LIVE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY THREAD 2/20/16

2/20/16 | tatown

[tatown]

Game time.

[jneesy]

cruz is no reagan quit fooling yourself reagan was a honest and sincere person not a smarmy politician like cruz

[Iowa David]

Here is ABC’s analysis of the exit polling

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-south-carolina-gop-primary-exit-poll-analysis/story?id=37077219

My take and again I am trying to read through the lines of Trump wins and Cruz is close. But That is my take.

[LS]

No, they are saying now about 30%, well below the 40% earlier predicted in terms of turnout.

[grey_whiskers]

According to Ted Cruz he is the only true conservative in the Senate and perhaps the entire country. In fact, he is the only candidate purer than Caesar's wife.

I'm glad you're thinking of Pompeia (Julius Caesar) and not Messalina (Claudius)...

[mylife]

I have never seen a man fight so hard on principal alone as Ted Cruz

[MagnoliaB]

Oh. That explains it even though I don’t know how their system works. They haven’t really focused on it.

[SaxxonWoods]

The only problem is, if Cruz really has a great organization (which I’ve also heard) he should easily take second place today.

I hope he does just that.

[MagnoliaB]

I think I’ll watch the crying on Fox.

[LS]

Those issues really seem to favor Trump. Especially the 47% who say things need to change. That has in the past two polls really correlated with his high numbers.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Bill Mitchell is just a dude on Twitter who seems to have ties to the Trump campaign. Is followed by Trump staff on his twitter. Doesn’t officially say he’s a Trump staff member.

[SteveSCH]

If Rubio comes in third the TEARS will be flowing!

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

The husband of that Trump voter did not seem to be smiling like the rest of us, as we exited the polling location.

She should probably divorce him

[austingirl]

Just so Rubio is a distant third.

[SteveSCH]

Bill Mitchell works for the Trump Campaign in SC - He’s involved with phone banking/comms from what I’ve seen.

[austingirl]

Cruz really fights the GOPe. I was so pleased when he won his Senate seat instead of Dewhurst- grass roots did it.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Thanks for the info. It just says he’s a Trump supporter on his twitter. Never mentioned any involvement in the campaign officially.

[mylife]

I do not think cruz is smarmy but you are correct he is no Reagan, Cruz is fairly Charismatic but he just dont have their hearts.

I hate lying Charismatics, they blind people

[mrsmith]

“Frank Luntz Verified account ï‚™ ‏@FrankLuntz · 4m4 minutes ago

My #SCPrimary prediction: @RealDonaldTrump wins, Cruz second, and Rubio third.
No one else gets double digits.”

As long as Cruz beats Rubio by at least 5 I’ll be happy.

[mylife]

Onward!

[SaxxonWoods]

“My take and again I am trying to read through the lines of Trump wins and Cruz is close. But That is my take.”

I’d say their hints are blatant. Could be a setup though.

We’ll know in a few hours.