[CharlotteVRWC]

Just curious why Ted Cruz isn’t doing better in Iowa?

[Stalwart]

He didn’t say nice things about the ethanol subsidy.

[nascarnation]

Right now it looks like the preference is for non-politicians.
Not sure if that holds up into next spring or not.

In any event, it’s a bad start to the season playing the first two contests in blueland. The first 10 primary/caucus should be in red states.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Trump has all the “anti-immigration conservatives” ...

Ben Carson has all of the Evangelical Christian “white guilt church lady” voters ...

As both Trump and Carson “fade” over the next SEVEN months (a political eternity) ... their supporters will gradually move to Ted cruz ...

That analysis “is not” a pollyanna shill for Ted Cruz, but rather the truth ...

Ben Carson will continue to “mumble and stumble” through the next three TV GOP presidential debates ...

Yeb Bush will score some “You’re really a Democrat” hits against Trump ...

GOP Primary voters will be confused by Yeb’s successful hits against Trump, and then migrate to Ted Cruz ...

Meanwhile, Trump’s “Counter-attacks” against Yeb will be devastating ... and Yeb will be decimated in Iowa, New Hapshire and Scouth Carolina ...

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[LS]

I will explain but all the Cruzers hate it when I do. A leader leads. It's good, even necessary to stand up alone once in a while but sooner or later a leader has to get people to follow him. Cruz only had one follower in the shutdown (Lee). Why couldn't he get Sessions and some of the so-called conservatives like Toomey or Paul or Tim Scott to stand with him?

Export-Import, he voted right but didn't stop it. Why not get a coalition that could STOP it? You can't say "I sponsored legislation" because that sounds to voters like part of the problem. Leaders, even in a minority, lead.

[mmichaels1970]

Just curious why Ted Cruz isn’t doing better in Iowa?

Not sure myself. But my working theory is that he has just a little too much political experience to be considered an outsider, and not enough political experience to be considered an insider. So the elites go with the insider, the rebels go with the outside, and Cruz gets stuck in limbo.

[nikos1121]

Give him time.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Donald Trump is the political equivalent dropping an (unexpected) nuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb) on the GOPe in 2016 ...

Ultimately, it’s a good thing, since (frankly) Ted Cruz (at this time) doesn’t command the same “street cred respect” as Donald Trump ...

Trump is accomplishing the mission, however ... that is ... politically destroy Yeb Bush’s fund-rasining home base ... months before the Iowa Caucus ...

and, rest assured, with Donald Trump in his targeting sights, Yeb Bush is politically doomed ...

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[BigEdLB]

Ted is 3rd in Iowa, such as it is....

[LongWayHome]

Ted has trouble gaining traction anywhere in the polls which has been a constant issue for him.