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How Ted Cruz Can Win Iowa
Brietbart's Big Government ^ | January 24, 2016 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 01/24/2016 2:41:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

In the aftermath of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's endorsement of Donald Trump, conventional wisdom says that Trump is back on top in the first primary state of Iowa after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) jumped ahead in the state polls a few weeks ago.

Charles Krauthammer said, "I think this could be decisive... not because it helps Trump or it brings him additional support, but that it hurts Cruz. The one thing standing between Trump and success in Iowa is Cruz. He attributes his success in becoming a Senator to her. She now turns against him." Mark Halperin of Bloomberg said on MSNBC, "I think at this point, if you said, of all the people in the race, who's the one most likely to win both Iowa and New Hampshire, today you'd have to say it's Trump." Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) 's top 2008 strategist, Steve Schmidt, says, "If you were betting on who's going to be the Republican nominee today, you'd put your money on either Trump or Cruz... And with the odds favoring Trump."

But Ted Cruz can still win Iowa...

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


TOPICS: Iowa; Campaign News; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: canadian; cruz; ineligible; iowa; iowanowcanada; newprovince; presidentcruz; tedcruz; trump
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To: nopardons

Hmmm. No assumptions on my part; merely asking for the proof of what you said. It’s sad that was difficult for you.

But, I’m finished with you. I made a resolution on New Years to NOT argue with those that can’t/won’t support their comments.

Speaking of assuming, please assume that anything you write me in the future will be disagreed. So, I won’t spend my time with someone as smart as you claim to be. /sarc


81 posted on 01/24/2016 5:17:08 PM PST by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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To: nopardons

Hey, you old bat! Yes, Ted said that. Pretty funny stuff, when Beck and Cruz put on a shindig!


82 posted on 01/24/2016 5:19:42 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: napscoordinator

If Cruz is the nominee, will you vote for him?


83 posted on 01/24/2016 5:20:17 PM PST by brothers4thID ("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
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To: gwjack
"disagreed" ?

When you learn how to write grammatically correct, coherent English sentence, get back to me, or not. Just remember....you don't deserve to be replied to with any substance, nor will your posts ever be met with anything but derisive laughter, by me. :-)

84 posted on 01/24/2016 5:21:11 PM PST by nopardons
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s legit. Cruz could win like he says. Let’s watch and see. My $ is on Trump but I won’t be devastated if Cruz wins, so I’ll make the popcorn.


85 posted on 01/24/2016 5:22:04 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: gwjack

So, the polls in all 4 of those states are wrong?

Or are you saying in the coming 4 weeks that the tide will turn? And if so, what will turn it?


86 posted on 01/24/2016 5:36:58 PM PST by BlueNgold (May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
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To: BlueNgold

I don’t know about a tide turning. I just know that polls aren’t cast ballots.

I once considered running for statewide office, and was mentioning to a friend the need to get billboards and yard signs. He (having run many campaigns) quietly said, “signs don’t vote!” His point was that the sanctity of the ballot is the only thing that matters. Hence, polls may be accurate, but overall they are worth a warm bucket of spit.


87 posted on 01/24/2016 5:42:06 PM PST by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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To: Cboldt
Hey yourself, you old snake in the grass. I'm watching the WATERLOO CIRCUS now and I can't believe what I'm hearing !

Ted and Glenn are off the deep end and I'm shocked that Ted is THIS stupid...to say such things about Glenn.

Was this supposed to be a POLITICAL campaign rally, or a repeat of an AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON Holy Roller Rally ?

88 posted on 01/24/2016 5:44:53 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Hoodat

And here is what he sad in 1999

...But the document he created as part of Mr. Bush’s debate preparation material in December 1999 suggests a different approach. It reflects the sort of careful positioning Mr. Cruz now decries in jeremiads against the Republican establishment that have fueled his rise to the top tier of the presidential race.

As one of the architects of Mr. Bush’s immigration platform, Mr. Cruz, then 30, outlined calibrated positions that would appeal to conservatives concerned about border security while portraying Mr. Bush to moderates as an inclusive Republican. The memo, in which Mr. Cruz put his name on every page, was authenticated by another aide on the 2000 Bush campaign.

“America is stronger with the many immigrants who come here to make a new life and participate in the American dream,” Mr. Cruz wrote in capital letters about legal immigrants at the document’s outset.

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He also advised that Mr. Bush state his support for increasing caps on visas for high-tech workers — a position that Mr. Cruz held after being elected to the Senate in 2012 but has recently abandoned.

Mr. Cruz urged Mr. Bush, again in capital letters, to state his opposition to illegal immigration and to urge enforcement of border restrictions.

“But, at the same time,” he added in the next sentence, “we need to remember that many of those coming here are coming to feed their families, to have a chance at a better life.”

It is not quite the same as calling illegal immigration “an act of love,” as Jeb Bush did last year, but Mr. Cruz’s advice to Mr. Bush was sharply different from his posture of late as he seeks to create distance with Mr. Rubio.

“I think Cruz captured his boss’s position perfectly,” said Rick Tyler, a Cruz campaign spokesman, about the memo.

Asked if Mr. Cruz disagreed at the time with the positions he outlined in the document, Mr. Tyler declined to say.

In Mr. Cruz’s autobiography, “A Time for Truth,” he recalled that immigration was in his issue portfolio and that he and his colleagues were pushed to devise issue positions. “There was a lot of pressure on those of us on the policy team to help develop meaningful policy proposals that would underpin the political messaging,” he wrote.

