Posted on 06/10/2015 6:41:49 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Hes 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: Hes 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.
Its 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 Cruzs 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, hell be the last conservative standing though a contested convention hasnt happened in nearly 40 years.
Our strategy is taking it to the convention, which is why youve seen us announcing chairmen in California and New Jersey, as well as Iowa and New Hampshire, said Mark Campbell, Cruzs 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 its 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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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.
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.
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.
“Ted Cruz just mightve 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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
So, who are you supporting then? Now that you are “so disappointed?”
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