can’t stand the man let alone be in the same room as Cruz. But you’d have me believe that McConnel wants Trump. Not everything you read on the Internet is trueeeee. I was born at night but not last night.
Yeah, I about spit out my tea when I heard Rush play this clip. GOPe on Twitter just unbelievably stupid or blind. They are now engaged in a hot debate about “gee, if Jeb hadn’t run ads against Rubio, then Rubio might have had a chance.”
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