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Cruz Scores Social Media Win During Fox Republican Debate (Tops Trump) [Newsweek]
Newsweek.com ^ | 11 November 2015 | Newsweek - Reuters

Posted on 11/11/2015 12:43:34 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo

US Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz stole the spotlight on social media from the front runners during a televised GOP debate on Tuesday night, drawing attention and getting positive reviews...

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: amnesty; canadian; cfrwife; conspiracynuts; cruz; cruzcommands; debate; debates; elections; foxbusiness; ineligible; northamerunion; nwo; prottp; tedcruz; trump; trumpanzees
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To: AmericanInTokyo

How do you know is is positive just because someone is mentioned in a social media post? Isn’t it just as likely to be something negative from someone who is ridiculing them?


21 posted on 11/11/2015 1:13:14 PM PST by bigbob
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Before the post-debate polls come out, social media activity is the best measure of debate performance.


22 posted on 11/11/2015 1:16:25 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Slyfox

If they could lock Cruz in a separate room they would. When he opens his mouth good sense comes out.


23 posted on 11/11/2015 1:17:05 PM PST by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: miserare

Would agree...and Rand Paul had his very best performance of his candidacy career.


24 posted on 11/11/2015 1:17:23 PM PST by jilliane
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To: miserare

I agree with - Cruz stood out last night. Some others did well, but Cruz was eloquent.


25 posted on 11/11/2015 1:17:49 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Well we all pick and choose what polls to discount, but the fact still remains he is leading in that one. Social media can also be manipulated.


26 posted on 11/11/2015 1:20:21 PM PST by hotsteppa
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To: miserare

The low-pollers were too desperate and the high-pollers played it too safe.

The mid-polling candidates were just right, like Goldilock’s porridge.


27 posted on 11/11/2015 1:21:17 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: elpadre

Eloquent and brilliant.

It’s so nice to see that intelligence and civility have been returned to these debates.

Kudos to the FOX team of moderators!!


28 posted on 11/11/2015 1:21:21 PM PST by miserare ( "What difference does it make?"~~Benghazi Hil)
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To: mrsmith

Clever observation!


29 posted on 11/11/2015 1:22:28 PM PST by miserare ( "What difference does it make?"~~Benghazi Hil)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Astro turf. That’s right. That poll means largely nothing.


30 posted on 11/11/2015 1:26:51 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (FR + DT honeymoon will be short lived. Come 2016 he'll be persona non grata here. Ross Perot redux)
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To: Praxeologue

You are right. I’m going to dial it back a bit on him now that I’ve gotten it out of my system. Thanks for the chastisement


31 posted on 11/11/2015 1:28:24 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (FR + DT honeymoon will be short lived. Come 2016 he'll be persona non grata here. Ross Perot redux)
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To: hotsteppa

No, I don’t pick and choose them. This far out, I don’t put much stock in polls, period.

Although you make your point that we pick and choose what we dismiss by touting Trump’s “win” in a spammable internet poll, and discounting social media (which I don’t think Trump even does).

Look, let’s be honest. Trump didn’t speak much last night. There’s no way he can be said to have won.


32 posted on 11/11/2015 1:28:49 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: miserare

The problem with Rubio is his answers are segments of his stump speech that he has repeated a thousand times. I’ve noticed he often launches in on these segments without regard for the fact that they have nothing to do with the question.

Fiorina is a bit too aggressive. Her attempts to filibuster the debate really should be shut down by the moderators.

Kasich is both hard to listen to and hard to watch. He looks like his upper lip has been super glued to his teeth.


33 posted on 11/11/2015 1:28:53 PM PST by conservativejoy (Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God,,,, We can elect Ted Cruz!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I agree. Like I posted upthread, when people started crowing that Trump had “won” halfway through the debate and using the poll to shore up their point, any credibility at all went down the drain.


34 posted on 11/11/2015 1:31:02 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: gwgn02

Rubio is regurgitating parts of his stump speech that often have no relevance to the question he is asked. Folks that don’t know that think he is articulate.

It is time for the candidates, especially Rubio and Carson, to be called out on their support for illegal immigration and TPP.


35 posted on 11/11/2015 1:31:54 PM PST by conservativejoy (Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God,,,, We can elect Ted Cruz!)
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To: conservativejoy

What is it with Kasich and that twitching upper lip? After he finishes yelling and gesticulating, he stands back with that lip just doing its dance.


36 posted on 11/11/2015 1:32:30 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Kasich is just painful to watch. Ugh!


37 posted on 11/11/2015 1:34:25 PM PST by conservativejoy (Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God,,,, We can elect Ted Cruz!)
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To: conservativejoy

He really comes across as unstable.


38 posted on 11/11/2015 1:35:38 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: skeeter

“Its getting comical, listening to the chattering classes spinning furiously trying to influence in the immediate aftermath of these debates, only to be completely contradicted the next day by the masses.”

Yeah, I really enjoyed being told by “someone who considers himself smarter than the rest of us (a FBN contributor),” that Carson won the night with Fiorina coming in second! I guess it is inescapable that the media types have their “marching orders” from their higher ups and the GoPee, but they are looking like “Baghdad Bob” at this juncture. It’s funny to see what someone will do for an undeserved paycheck today.


39 posted on 11/11/2015 1:38:06 PM PST by vette6387
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To: hotsteppa

He was “winning” 5 minutes into the debate last night which says something about people voting for what they wanted to believe rather than voting on any rational standard.


40 posted on 11/11/2015 1:41:16 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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