Posted on 01/31/2016 2:20:58 PM PST by Aria
(Via New Yorker) […] In Iowa, although voter registration information is free and available to the public, voter history is not. That information is maintained by the secretary of state, which licenses it to campaigns, super PACs, polling firms, and any other entity that might want it. So was the Cruz campaign accurately portraying the voter histories of Iowans? Or did it simply make up the numbers?
It seems to have made them up. Dave Peterson, who happens to be a political scientist at Iowa State University and is well-acquainted with the research on “social pressure†turnout techniques, received a mailer last week. The Cruz campaign pegged his voting percentage at fifty-five per cent, which seems to be the most common score that the campaign gives out. (All of the neighbors listed on Peterson’s mailer also received a score of fifty-five per cent.)
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“Seems the numbers on the Violation warning were made up. “
They HAD to be made up. Iowa does not keep records of caucus attendance, which is purely a function of the political party that organizes and operates their caucuses.
Colorado caucuses work the same way. I attend them in Colorado, so I know how they are run and how they operate: no information goes back to the state. (In Iowa, however, unlike Colorado, one can register and/or change party affiliation, so THAT information DOES do back to the state, but ONLY that information.)
The phony, photoshopped Glenn Beck Tweet purporting to be from Donald Trump stating he voted for Obama is also a clear violation of Federal Election Law. The Uniparty establishment isn’t going to do anything about Cruz’s various “Cruzgates”, which are growing in number. They are owned by the same people that Cruz is-—donors like Goldman Sachs, the Cheap Labor Express, Robert Mercer, etc.
Yes indeed it was done before: by Obama in 2012.
I wonder if Glenn Beck was driving?
Did you watch it? Watch the video. The child throws a fit to keep from being handed to her dad. She’d prefer to be held by a male stranger than her own dad. Something weird about that.
"Honey I Got A Million Dollars From Your Boss"
Yeah I saw it. Can't help but feel sorry for Ted. Nobody likes him.
Hey, a chip off the Ted Cruz block !!
This is perfect, considering the FR Cruzers make fun of “cripples” (especially if they are wounded warriors) on the anti-FR hate-blog they started to advocate that Cruzers quit donating to JR.
http://kcur.org/post/how-jeff-roe-went-kansas-city-bad-boy-running-presidential-campaign
And this bunch think they are above New York values?
You go ahead and try tell Cruz anything. He believes he is the smartest man in the US.
Yeah. Looks like they might be tiring of being props.
They've been raised by nannies---mom is in high-powered senior executive job at Goldman Sachs. JP Morgan before that, then for years a high-level "adviser" bureaucrat in Washington DC, in the White House. Dad has been in Washington the last few years.
They probably seldom saw their parents before this campaign.
Yes and I have the same problem with Rubio just too much naked ambition and not enough vision, judgement and maturity.
I want a mature adult in the Whitehouse. Somebody old enough to have experience and perspective. That would be Trump.
I’ll bet that whoever pulls the Cruzers out of the ditch won’t get the treatment the couple got who rescued Trump when his limo broke down beside the road. Trump thanked them, and they were on their way. A few days later, the good Samaritan couple received their paid-off mortgage/title to their home.
I don't know what you are referring to, but Donald Trump himself publicly mocked a disabled reporter. Can't get much lower than that.
Totally agree. I’ve had it with slick talking first term senators with shaky provenance.
And no one ever checks on people who ask what sound like planted questions at political events, people who usually turn out to be connected to a campaign? Well, when this first came out, I wondered if Hinkeldey was a campaign operative or even a real person, that’s all.
Reason #38,294 not to vote for the Canadian.
| I want a mature adult in the Whitehouse. Somebody old enough to have experience and perspective. Yes, yes. For months, too much time has been wasted arguing about who is the "most conservative". Maturity, experience, and proven competence is just as important. |
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