Posted on 02/21/2016 5:53:10 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he "effectively tied" Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for second place in South Carolina's Republican primary, as the two senators were separated by a little more than 1,000 votes, but both finished far behind front-runner Donald Trump.
Despite only winning one of the early voting states so far, Cruz believes his combined results show he is the "only one strong conservative remaining in this race who can win" the Republican presidential nomination.
"Our game plan from day one was do well in the first four states and consolidate conservatives to go forward into Super Tuesday," Cruz told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Sunday on "This Week." "I think we're positioned ideally to do exactly that."
What we're doing -- systematically, nationally -- is unifying conservatives," Cruz added.
Cruz, who finished first in Iowa and third in New Hampshire, said his base remains strong going forward, especially among young Republican voters.
"We won young people in South Carolina," Cruz said. "We also won young people in Iowa."
Cruz further used his first place win in Iowa, a state in which he said he had "heavy hitters" behind his campaign, to distance himself from Rubio, who had strong endorsements in South Carolina but failed to win the state.
"All the establishment circled their wagons around Marco and yet he still only came in second after his campaign promised they were gonna win the state," he said. "We won Iowa with a big margin."
While Cruz acknowledged there was "no doubt" the attacks he and Rubio continue to level against each other are helping Donald Trump, he said that his campaign is the "only one campaign that has beaten or can beat" the real estate mogul.
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Apparently the win loss concept was never part of Teddy’s curriculum at Princeton.
I pray Trump and Cruz spend more effort to eliminate Rubio.
The guy is a lightweight groomed GOPe candidate in the same kind of mold the built Obama...a DC cronie puppet.
LOL!!
If Rush is still pumping this annoying idiot, he is as crazy as Beck.
Pray America wakes
No, that’s not what he said.
You are manufacturing things to ease your own guilty conscience. You pounced on me over nothing.
Thought this was to be Ted’s breakout 🌧
Once again, you are manufacturing things to ease your own conscience.
Cruz & Rubio both out performed the polls. Trump underperformed by about 7% points.
Apparently as more and more people are getting to know Trump...the better Cruz & Rubio look.
At first i liked DT. But then i saw his Russert interview and his claim to be “very pro-choice”.
And then I learned that he donated lots of money to democrats like Hillary & Rahm, Kerry & Schumer. People who are pro-choice...and against the 2nd amendment. Democrats who supported Obamacare.
And then just recently, I witnessed DT defending Planned Parenthood.
And I came to the conclusion that a conservative and or a Christian has no business voting for this shyster from New York.
Although I support Trump....
I hate to see Cruz fizzle out like this. I like his policies and his rhetoric.
I hate the way the relationship with Trump soured. I thought maybe they could team up.
But, this was inevitable. He's not electable on a national level.
Post #81 you nailed it
If I was advising Cruz, I would say take a very hard look at what he is saying and how he is saying it.
There is simply no way around his 3rd place finish in his most ideal state.
—Send Beck far away.
—Learn how to deliver talks to voters, that don’t sound like televangelist sermons.
Obvious going head to head with Trump was the mistake... Rubio was the danger.
Yep. Rubio can hang in there for awhile in 3rd as long as he is the top establishment candidate. Cruz, OTOH, in 3rd is a headed for a death spiral.
At first i liked DT. But then i saw his Russert interview and his claim to be “very pro-choice”.
At first I liked Ted Cruz. But then I saw him campaign for Barack Obama’s trade agenda and receive millions in anonymous money laundered Super PAC campaign donations.
It’s quite telling, IMO, that you are worried about Trump’s hot air from 17 years ago while ignoring the unprincipled and non-conservative actions of a sitting U. S. Senator. FRegards.
your guy came in THIRD. Just own it.
You say it’s a tie? Where was the coin toss? Rock, paper scissors? Did they arm wrestle? Why not??????
Because it wasn’t a TIE! Cruz came in 3rd, stick a fork in him, he’s done.
I agree. Shhhhhh, don’t tell him.
right. tied. they both got ZERO delegates.
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