Posted on 12/12/2015 3:04:41 PM PST by VinL
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has jumped businessman Donald Trump for the lead in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus, according to a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll released Saturday.
Cruz paces the field with 31 percent support, followed by Trump at 21 percent, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 13 percent.
The last iteration of the poll, released Oct. 25, showed Carson with 28 percent support in the state, beating Trump's 19 percent, with Cruz at 10 percent.
But Carson fell from the top spot just as quickly as he rose, after the primary race shifted toward foreign policy in the wake of terrorist attacks.
Cruz has been aggressively camp...
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Oh, I imagine we’ll get some soundbytes now......
Go, Ted, go! The conservatives’ choice.
I couldn’t post this- you might be interested.
Des Moines Register Poll.
Left-wing media cheers.
Cruz supports will gladly get on board. Because their enemy is their enemy.
I heard Des Moines Register had Cruz at 41 and Trump coming in third behind Rubio
(**HICK**)
Another thread here:
70+ post at this time
DES MOINES REGISTER SHOCK POLL: CRUZ 29%, TRUMP 22%, RUBIO 13%, CARSON 11%
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3371855/posts
There are a lot of folks that can go with either. At primary time, they may just vote with the one that seems to have the best chance at the nom.
How about this sound bite.
Trump first lead. Then Carson. Now Cruz.
Give these Iowa voters 2 more weeks and it will be someone else.
Iowa voters seem to be confused about what they want.
First reported as 29/22 Cruz over Trump, it’s now being reported as 31/21 Cruz over Trump.
Another ten minutes and Cruz may be over 35%.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3371855/posts
Trump made a big mistake when he didn’t run against Hillary for the nomination.
Yeah- seems they have the wrong numbers in that post.
nah, I think it will be Trump or Cruz in two weeks.....wouldn’t predict which one. Iowa can change at last minute....has before....but Trump or Cruz would stand a really good chance of winning IMO.
You’ll notice that these are MSM numbers. Iowans won’t be heard from for a while yet.
Cnn T 33 C 20
Cruz in control in Iowa. Now head for the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries.
Left-wing media cheers.
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Trump saw this one coming.
Iowa has always surprised me that in the generals they usually go Democrat - never understood that out of a supposedly conservative, Midwestern state. Must be the big ag welfare from Washington.
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