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NH: GOP Establishment Spends 20X Per Vote as Trump/Cruz
Breitbart ^ | February 10, 2016 | John Nolte

Posted on 02/10/2016 9:11:02 AM PST by GodGunsGuts

Donald Trump's massive and massively consequential New Hampshire victory cost the billionaire businessman a mere $40 per vote, according to a study done by Morning Consult. To come in a distant fourth place, Jeb Bush spent a mind-boggling $1200 per vote.

Sen. Ted Cruz did the best; he landed in a surprising third place by spending only $18 per vote.

No one, though, wasted their money more than Sen. Marco Rubio, who spend $508 per vote to belly-flop into fifth place. Even though Bush spent more than twice as much as Rubio, the former Florida governor at least walks out of the Granite State with a live-to-fight-another-day narrative at his back.

Rubio exits New Hampshire something close to toast.

Moreover, Rubio exits New Hampshire exposed. According to America's oh-so brilliant Thought Leaders, Rubio The Republican Savior wasn't supposed to need to spend $508 per vote. With his Fox News super PAC and grassroots appeal, Rubio was supposed to be the shining conservative in the race, not the guy gutting it out in the Establishment Lane.

We have a long, long way to go in this primary season, but right now this is a Trump-Cruz race - the GOP Establishment's worst nightmare - and Revolution is in the air.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New Hampshire; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: cruz; mediabias; reagancoaltion; teaparty; trump
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To: Ohioan

Cruz Pacs spent more that you didn’t include about 1.5 million more.

Much of Trumps spending was for his Jet and rental of big halls.

How much did Cruz spend on his army of Texans and how much would the in kind boarding and meals come to.

Trump uses Social media, and big rallies to get out his vote. A new paradigm

Trump didn’t get endorsed by Newspaper boards, Doesn’t have Pac’s , doesn’t make secret deals with donor, doesn’t have them. Trump would be the first president who hasn’t sold his soul to special interest.

Trump is so frugal because its his own money. He is Mega Rich, but not wasteful. There is a lesson there for all of us.


21 posted on 02/10/2016 10:29:34 AM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: LS

You are getting just plain idiotic. Now you seem to want to limit our candidates to billionaires. I mean it’s reality check time here amigo. Are you saying that conservatives should only support people who can self fund?


22 posted on 02/10/2016 10:32:17 AM PST by jwalsh07 (On)
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To: GodGunsGuts

A better analysis would be to combine the price-per-vote for all candidates between Iowa and New Hampshire. Then, it’s easy to see who is winning that race.


23 posted on 02/10/2016 10:35:03 AM PST by Solson (Trump plays to win. Deal with it.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

There’s a good chance that Rubio taking third place in Iowa was bogus; created out of whole cloth by the Microsoft software and other cheating...The LSM/Establishment think that when people hear someone is winning they’ll jump on the bandwagon. But it didn’t happen in this case.


24 posted on 02/10/2016 10:39:23 AM PST by uncitizen (TRUMP THE SYSTEM)
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To: GodGunsGuts
BTW in Iowa, candidates spent the following per vote:

Bush - $2800 per vote
Rubio - $273 per vote
Cruz - $116 per vote
Trump - $73 per vote.

Combining each state, Trump spent $113 per vote. Cruz spent $134 per vote. The rest are sky high.

25 posted on 02/10/2016 10:43:12 AM PST by Solson (Trump plays to win. Deal with it.)
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To: LS
Except Trump spends his own money, Cruz spends donors' -- whom he owes, big.

Cruz's donors are pro small government, pro energy, anti illegal alien and evangelical.

26 posted on 02/10/2016 10:43:13 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: DaxtonBrown; LS
I wrote Harry Reid’s biography, still working on getting him indicted, so I know corruption. But I notice you evaded the direct question, to show me an instance where lobbyists have benefited from a Cruz stance. I can show you how Trump benefited by pandering to the ethanol lobby.

And I can show how Trump panders to Big Media.

For example he goes on Big Media and gives them support for amnesty, universal health care, affirmative action and other non conservative positions.

27 posted on 02/10/2016 10:50:43 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: uncitizen

Rubio had a good ground game in Iowa. My caucus had 7 precincts, and they were well organized. Rubio actually finished second in the vote totals I collected there, on-site, that evening.

The Santorum people also impressed me. I didn’t really see an organized Cruz contingent, but he won the room easily.

Trump had one annoying guy waving a sign, and the guy that spoke for him...trying to be nice here...didn’t represent DT’s personality well...


28 posted on 02/10/2016 11:26:00 AM PST by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: LS

“I hope you found a publisher.”

No publisher will take it, because they are too afraid or too GOPe.


29 posted on 02/10/2016 12:13:42 PM PST by DaxtonBrown (wrote Harry Reid.s only biography www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: Ohioan

“In November we are all going to have to work together. It would really be advisable, if in supporting one or the other of the two, we did not snipe at the other.”

I wholeheartedly agree. I just have become tired of hearing the talking points memo that Cruz is the most evil Goldman Sachs bought politician to ever walk the earth. It is spinpoop from the professional spinmeisters.


30 posted on 02/10/2016 12:21:22 PM PST by DaxtonBrown (wrote Harry Reid.s only biography www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: LearnsFromMistakes

Rubio had the establishment apparatus working for him sounds like. Big surprise there right? Good info. Thanks for sharing it.


31 posted on 02/10/2016 12:35:21 PM PST by uncitizen (TRUMP THE SYSTEM)
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To: FreeReign

Right. Goldman Sachs is all that. Uh huh.


32 posted on 02/10/2016 2:29:21 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS
Right. Goldman Sachs is all that. Uh huh.

LOL. GS donates about 0.015% Cruz's PAC money.

33 posted on 02/10/2016 3:03:07 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

That you know of.


34 posted on 02/10/2016 4:24:45 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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