Posted on 03/03/2016 10:11:45 AM PST by VitacoreVision
Senator Ted Cruz won a hard-fought partial victory in Texas during last night’s Super Tuesday primary battle. It was the culmination of months of time and money spent meant to culminate in a clear post-Super Tuesday lead in the race to the GOP nomination this summer. The southern states were to be Cruz’s ticket to the White House.
For Cruz, that ticket never arrived. The Texas senator remains well behind Donald Trump in the delegate count, and now rumors are swirling of a campaign that has spent almost as much money as did the already-departed Jeb Bush fiasco, with little more to show for it – and that money is said to now be running out.
The numbers are staggering.
Over $100 million raised, much of it from Big Oil, and law firms, and much of that now spent trying to secure a better than 50% victory in Texas that would have garnered the candidate all of his home state’s 155 delegates, Instead, Cruz will have earned less than 44% support among Texas voters, a number well below historical averages for home state Texas candidates.
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Ted Cruz gambled almost everything on a decisive Super Tuesday victory. That victory instead went to Donald Trump. Now word is spreading that Cruz’s former willing donors are pulling back from the campaign. Cruz still has considerable cash on hand, as does the Super PAC promoting him, (both raised significant amounts last month primarily after Cruz’s Iowa Caucus win) but far less cash than before yesterday’s primary battle and likely not enough cash to survive yet another month or more as projections have fewer and fewer donations coming in, unless the senator is somehow able to pull off one or two big upsets come March 15th in either Florida or Ohio.
(Excerpt) Read more at dcwhispers.com ...
Ted has won the majority of delegates in only 1 state out of the past 15 state contests. And that was his home state. He needs to win 7 more to even get nominated at the convention.
Ted should “prayerfully consider” what his next steps are.
Not true. Cruz just had his best fundraising month.
I don't think the above is correct and I thus doubt that the article is correct.
That story is false. (I believe the words lie and liar are the patented property of the little Trumps)
Cruz has plenty of money.
Sorry, little trumps, but he will continue to run.
I encourage supporting the best, Ted Cruz, to be best of your ability.
I may just donate again today.
I do not believe Trump will offer Cruz anything...not even dog catcher.
False, FRiend. You seriously don’t know how it is done.
And the original article is a Hitlery plant lie.
Many many ways to get funds to people. And very important to spray all over the news what you “are” and “aren’t” doing.
Ignorant statement. If the GOPe really wants to stop Trump it already have backed Cruz. But it hates Cruz. If Cruz was ahead today, Romney would have given the same speech today but replaced Cruz for Trump. WE NEED TO GET BACK to TRUMP/CRUZ unity and ****** the establishment!
I get it totally.
But the little trumps are so predictable.
Every time a negative story about trump comes out, they jump on the source with verve and vigor. They attack the source.
But when something negative about Cruz comes out ... from a totally disreputable source, why, they just love, love, love and the source is just fne.
I only received three Cruz emails begging for a contribution today. That's a slow day.
Your point illustrates the time warn slogan.....Follow the money. Big Oil dollars = No subsidies for Iowa corn farmers.
CRUZ HASpissed off his DONORS begging for dollars constantly!!!!
“Continue to shine Truth upon the friend of rabid Marxists, including Rotten, Donald Trump,” saith the Lord.
Many oil drillers are closing down drills EVERYWHERE!!! they don’t have the money!!!!
Yes! Thisi is what I keep telling people, those big money people are not donating to charity they expect a return on their investment. Big money=big expectation.
He spent over $6 MILLION just in advertising in the Super Tuesday states, including a bundle in TX. No telling how much money he spent on paid staff in those states. He also spent over $2 MILLION in advertising just in South Carolina, and had a huge paid staff there.
It’s so easy to spent other peoples money.
Trump had only 5 paid staff in South Carolina, and spent less than $2 MILLION on advertising. Trump only spent just over $1 MILLION on advertising in the Super Tuesday states, and had minimal paid staff.
Not at all, Kit cat. The missives don’t upset me one bit.
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