Ted Cruz Ping! If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!
CRUZ or LOSE!
Posted on 07/05/2015 6:11:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In a little more than three months, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz‘s presidential campaign has raised more than $14.2 million from over 175,000 contributors. Combined with the $37 million raised by a political action committee backing Cruz, the Texas lawmaker’s presidential aspirations will be supported by a $51 million war chest.
“The grassroots energy and support we are seeing is overwhelming,” Cruz said in a statement. “In Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina – and all across the country – we are seeing courageous conservatives coming together for real change. We’re reassembling the (Ronald) Reagan coalition – from conservatives to libertarians to people of Faith – and with the help of so many supporters, we will be able to deliver our optimistic message all across the country.”
This website wrote back in January of Cruz’s path to victory in early-voting South Carolina – and these fundraising numbers will go a long way in making sure he gets his message out here and in other early-voting states.
In fact Cruz’s impressive haul guarantees he’ll be one of the top tier GOP candidates through Super Tuesday (March 1, 2016), when twelve states hold “Republican” primary or caucus elections.
Our thoughts on Cruz at this stage of the race? As we noted in our post assessing his chances there’s a lot to like about the guy … although there are certainly things to dislike, too. So far, he remains one of the few GOP candidates we’d consider getting behind … in spite of his occasional missteps.
“How many conservatives does a pack of pubbies make?”
Shouldn’t it be a litters of pubbies?
> “Trump is clearing the way for Ted.”
You know you got a hold of something right there.
Trump is not going to be president but he’s got a lot of fight in him against the left in this country and that is exciting to watch.
I can’t imagine where Trump would fit in with a Ted Cruz White House and I don’t think he could ever be a second to anything.
But one idea where Trump could leave his mark on history is if he would lead financially, operationally and organizationally a grassroots ground army for the Article V movement. The movement is presently in the capable hands of the COS Project with notables like Mark Levin. But operationally it needs financing and it needs management of the ground game where for example the ground operatives would have a coordinated plan to canvas and communicate with key state legislators.
I really think a person like Trump could get it done. He’s worth over 9 billion. He doesn’t need to stay with his businesses and he has an ability to organize people and get them to give 100%.
I agree that Cruz has made a few mistakes, but he’s still miles ahead of everyone else.
Cruz/Trump
Homeland Security Secretary? :-P
I would make Trump UN Ambassador just because the UN deserves it.
Hillary’s small contributors are of dubious origin. She has the democrat union party machine at her back. They can churn out more than 500,000 small donors of $60 to $80 with a couple of weeks worth of phone calls and emails. And they have the union hierarchy to make sure the donors donate.
Ted’s in a field that is split 8 ways. For him to get more than $10 million from 175,000 donations (120,000 unique donors, $81 avg) is a huge success. Also his grassroots turnout has all the other candidates beat by a long shot. He will continue to grow his support base and eventually the rest of the field will fold in with his campaign. His fundraising is awesome at this stage where he started from near nothing whereas Hillary started with the democrat machine. Once Ted has sewn up the GOP field, he will put Hillary’s numbers to shame.
2016 is the year of the conservative...the stars are lining up for Ted Cruz.
US Ambassador to Mexico?
lol!
Trump will not be second to anyone. A person like him has to be the top guy or nothing.
He’s running for president because he wants to leave a national and international legacy. This happens to people in his age group, they want somehow to ‘give back’ and leave a legacy.
To my knowledge Trump has no think tanks. no foundations, no charities of note (I could be wrong here) which a person of his financial stature would normally be expected to have. He has a legacy of successful businesses but that’s not enough for him.
The Article V movement is the movement to break up the Washington Cartel and strengthen states rights. In short it is the constitutionally authorized vehicle to turn back all the federal government abuses and judicial tyranny that has existed over the Progressive Era in the USA since 1913. Trump could mark his name on it.
I stand with Ted
Dislike? Please be more specific.
There are links at the original article which tell that story.
I just sent Ted Cruz $100. More to follow.
CRUZ or lose!
Sorry, I expected you to tell both sides without having to explore the links in your story. Is that a problem or are you biased? Of course having to explore the links means that most do not have all the information - that you might have provided up front. I suggest a bit of bias here...
Huh? Do you think I’m the author?
Of course not! I just expect both side to be stated without pushing links as one of the sides. Both sides of the argument should have been stated in the heading without causing to much “outsourcing” with or without links.
Nothing else was inferred!
If only...
Who is this website, exactly, that is “considering” getting behind Cruz, in spite of his “missteps”. Sounds like they are following the money and letting it go at that. They should love Jeb Bush, if that is their criteria.
Ted Cruz Ping!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.