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Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina rule Heritage event in S.C.
AJC ^ | 8/18/15 | aaron Sheinin

Posted on 09/18/2015 7:17:14 PM PDT by VinL

The six-hour Republican conclave here is (finally) over and we have all the details over at our premium site and in the printed paper Saturday.

Some highlights and leftovers that didn’t make the main story:

Yes, the news early in the day was that Donald Trump bailed at the last minute, but judging purely from audience reaction, the 10,000 activists here for the Heritage Action Presidential Forum were equally enamored of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former CEO Carly Fiorina. Cruz got the warmest welcome when introduced while Fiorina left the stage to thunderous applause.

Cruz was clearly more relaxed in this setting, on stage alone, than he was during Wednesday night’s three-hour televised debate in California. His son-of-a-preacher cadence was more at home before a sympathetic crowd and his talking points landed like laser-guided, drone-fired missiles.

Fiorina, meanwhile, started slowly, her soft voice difficult to hear. But, as soon the crowd began to lift her up, she was off and her responses to a series of questions got stronger as she went.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was close to perfect, too, and used his sense of humor and mastery of the issues to excel. For whatever reason, however, the crowd didn’t roar quite as loudly for him.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush all did perfectly fine, though none stood out.

Dr. Ben Carson, was nearly as good as Rubio.

Each candidate was asked to record a video answering one question: How would you as president create an atmosphere where there is opportunity for everyone and preferential treatment for none? The candidates’ submissions ranged from glossy, expensive productions for Rubio, Cruz and Paul, to poorly lit missives by Fiorina and Gov. Bobby Jindal.

(Excerpt) Read more at politics.blog.ajc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; US: South Carolina; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; carly; carlyfiorina; carlysavedhp; cruz; election2016; fiorina; fiorinasavedhp
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"Judging solely by applause, however, Sen. Ted Cruz might be the favorite among Heritage activists. The Texas Republican was given multiple, sustained ovations by a crowd eager for someone not beholden to Washington establishment."
1 posted on 09/18/2015 7:17:14 PM PDT by VinL
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To: VinL

Jeb Bush started right out with Boos over common core.


2 posted on 09/18/2015 7:19:55 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: VinL

Carly?! I thought she was terrible! The debate she did well but tonight...awful....gack!

I loved Cruz, especially after he got warmed up and I liked Jindal.


3 posted on 09/18/2015 7:21:55 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Irenic

Hmmmmm.... Great ticket!! Tactically, regionally, demographically: Cruz-Fiorina


4 posted on 09/18/2015 7:26:11 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Name ONE close foreign military ally Trump has anything GOOD to say about. None? Yep. Bad as Obama.)
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To: VinL

Huh? I’ve heard from a couple of people that Jindal was awesome, yet he’s a mere [negative] blip in this article. What gives?


5 posted on 09/18/2015 7:27:11 PM PDT by mlizzy (America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe/Wade has deformed a great nation. -MT)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

She is an admitted Hagel practitioner.

Very very problematic.

Please don’t fall for her act.


6 posted on 09/18/2015 7:27:48 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: VinL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-awY10jYq8


7 posted on 09/18/2015 7:28:21 PM PDT by proust
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To: VinL

“Fiorina left the stage to thunderous applause.”

Then I stopped reading.


8 posted on 09/18/2015 7:28:57 PM PDT by glenduh
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Agree: Cruz-Fiorina would be an unbeatable ticket by any measure!
I suspect when the new post-debate polls come out Trump will be in free fall. He’s been riding the free tv media exposure and unless he unloosens some of his cash and gets back on message with an ad blitzkrieg, he’s done.


9 posted on 09/18/2015 7:30:53 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: VinL

As Trump burns out Cruz is going to rise in support.


10 posted on 09/18/2015 7:31:15 PM PDT by Baynative (Liberty lost is a high price to pay for the experiment of socialism.)
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To: Baynative

I can tolerate one fantasy, but not two.


11 posted on 09/18/2015 7:31:48 PM PDT by proust
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To: AmericanInTokyo

OOoof! Don’t taze me bro!


12 posted on 09/18/2015 7:33:05 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: glenduh

Maybe they were happy that she was leaving.


13 posted on 09/18/2015 7:33:13 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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To: DoughtyOne
She is an admitted Hagel practitioner.

I read that too quickly and thought it said she is an admitted Kegel practitioner.

14 posted on 09/18/2015 7:33:47 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Step away from the Koolade.)
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To: VinL

I watched Cruz, Walker, and Rubio, thought they all did well—especially Cruz, who brought down the house!


15 posted on 09/18/2015 7:34:10 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: Steelfish

Yuck! Hope you rethink that.


16 posted on 09/18/2015 7:34:27 PM PDT by glenduh
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To: glenduh

TDS will do that to your judgement.


17 posted on 09/18/2015 7:35:47 PM PDT by proust
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To: glenduh

I had “winning” in mind with 53% of voters being female.


18 posted on 09/18/2015 7:36:56 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: AmericanInTokyo

If that ticket becomes reality , shall we make a small wager - say 5,000 yen - that they lose ?


19 posted on 09/18/2015 7:37:49 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Steelfish

You go with “electable” above everything else?


20 posted on 09/18/2015 7:38:30 PM PDT by proust
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