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Cruz Leads Dewhurst 49-40 in New Poll...Conservatives Dominate [Runoff for U. S. Senate in Texas]
Ted Cruz for U. S. Senate Website ^ | July 6, 2012 | Jason Johnson

Posted on 07/06/2012 11:41:18 AM PDT by JeepersFreepers

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To: JeepersFreepers

Go Ted!


41 posted on 07/06/2012 2:37:06 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obamaid has to go.)
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To: ngat
According to Dewhurst’s own website he is endorsed by Rick Perry, Jim Inhofe, and RNC Committeeman Bill Crocker. RNC as in Republican National Committee. If that is not GOP-e, I'm not sure what is.

Cruz is supported by Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint, Rick Santorum, Mark Levin, etc.

I'll try and dig up Dewhurst’s voting records on your other point.

42 posted on 07/06/2012 3:37:02 PM PDT by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the White House)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Ditto on that. I think those ads are lower than low. Disgusting behavior.


43 posted on 07/06/2012 3:39:21 PM PDT by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the White House)
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To: ngat
Not sure where you live, but property taxes have continually gone up in Texas under Dewhurst’s tenure. It has become a major issue. I had to look it up, but my property taxes have gone up over 24 percent since Dewhurst has been President of the Texas Senate.
44 posted on 07/06/2012 5:04:54 PM PDT by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the White House)
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To: ngat
OTOH, you are certainly right that Castro did not control Cuba in 1957. Cruz's father suffered under Fulgencio Batista, briefly supported Castro and rejected him as well.

I attended rallies (in the early 1970s) to raise funds for the Torriente Plan with former Castro cabinet members and Castro's own sister all of whom hated Castro's guts after having eagerly supported Fidel. Jose de la Torriente was IIRC the former head of Cuban Coca Cola, a sponsor in US Coca Cola of Roberto Goizueta, Sr. who became Coca Cola's Chairman for many years, and the plan was to use Cuban veterans to invade Cuba at Santiago. Torriente was assassinated by a sniper (never identified) who used a rifle to blow his brains out through a screened window as he sat in his own living room watching TV.

OTOH, Dewhurst IS an establishment GOP-E eager to go to Washington to be a faithful servant of the GOP-E leadership. If Dewhurst were to succeed, it would make way for a better Lt. Governor (pretty low bar to jump) in Texas and a minor improvement (lower than a limbo bar to jump) over retiring GOP-E Senator Anne Babyscraper Hutchison (Texas REALLY owes a LOT more to America than Hutchison or Cornyn for that matter).

Dewhurst would be a 67-year-old freshman if elected and Cruz would be a 42-year-old freshman if elected. That's a generation's difference. Why waste a seat on a very old GOP-E like Dewhurst? It isn't as though his track record would suggest favorable comparisons to Reagan. He is just an old ultra-rich guy. That's not enough.

45 posted on 07/06/2012 5:34:22 PM PDT by BlackElk (Viva Cristo Rey! Tom Hoefling for POTUS! Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: JeepersFreepers

I’m voting for Cruz on my absentee ballot that I will cast and put in the mail the day before I leave the country on vacation.


46 posted on 07/06/2012 8:10:59 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paine in the Neck; JeepersFreepers
This is great news. It has a downside, though. Dewhurst will be doubling down on his execrably dishonest ads. Those ads will make watching tv absolutely insufferable.

I laugh at those ads. They are so cartoonish and over the top, I think they hurt Dewhurst.

47 posted on 07/06/2012 8:35:01 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: izzatzo

“That’s good news, hope it’s accurate, and I know I’ll be voting for him come the 31st.”

I’ll donate, and I’ll thank you for casting your vote for Cruz!

Have you noticed that any candidate that is a beacon of freedom, they are catapulted to the fore in short order?

The reckoning is about to occur!

The only collectivism I can tolerate is a collectivist approach toward liberty!


48 posted on 07/06/2012 9:52:20 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: JeepersFreepers
Possible issue with the poll done by Wilson Perkins Allen:

"We’re only surveying people that voted in the 2012 primary. That is the pool of people we are looking at. The screener is, ‘Do you plan to vote in the July 31 runoff?’ Those that say ‘no’ drop out. Those that say ‘yes,’ we continue," [Chris] Perkins said. "I’m expecting high turnout. The number of people opting out of the survey – or the number of people screening themselves out of the survey – are minimal" (Source).

If you're expecting high turnout, your poll shouldn't be limited to 2012 primary voters. Because of how they've narrowed the number of people surveyed, I don't think you're going to get a very accurate result.

49 posted on 07/08/2012 3:45:11 PM PDT by Sic Parvis Magna
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To: Sic Parvis Magna
Followup on my prior post. I was talking to someone who know more about the ins and outs of polling than I do, and they said this is what you would expect in a run off poll, so no issues on the sample.

Other polls coming out now though.

50 posted on 07/12/2012 10:53:10 AM PDT by Sic Parvis Magna
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