National poll: Cruz and Rubio surged after Iowa

Politico ^ | February 9, 2015 | Nolan D. McCaskill

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

"...unless they are voting based on Cruz’s dirty politician tricks of intimidation and lying."

Need this?

Hank

[CottonBall]

You can’t even admit your candidate is a dirty politician - my pointing it out is the problem, LOL! says it all.

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

Here’s a clue. EVERY politician is dirty.

Every one. Cruz. Trump. George Washington. Ronald Reagan.

None of ‘em pure. And Trump least of all.

None of those other guys ever went to court to throw an old lady out of her house.

So far as I know any way.

Hank

[Dave W]

Well, he connected in Iowa. That is what they said about Ronald Reagan, too. That he was too conservative and his appeal wasn’t broad enough. We know what happened.

[Dave W]

The media, which I am sure you are aware. The media amplifies someone who exceeds expectations and destroys those that underperform. That is the value and cost of both Iowa and NH.

It's not the delegates. It is the momentum that the media lends, which is why Rubio zoomed up in NH (at least until Sat night) after his placement in Iowa.

[CottonBall]

Yeah, but that’s like getting into the stock market based on emotion and hype, without researching a single company.

I’m hoping people aren’t that stupid. I know, I’m wrong but not everyone can be so stupid...

[CottonBall]

LOL, your excuse is that everybody does it?

Nope, only Cruz lied and cheated during the first caucus. Pretty despicable.

And that you are fine with it, well, says a lit about your candidate.