TED CRUZ MAKES HUGE LEAP, now just FOUR points away from Trump in new poll!!!

Right Scoop ^ | 12/22/15 | Staff

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I don’t know if I agree with that.

Cruz has a solid block of supporters, just as Donald does too, in fact. They are both strong.

I just think this is indeed a spike, and don’t think it is really realistic.

Again this is not to say Cruz is some sort of illusion. He is strong, particularly among his strong base of core supporters.

It is good that we’ve got a good competition between the two at the top.

Just that I think he’s not quite as strong as this poll indicates.

[servantboy777]

Cruz/Trump

[Jack Hammer]

The media are doing their best to torpedo the Republican frontrunner.

If Cruz ever passes Trump, they’ll go to work on HIM.

They can’t stand a conservative leader.

[C210N]

energy convincing themselves number two is a better position than number one.

Beats one candidate who insists happiness is being last.

[LS]

Internals: 64% Trump supporters say mind is made up, 63% of Cruz supporters say they can change their minds.

[basil]

I’m praying with you....

[bert]

-—63% of Cruz supporters say they can change their minds-—

now that’s interesting. there’s a plan B

Dr Ben might still pull it off

[Vaquero]

I guess Trump will have to ask him to be veep. (I prefer Cruz....but the Trump juggernaut is unstoppable.....I will go with Trump’s making America great again until that time it is no longer the case)

[LS]

Or Ben’s supporters did a pit stop at Cruzville on their way to Trumptown.

[bert]

: )

perhaps

[Dr. Sivana]

One poll, does not a reversal make.

First, it ALWAYS starts with "one poll". Beats the heck outta "no polls".

Second, this is not a reversal. Trump's votes are Trump's votes. They are his. He might get some more. We don't know. Cruz' rise has NOT come at the expense of Trump. Some has come at the expense of Carson, some from "and the rest", some from people getting engaged for the first time.

As long as it is Trump vs. Cruz, the Establishment has no options they care for. The Cruz strategists figured on a four "lane" race converging into two lanes: conservative, libertarian, evangelical, establishment. Trump decided to build his own lane. Cruz has the conservative and evangelical lanes and is laying a claim to the libertarian lane. The Establishment lane is turning into an OFF RAMP, making room for the Trump lane merging into a new GOP.

[VinL]

One of the most significant findings: who won the last debate?:

Cruz 40% Trump 20% Rubio 14%

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I (sort of) agree with you.

Cruz is not the other competitors. He has a solid base of support among those who are supporting him, as does Donald.

I just think this poll is overstating Cruz’s support. I will agree though, it is more solid than his other competitors.

(how’s that?)

[cripplecreek]

Ted Cruz has single handedly taken down 2 of the big names in the race.

Kasich when he went after Ted Cruz for opposing bailouts and Rubio for going after Cruz on immigration. Both were actually self inflicted but they took on the gunslinger and lost.

[montag813]

Cruz can win. Cruz SHOULD win. Cruz brings everything The Donald brings to the table and more.

Except 270 electoral votes

[Dr. Sivana]

I just think this poll is overstating Cruz’s support. I will agree though, it is more solid than his other competitors.

No problem. Even if it is an outlier, a definite trend is showing. When he's at 9%, he could be anywhere from 3% to 15%. At 24%, we know he is at least 18%. He is still showing upward mobility. Trump has been gracious, framing the debate as a match between these two, and the GOP-E cannot come up with an alternative scenario that people will buy. Rubio going pro-NSA before Iowa was strategically foolish.

[VictoryGal]

I *LOVE* that I have 2 excellent candidates to choose from, not a bank of RINOs and losers!

[papertyger]

Beats one candidate who insists happiness is being last.

I don't know. I can understand a single person deluding themselves about their own career prospects....

But a mass of football fans praising their team's "ground game" over an opponent whose passes connect...Every. Single. Time.?

[erod]

[demshateGod]

The bulk of Rubio and Carson voters will go to Cruz when they drop out. I'm talking voters, not poll respondents.