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Cruz and Trump take different paths to Iowa voters
The Los Angeles Times ^ | January 9, 2016 | Michael Finnegan and Seema Mehta

Posted on 01/09/2016 6:23:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Donald Trump launched his TV advertising just after New Year's with his familiar swagger: He was so far ahead in the polls that it might be a waste, he said, but he felt guilty for not spending his money.

The reality was more sobering.

After six months of branding opponents and critics as losers, Trump faces the threat of becoming one himself in Iowa, the first state to hold a Republican presidential nominating contest. The ads are a crucial part of Trump's strategy to keep Ted Cruz from beating him in the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.

Cruz's appeals to evangelicals, tea party followers and other conservatives have made the Texas senator the current favorite in Iowa, though the New York billionaire remains a solid front-runner in the rest of the country.

Cruz's surge in Iowa is jeopardizing Trump's quest to "run the table" by winning every GOP primary and caucus nationwide.

The two are taking sharply contrasting approaches to Iowa. Trump has darted in for occasional rallies before huge crowds, relying on TV news coverage to reach Iowans. He typically spends a few hours in the state, then returns to New York in his private jet. Trump's rallies Saturday afternoon in Ottumwa and Clear Lake came after an 11-day absence from Iowa....

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Constitution/Conservatism; Cuba; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; canada; cruz; cuba; election2016; iowa; newyork; tedcruz; texas; trump

1 posted on 01/09/2016 6:23:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Seems strange that Trump’s website is only available in English, without pandering to Hispanics.

All the rest - Ted included - make sure to provide his site for “en Espanol”.

Big surprise.


2 posted on 01/09/2016 6:46:54 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: datura

Yes, Don Trump is a god. All other candidates should withdraw tomorrow morning during a joint press conference and endorse him while signing over all their campaign funds and volunteers to his campaign and then get into a bus to barnstorm the country for Trump.


3 posted on 01/09/2016 6:58:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No, he’s flawed in many ways - they all are. None are perfect and we all have our choices.

But the GOP’s incessant attempts to patronize Hispanics is one reason people have gone to Trump.

Bush gives speeches in Spanish - so does Rubio. We get it that Ted is Cuban, and at least he doesn’t stump in Spanish.

Why pander to anyone’s RACE by not using English?

Pandering is the mark of a politician. All of them, regardless of party.

Your tantrum in the face of a simple fact regarding all the candidate’s websites seems a bit childish, but then that’s rather typical of your group.


4 posted on 01/09/2016 7:06:20 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Set high expectations for Cruz...
call Trump a loser...
It’s a ‘two-fer’ for the media!

And they’re not letting it go to waste LOL!


5 posted on 01/09/2016 7:15:22 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; datura

We should just anoint him tomorrow. He has so little knowledge he thinks he can do what he wants with a pen. Let’s just make him king and he can issue an edict for Bambi to pack and leave.
Datura- Trump has sold you himself. He isn’t worth 2 cents.


6 posted on 01/09/2016 7:15:55 PM PST by libbylu
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://theresurgent.com/the-republican-establishment-is-rooting-for-donald-trump-over-ted-cruz/
On hotair...


7 posted on 01/09/2016 7:16:19 PM PST by libbylu
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To: datura

Interesting. I wasn’t aware of that, but it doesn’t surprise me.


8 posted on 01/09/2016 7:19:42 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: libbylu

The adult voice of reason arrives, on cue.


9 posted on 01/09/2016 7:20:48 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: mbrfl

It surprised me too. Then I went to all of their sites (ok, not to the 2%ers), and they all have it.


10 posted on 01/09/2016 7:23:22 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It's the rage these days,
so lets all play Conservative Review Checkers,
the Cruz vs Trump classic.

11 posted on 01/09/2016 7:24:10 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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12 posted on 01/09/2016 7:25:29 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: libbylu

At least he hasn’t said that one of the first things he wants to do is change the constitution.


13 posted on 01/09/2016 7:36:48 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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So much for ‘constitutionalist conservative’, huh?


14 posted on 01/09/2016 7:49:25 PM PST by KGeorge (I will miss you forever, Miss Mu. 7/1/2006- 11/16/2015)
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LOL


15 posted on 01/09/2016 8:20:13 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: libbylu
But the cheap labor pushing career politicians are worth voting for? Middle class has been screwing themselves for many decades by voting for the career politicians who are ALL in the pockets of their rich donor masters. Suckers are born every minute!

Path to Legal Status for Illegals

Cheap Foreign Workers on H1-B visa

Pushing TPP

16 posted on 01/09/2016 9:02:28 PM PST by entropy12 (Go Trump! Born in USA of 2 US Citizen Parents!! And not in pockets of ANY rich donors!!!!)
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