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It is doubtful Cruz will go on to victory from here. I do not believe his message plays well across the country. But if he's the guy, I do not see lots of change in DC - nor am I counting on any candidate or POTUS to make change. It is a sideshow, while behind the scenes, Goldman and other special interests milk us.

That said, here's the recent Iowa Record of who they picked and who went on to win:

Here is Iowa’s track Record:

1976 (January 19): Gerald Ford (45%) and Ronald Reagan (43%)
1980 (January 21): George H. W. Bush (32%), Ronald Reagan (30%), Howard Baker (15%), John Connally (9%), Phil Crane (7%), John B. Anderson (4%), and Bob Dole (2%) 1984 (February 20): Ronald Reagan (unopposed)
1988 (February 8): Bob Dole (37%), Pat Robertson (25%), George H. W. Bush (19%), Jack Kemp (11%), and Pete DuPont (7%)
1992 (February 10): George H. W. Bush (unopposed)
1996 (February 12): Bob Dole (26%), Pat Buchanan (23%), Lamar Alexander (18%), Steve Forbes (10%), Phil Gramm (9%), Alan Keyes (7%), Richard Lugar (4%), and Morry Taylor (1%)
2000 (January 24): George W. Bush (41%), Steve Forbes (31%), Alan Keyes (14%), Gary Bauer (9%), John McCain (5%), and Orrin Hatch (1%)
2004 (January 19): George W. Bush (unopposed)
2008 (January 3): Mike Huckabee (34%), Mitt Romney (25%), Fred Thompson (13%), John McCain (13%), Ron Paul (10%), Rudy Giuliani (4%), and Duncan Hunter (1%)
2012 (January 3): Rick Santorum (25%), Mitt Romney (25%), Ron Paul (21%), Newt Gingrich (13%), Rick Perry (10%), Michele Bachmann (5%), and Jon Huntsman (0.6%)
2016 (February 1): Ted Cruz (27.7%), Donald Trump (24.3%), Marco Rubio (23.1%), Ben Carson (9.3%), Rand Paul (4.5%), Jeb Bush (2.8%), Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, and Chris Chritie each had 2% of the vote, Rick Santorum had 1%, and Jim Gilmore had 0%.

Iowa has a great knack for picking candidates that go on to lose. The exception is GW Bush - after the Clinton Scandals with with benefit of the Bush name and the idea that he was conservative.

The lesson appears to be that the message that appeals in Iowa doesn't resonate with the rest of the country.

Ya know, I want Trump to win, but I feel like posting something to encourage Freepers and Co. that no man will save America, not Trump, nor Cruz, nor anyone else - only the hand of God can move in such a way as to bring true recovery to America, and He hasn’t gone away.

We should do our best to get the best in there, but we should not be trusting our efforts nor any man’s efforts, but the Providence and Love of God to bring restoration and victory to America.