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Ted Cruz team looks beyond Iowa, New Hampshire
Politico ^ | 06/10/2015 | Katie Glueck

Posted on 06/10/2015 6:41:49 AM PDT by GIdget2004

He’s stuck in the middle of the pack in Iowa, lags in polls, and much of the GOP donor class views him with disdain.

But Ted Cruz is embracing a novel strategy for winning the nomination: He’s lowering expectations in the early states while investing in later-voting states that hardly see a candidate before March.

In the past week or so alone, the Texas senator has taken his presidential campaign to Michigan and Massachusetts, staffed up in New Jersey and Tennessee, and skipped an Iowa cattle call to stump in North Carolina — all states expected to vote in March, with the exception of New Jersey, which has a primary slated for June 2016.

It’s a risky bet that defies the usual wisdom — and historical precedent — that a candidate must achieve an early-state victory to stay in the game. But Cruz’s team is bracing for a long fight based on picking up delegates — a battle they plan to stretch all the way to the convention, where, the theory goes, he’ll be the last conservative standing — though a contested convention hasn’t happened in nearly 40 years.

“Our strategy is taking it to the convention, which is why you’ve seen us announcing chairmen in California and New Jersey, as well as Iowa and New Hampshire,” said Mark Campbell, Cruz’s political director. “There are 2,470 [delegates] total, and you need 1,236 of them to win. None of these can be accumulated at any one time, which is why it’s a marathon more than a sprint. So we are methodically going state by state, focusing on grass roots and party activists.”

Campbell said they expect Cruz to place “in the top three” in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; cruz; cruztedcruz; donate; election2016; fundraising; tedcruz; texas
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Ya ever notice the Cruz detractors never have the stones to name their candidates?

Apparently their candidates can’t face scrutiny and they know it.


21 posted on 06/10/2015 7:24:37 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: GIdget2004
The only reason Lindsey-girl Graham is in the running is to undercut Ted Cruz in South Carolina. Graham has never met a war or an illegal alien that he doesn't like.
22 posted on 06/10/2015 7:28:03 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: cripplecreek
Yep, they are trying HARD to drive a wedge between Cruz and the base on a few cherry picked issues.

All the other candidates besides possibly Walker are RINO’s and are wrong or lying about basically everything.

Those listening to this with a brain, don't fall for this wedge issue drivel, Cruz is as close to a perfect conservative that you will ever see, period.

23 posted on 06/10/2015 7:34:23 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Besides, Iowa changed 200 times between this time four years ago and Caucus day.

And at least once AFTER caucus day, as Romney was said to have won Iowa, but the final count went to Santorum, who didn't get to fully benefit from his win.
24 posted on 06/10/2015 7:45:53 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: GIdget2004

We have to see who drops out or becomes irrelevant. Carson is a good man who is not helping the dynamic. At some point, maybe after New Hampshire, his support is going to go somewhere else.

The Cruz people seem to be factoring in changing schedules and rules, which adds an asterisk to anything about “historically”. Theuy may also be trying to keep the competition and the media off balance.


25 posted on 06/10/2015 7:51:07 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: grania

“Ted Cruz just might’ve lost a lot of conservative support by voting to move Obama Trade forward.”

That is for sure. It really bummed me out when I heard this. I was so hopeful and then disappointed. But seems like being hopeful for a GOP candidate always has a bad ending. I would like to get my donations back.


26 posted on 06/10/2015 7:54:44 AM PDT by toomanylaws
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To: TexasFreeper2009
I'm not going to beat up on Walker but as a governor he has the same advantage as all governors have. They can pick and choose which issues they want to claim as their own from among all the legislation sent to their desk by the legislatures.

Jenny Granholm signed Michigan's concealed carry into law. In front of pro gun crowds she called it her proudest moment. In front of anti gun crowds it became a shameful thing that republicans forced her to do.

Rick Snyder went further on RTW than walker and got credit for it. The truth was that Snyder has been very union friendly and there were concerns that he wouldn't sign it. Fortunately it passed by a veto proof majority and it came in the middle of a feud between Snyder and the unions.

Governors can say anything they want because they don't have a solid record. Ted Cruz on the other hand doesn't get that kind of cover and fortunately isn't trying to tell people what they want to hear for the sake of political expediency. I'd rather vote for a man who honestly tells me a few things I don't want to hear than a man who tells me exactly what I want to hear just to get elected.

