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With Record Turnout In Sight, Donald Trump Is Closing In On An Unnerving Victory In Iowa
Huffpost Politics ^ | January 29, 2016 | Scott Conroy

Posted on 01/30/2016 8:17:05 AM PST by Hojczyk

The Republican front-runner has secured his standing, as Ted Cruz has faltered.

Its probably too soon to run for the hills just yet.

But if youre worried about the possibility that the nuclear launch codes might a year from now be in the hands of a megalomaniacal strongman with a tenuous grip on reality, the scene on the ground in Iowa with just three days to go until the caucuses won't make you feel much better.

Donald Trump appears poised to notch a major victory in the first electoral test of the year -- a win that would further launch him along a once implausible path toward actually becoming the 2016 Republican presidential nominee.

This prevailing sentiment solidified during Thursday night’s debate when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) failed to capitalize on the GOP front-runner's glaring absence from the stage, instead choosing to bicker with the moderators in Trump-like fashion but without the flair.

And in a clear indication of his campaigns new strategic priority of trying to hold onto a now-tenuous second-place standing in Iowa at the expense of competing more explicitly to win it, the Cruz campaign is turning its focus over the airwaves away from the front-runner and toward Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

The New York Times reported on Friday that Cruz had shifted almost all of his negative advertising away from Trump and toward Rubio, in a last-minute attempt to prevent the upstart Floridian from surging into a second-place showing in Iowa -- a result that would upend the race and might prove fatal to Cruzs 2016 hopes.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; election2016; iowa; newyork; trump
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To: Hojczyk

Libtard heads are ready to explode. LOL!


61 posted on 01/30/2016 9:18:38 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Proud2BeRight
"The Democrats really want to face Trump in the election. There is so much for them to use to attack Trump."

Then why hasn't your candidate used that very same material to bring down Trump in the primary? Is your candidate dumber and more inept than the democrats?

62 posted on 01/30/2016 9:18:44 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Marie

The count of people I know who will unequivocally NOT vote for Trump (who would vote for Cruz, or even Rubio) is now 11. They range from SC to NH to CO, among other states.


63 posted on 01/30/2016 9:19:44 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: bolobaby

Bolobaby, thank you so much for contributing to this discussion. You provide just the type nuanced and sophisticated point of view that we have come to expect from a person backing the most principled candidate. I am sure that he would be very impressed with your efforts here to win over people who are on the fence. /s


64 posted on 01/30/2016 9:25:07 AM PST by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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To: bolobaby

“Trump wins this nomination, every conservative I personally know is going politically Galt.”

Well cheer up I’m sure all those Cruz shaming letters will bring out the vote for Cruz. LOL!


65 posted on 01/30/2016 9:25:38 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Jim 0216
It ain’t over ‘till the fat lady sings, but she’s definitely getting warmed up...

She sent Dandy Don out to do warm up.

66 posted on 01/30/2016 9:30:08 AM PST by Stentor ("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." Robert Goodloe Harper)
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To: Hojczyk
This is just a preview of what the Liberal press will be saying about any Republican candidate except somebody like Jeb Bush. And they'll have plenty to say about him too once the general election comes around.

The Democratic candidate is always a genius, or maybe the most gifted writer ever to run from President, and brave beyond belief according to the left, even though he avoided any military service.

By contrast, the Republican is always a dolt, regardless of where he went to school and his achievements, and a cowardly guy even if he was a fighter pilot.

What the left has to say is, as usual, just untrue.

67 posted on 01/30/2016 9:43:12 AM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: Stentor

Dandy Don - even better...


68 posted on 01/30/2016 9:43:46 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: bolobaby

A line of attack worthy of the all-noble Ted Cruz.

Ted must be so proud of you.


69 posted on 01/30/2016 9:47:55 AM PST by Vision Thing (Vote Trump)
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To: bolobaby

Adios!

Do not need your vote and never counted on it.

Looking forward to your Opus!


70 posted on 01/30/2016 10:10:17 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump is the wrecking ball destroying GOPe, FAUX & their bs mediot conspirators & beltway pundits!)
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To: Jim 0216

It is not over till the fat lady sings, but she is definitely getting warmed up...

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+of+fat+lady+singing&view=detail&mid=A7887E37D96B9ADE6085A7887E37D96B9ADE6085&FORM=VIRE5


71 posted on 01/30/2016 10:13:26 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump is the wrecking ball destroying GOPe, FAUX & their bs mediot conspirators & beltway pundits!)
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To: bolobaby

and most of them pouting FReepers who would rather watcher Hillary Clinton seat Obama on the Supreme Court than dare let a less than perfect conservative stop her.

Great.


72 posted on 01/30/2016 10:22:33 AM PST by Marie (TRUMP TRUTH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw8c2Cq-vpg)
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To: Marie

Yeah great. We’ll get Oprah on the SCOTUS instead.


73 posted on 01/30/2016 10:38:16 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: going hot

I think I heard a “hiya—tooooOOOWAH!”
So she’s going for Ride of the Valkyrie this time.


74 posted on 01/30/2016 10:38:48 AM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: bray

Is this Fox Snooze?

Pray America wakes

__________________

Yeah, Fox News is Huff-Po. I pray you’ll awake.


75 posted on 01/30/2016 10:40:05 AM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: bray

You have to love the conservative purists.


Maybe they should be called TrueCons,
or LBT’s (Little Bitty Tenters).


76 posted on 01/30/2016 10:43:42 AM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: bray

Ouch, that’s going to leave a mark.


77 posted on 01/30/2016 10:49:37 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: Tucker39

Yep, three rallies in IA today, alone! Have 757, will travel.


78 posted on 01/30/2016 10:51:29 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: Hojczyk

I thought Trump was relegated to the entertainment section of HuffPo.


79 posted on 01/30/2016 10:54:07 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: bolobaby

Even though Ted may know whether those 11 voted or not, It’s still a secret ballot. :)


80 posted on 01/30/2016 10:56:04 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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