As Mr. Rubio has raised questions about Mr. Cruz’s immigration views, Mr. Cruz has moved to the right on the issue. He has backed off his calls to allow higher numbers of legal immigrants and has begun arguing that the purpose of the failed 2013 immigration overhaul, of which Mr. Rubio was a co-author, was to add millions of new Democrats to the voting rolls.

“I think the new politically correct term is no longer illegal aliens — it’s undocumented Democrats,” Mr. Cruz said on Thursday.

In a particularly hard-hitting new ad, Mr. Cruz suggests that the failed overhaul of immigration laws that Mr. Rubio pushed for in the Senate would have, had it succeeded, allowed Syrian refugees and “ISIS terrorists” to enter the country.

As president, Mr. Bush supported legislation that would have offered a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, but the measure collapsed in Congress much the same way as Mr. Rubio’s 2013 bill.

Mr. Bush, who aggressively pursued Latino votes as governor, had largely formed his overall views on immigration before Mr. Cruz joined his 2000 campaign. But the tone in the memo is reflective of an aide who at the time left little doubt about how he viewed Mr. Bush’s candidacy.

“One of the reasons I was so eager to help Bush is the way he has described himself, as a compassionate conservative,” Mr. Cruz told a Princeton alumni publication in 2000, not long after writing the memo. “That’s how I have always conceived of my own political views.”

Such a statement was more than the mark of an ambitious young staff member, it also reflected where Republicans were 15 years ago, long before the rise of the Tea Party and the presidency of Barack Obama.

To win the Republican primary, Mr. Bush had to offer assurances on addressing the border, but there was no expectation then that candidates should espouse mass deportations or vow to oppose any legal status for immigrants in the country illegally.

In fact, Mr. Cruz, in the memo, referred to legislation Mr. Bush supported that would have allowed “family members of resident aliens to obtain tourist visas while they are waiting to rejoin their families permanently.”

“I think it’s only fair, and I think it’s the right thing to do,” Mr. Cruz advised Mr. Bush to say.

In the memo, Mr. Cruz suggested words that his boss, the candidate, could use in a debate. But in Tuesday night’s debate, echoes of that carefully parsed guidance could be heard when Mr. Cruz, now the candidate, was pressed about what he would do with the illegal immigrants already residing in America.

“I have never supported legalization, and I do not intend to support legalization,” Mr. Cruz said, leaving himself room, perhaps, to one day change his mind.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/us/politics/in-1999-memo-ted-cruz-took-milder-tone-on-immigration.html


89 posted on 01/24/2016 5:46:58 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: nopardons
-- I'm watching the WATERLOO CIRCUS now and I can't believe what I'm hearing ! --

Yesssssss, that'ssssss quite a disssssplay of ssssssilinesssss ;-)
Hissssss

90 posted on 01/24/2016 5:52:12 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: brothers4thID

Not sure yet. I am placing my prayers on Trump getting the nomination.

I don’t trust Cruz at all. We have FREEPERS crying because Jonie Earnst has decided to campaign with Rubio. We THINK we know these so called conservatives and find out they aren’t who they say they are. We are finding out that Cruz is not conservative at all.

Trump is Trump. He never said he was Tea Party or conservative. He is American which is who we need this next round.


91 posted on 01/24/2016 5:52:16 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Amntn
When did "conservatives" go from opposing illegal immigration to opposing ALL immigration? It seems that we are now seeing many who claim to be conservatives who are intent on proving the liberal claim that conservative are xenophobic and hate all immigrants. We have actually gotten to the point where you are attacking Cruz for preparing a document supporting legal immigration back in 1999?
92 posted on 01/24/2016 5:57:15 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz is better organized and his supporters are more loyal...and willing to take the time to caucus.

I’m hoping that more backers of Carson, Santorum and Rand... Would get smart and rally behind Cruz.


93 posted on 01/24/2016 6:00:16 PM PST by proudpapa (trusTed!)
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To: proudpapa

Some are already, as well as Huckabee people.


94 posted on 01/24/2016 6:08:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: proudpapa

Some are already, as well as Huckabee people.


95 posted on 01/24/2016 6:08:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: Amntn

Debate prep for someone else? lol. So if I help someone prepare for a debate, then that means I adopt their views? Sounds like the twisted logic of the NYTimes. I am surprised you cited it. I expect it on DU, but not here. My how FR has changed since Trump entered the race.


96 posted on 01/24/2016 6:11:15 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: Cboldt
LOL....

Frankly, I have NEVER seen/heard a supposed political (SIC) rally like that before. YIKES !

97 posted on 01/24/2016 7:24:58 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

I didn’t see it, but from what I’ve read, it was “odd” in a few ways. Part tent revival, part funeral.


98 posted on 01/24/2016 7:38:40 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
I watched it with a slack jaw and open mouth; couldn't help myself...it was really THAT weird/terrible/TWILIGHT ZONE/awful. So hideously awful, that it was nightmarish and yet the "suckers" ate it up. And I couldn't believe that either!

I just hope that Ted brings Glenn with him to N.H., Mass, Ct., N.Y., N.J., and other places too and repeats this, including the pretend "SWEARING IN CEREMONY" on a COMPASS, of all things. LOL

99 posted on 01/24/2016 7:52:52 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Maybe the next revival will use a pocket-watch or chronometer.

I dunno, I feel pretty bad about the whole Cruz meltdown. Lots of good people were reasonably invested in his success. That's a tough position to abandon, for may reasons, and especially so if they view Trump as a charlatan.

100 posted on 01/24/2016 8:01:31 PM PST by Cboldt
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