When it comes to the full package, Cruz is the best all around deal for conservatives despite a couple of dings. No one else is going to go after the IRS and other agencies as aggressively as he will. I believe he's the only one who will ask his AG pick to take up and pursue the Fast and furious, IRS targeting, and Benghazi investigations.

Reagan did things I didn't love but had I been old enough, he would have gotten my vote over Bush, Anderson, Baker, Connally, Crane, Dole, Stassen, Pressler, or Weicker.


27 posted on 06/10/2015 8:02:05 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Dr. Sivana

yes, but that wasn’t a poll shift as much as it was a technical count. I mean the polls shifted dramatically many many many times in the final 6-7 months before caucus day.


28 posted on 06/10/2015 8:06:43 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Cruz IS as close to a perfect conservative as possible.
I knew when he announced that there would be attempts to smear him and along comes TPP and H1B, sure as rain. Well, I decided that I would ignore those bumps. The man uses the Constitution as his touchstone, for Heaven’s sake. It is music to my ears to hear mention of the C word. Not to be smarty pants, but I feel the some of the others in the race have never even read the Constitution!
If Ted is not on the ballot, I write in his name.
I am not “not going to vote.”


29 posted on 06/10/2015 8:12:25 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Ted will get a lot of competition from linda in South Carolina.

For some reason that I fail to understand, South Carolina just luvs linda.

linda is a monkey wrench, nothing more.


30 posted on 06/10/2015 8:26:20 AM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Government is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V)
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To: Vigilanteman

You hit the nail on the head.

From the start, I believed that Linda Graham’s entrance into the race was to try to prevent Ted Cruz from winning the South Carolina primary, hoping that S.C. voters will vote for “favorite son” Graham thereby denying Cruz a win in the first southern state primary.

It will backfire in Graham’s face.

Graham is a stalking horse for Jebbie.


31 posted on 06/10/2015 8:27:45 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The so-called Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group.)
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To: upchuck

I know thwarting Ted is part of why some estabs pushed Graham into running, but he will also take votes from Jebbie as well....and some from Walker.

Also, don’t confuse wanting to re-elect a long term powerful Senator from your state with wanting that Senator to be President. Those votes do not translate anywhere close to 1 to 1.


32 posted on 06/10/2015 8:28:04 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: GIdget2004
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33 posted on 06/10/2015 8:32:49 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Communications@TedCruzFloridaVictory.org)
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To: Patton@Bastogne
Cruz is reaching out to conservatives the GOPe has long considered expendable and I’m damn glad to see it. I know people who don’t bother to vote simply because they feel like the GOP has tossed them aside.

The GOPe strategy has been a miserable failure and they don’t seem to show any signs of giving it up.


34 posted on 06/10/2015 8:42:08 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

No, they can’t. They are either trolls or people who have an agenda, but they are cowards who hide behind hit jobs on Cruz without stating who they are for...

No candidate is perfect, but Cruz is our best shot to re-elect another Reagan. But, people like these posters wouldn’t have supported Reagan either.


35 posted on 06/10/2015 8:42:46 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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To: Sans-Culotte
There's not much difference between a flood of illegals and a flood of legals.

The illegals take all the entry level jobs and construction jobs and the legals take all the high skilled jobs. American citizens are left in the lurch. Either they learn Spanish and work for peanuts or they find themselves out of work and without prospects.

Ted Cruz is going to lose unless he drops this stupid H1B position. He's losing the base on this issue.

36 posted on 06/10/2015 8:43:22 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: erod

This article is full of crap. It is another piece on how/why Cruz can’t win. Ever notice that the media never gives him much play?

He has a HUGE grassroots network in MANY states. He has a good team in IA. If he loses NH, is that a big deal? There are no Conservatives left.

He has a great game in SC and FLA. These stories are wishful thinking...no other candidate has the campaign or the money he has.


37 posted on 06/10/2015 8:44:22 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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To: TNMOUTH

I saw a twitter account yesterday by the name of “The Real NH Tea Party”.

They were pimping Jeb Bush as the only true conservative in the race. LOL


38 posted on 06/10/2015 8:45:32 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: toomanylaws

So, who are you supporting then? Now that you are “so disappointed?”


39 posted on 06/10/2015 8:45:34 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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Ted Cruz


40 posted on 06/10/2015 8:47:28 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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