Posted on 08/22/2015 9:12:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
COLUMBUS, OHIO Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was the hands-down favorite of the Americans for Prosperity annual summit in Columbus, Ohio, this weekend, if the number and volume of ovations during the speeches of five presidential candidates who addressed the annual convention of tea party activists was the measure.
The reception to former Gov. Rick Perrys energetic appearance at the event was somewhat muted by the fact that he was its very last speaker.
At the other end of the spectrum was former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a newcomer to events financed by conservative industrialists Charles and David Koch. Bush was greeted with respectful but restrained applause by a group that rose in part from Republican dissatisfaction with federal spending under his brother, former President George W. Bush....
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Ted is doing great. He will finish far above Kasich in Kasich’s homestate.
Excellent!
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