Posted on 04/16/2015 3:26:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Cruz's strong Zionism combined with traditional views on social issues is a 'natural fit' for Orthodox Jews in the U.S.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, a hardline conservative and practicing Southern Baptist, is carving out a niche with Orthodox Jews a "potentially winnable slice of an otherwise deeply Democratic demographic," Politico website reports.
I share a great many values with the Jewish community and the Orthodox community, Cruz told Politico in a phone interview. Chief among them is a passionate dedication to strengthening our friendship and alliance with the nation of Israel.
Combing a strong Zionist approach with traditional views on social issues is "a dynamic that makes Cruz a natural fit" for Orthodox Jews, Politico writes.
Senator Cruz started earlier than everyone else, so hes probably had more contact in the community than anyone else, said Phil Rosen, a New York lawyer who was a major fund raiser for Mitt Romney....
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Going to get a few hundred bumper stickers made up with “ JEWS for CRUZ “. My first stop will be at Temple to put them over the Obama stickers on parked cars. I will be 86d out but I can’t afford the Temple tax anyway. As I’m the only conservative Jew who cares.
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Cruz is in a third place in the current RCP Poll average.
2016 Republican Presidential Nomination
Poll | Date | Bush | Walker | Cruz | Paul | Carson | Huckabee | Rubio | Christie | Perry | Santorum | Jindal | Kasich | Spread | |
RCP Average | 3/13 - 3/31 | 16.5 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Bush +1.2 | |
FOX News | 3/29 - 3/31 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Walker +3 | |
ABC/Wash Post | 3/26 - 3/29 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Bush +8 | |
PPP (D) | 3/26 - 3/31 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | Walker +3 | |
CNN/ORC | 3/13 - 3/15 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Bush +3 |
No different from nobama at this time in history.
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