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Ted Cruz Surges in Iowa, Powered by Outsider Fervor
The New York Times ^ | November 29, 2015 | Matt Flegenheimer

Posted on 11/29/2015 5:29:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

CHARITON, Iowa — Around 10 p.m. Saturday, with locals here stuffing the entryway of a general store known for something called taco pizza, the presidential campaign of Senator Ted Cruz seemed to be winning a bet with itself.

Could the candidate fill the space on a frosty night, in a town of 4,000 or so, more than two months before voting begins, at an hour late enough that taco pizza was no longer being served?

“I’m pretty sure this is breaking a Guinness World Record,” Mr. Cruz said, settling in beside the doughnut display as scores of Iowans surrounded him. A burly man with a thick beard, a shaved head and a large soda offered to be Mr. Cruz’s “personal bouncer.”

“It’s a very bad idea in politics,” Mr. Cruz began, diplomatically, “to ask voters to leave.”(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Iowa; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: cruz; elections; grassroots; iowa; tedcruz; trump
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To: Reno89519

You’re right. Cruz doesn’t have a chance. Keep the faith.


21 posted on 11/29/2015 6:19:23 PM PST by matthew fuller (GWB Legacy: BHO. BHO Legacy: ISIS.)
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To: SamAdams76; manic4organic
You know full well that most Trump supporters will also support Cruz - and vice versa. Your attempts to divide the two groups is doomed to failure.I have segregated myself on the side of the only conservative constitutional originalist running, Senator Ted Cruz. I refuse to buy into reality TV star mania that has afflicted so many on FR. NO. WAY.

I think the only way I vote for that slimeball real estate peddler is if Senator Cruz himself calls me and asked me to support him, and even then I will have to ask Ted if he has taken to drinking.

We saw this populist "Yes we can, Yes we can" crap before... We have seen this "Wealthy, Successful, Outsider Businessman" candidate thing before... and it spells disaster for the Republic.

22 posted on 11/29/2015 6:20:47 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

Poor analogy. Ross Perot got into the race late in the game (deep into 1992) and ran as an Independent from the beginning. His campaign was not very well run either.


23 posted on 11/29/2015 6:24:20 PM PST by SamAdams76 (It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
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To: Reno89519

“...and he’s down in the 3-7% range.”

There went your credibility in just 6 words.


24 posted on 11/29/2015 6:43:16 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And in a gesture sure to appeal to Trump fans, Cruz gesticulated in imitation of the individual with cerebral palsy in the front row, and then lied about it and said it never happened.


25 posted on 11/29/2015 6:55:42 PM PST by BCrago66
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To: BCrago66

Hahaha!


26 posted on 11/29/2015 6:57:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, Vet, Cruz is on course, just as we knew would happen with his grass roots plans for every county. He will likely win this one, but one cannot be sure until the votes are counted.

Caucus are different that voting at a precinct and leaving. A precinct group of people come together in a room and speeches are made for every candidate if there is someone representing each candidate, then voting starts and if there is no winner with a certain majority, more speeches happen and another vote is taken. I think that is correct, but am not positive. If someone on FR has been in a caucus situation, perhaps he/she could go through that process for us.


27 posted on 11/29/2015 6:58:15 PM PST by Marcella (CRUZ (Prepping can save your life today.))
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To: Marcella

I lived in Iowa from 1974 to 2002, except for my time in the service.


28 posted on 11/29/2015 6:59:11 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Rodamala
Great to be on the right side isn't it....have been with Cruz since before he announced....watching his campaign has been soooo interesting......let's see if Trump can answer any of these questions....


29 posted on 11/29/2015 6:59:20 PM PST by caww
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Great - did I get that right on how a caucus works?


30 posted on 11/29/2015 7:00:47 PM PST by Marcella (CRUZ (Prepping can save your life today.))
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To: Marcella

Pretty much. It’s not like walking in, voting and going about your business like a primary.


31 posted on 11/29/2015 7:02:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: SamAdams76
You know full well that most Trump supporters will also support Cruz - and vice versa.

Absolutely! I support Trump! I support Cruz!

Give me both on the ticket!

Note to all...I was a conservative before most of you were born. I am not always right, but I am seldom wrong.

32 posted on 11/29/2015 7:46:29 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: SamAdams76
...ran as an Independent from the beginning

Right.


33 posted on 11/29/2015 8:00:25 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

Correct. Thanks for agreeing with me.


34 posted on 11/29/2015 8:01:15 PM PST by SamAdams76 (It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

New York Times?... Get a rope.


35 posted on 11/29/2015 8:15:10 PM PST by CPT Clay (Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

36 posted on 11/29/2015 8:50:03 PM PST by FourPeas (Tone matters.)
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To: Reno89519

Another Trumpie whistling past the graveyard.


37 posted on 11/29/2015 8:52:37 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Revenge is a Daesh best served cold.)
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To: Marcella

Everything is working out as planned, right on que.

Ted Cruz will get to where he needs to be, in the time he needs to be.

Keep the faith.


38 posted on 11/29/2015 9:46:43 PM PST by American Constitutionalist ( because the Constitution matters.)
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To: Rodamala

Populism can run its course and go in the other direction.

What was once popular can turn around and be unpopular.

Keep the faith .... Everything is right on time, right on que as expected and planned.


39 posted on 11/29/2015 9:50:11 PM PST by American Constitutionalist ( because the Constitution matters.)
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To: Reno89519
Not real. Especially when you look nationally and he’s down in the 3-7% range.

Still quoting numbers that are 6-to-8 weeks old, I see.

Call back when you catch up...

40 posted on 11/29/2015 10:12:58 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: .IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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