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 ...
It’s hard to tell who are the biggest bozos: the Clinton media, such as DC Whispers, or the tragically humorous Trumpbots. Of course, Cruz has Big Oil donors because he’s from Texas, where the oil industry gives to Republicans. It’s no different than Wall St. giving to Hillary. That’s the way Ul S. politics rolls because the tooth fairy doesn’t give campaign funds. Otherwise, only self-funded billionaires will be able to run for president. Grow up, people.
I’m not buying this. His problem has been voters, not money.
I’m not buying a lot of stuff that is coming out of DC. They’ve proven they will lie.
He might make a few bones by condemning Romney’s rant.
Right...Shell and Exxon are down to their last 500 billion dollars.
They can never really explain how a guy who has a 90% Conservative Rating is less conservative than a guy whose been more closely aligned with Democrat positions most of his adult life?
Big oil huh? Now there is a keyword often used by the left. What are we Liberals?
How much is on hand?
It’s a hit piece. “big oil” should be the first clue.
I got the usual 4 or 5 UNSOLICITED emails from Ted and Heidi today. He’s got everyone’s emails......buying those lists!!!
Big Oil?
Can you go back to Democratic Underground, Daily Kos or where every your talking point came from?
Yup-This coming from the same site that said he was going to drop out. DC Whispers is BS Whispers.
Let's hope everyone here remembers that if Trump is elected. Trump has been promising so much to so many, and every single one those receiving his promises expects a whole lot in return, I just hope it's just not the same truckload of manure that we get from every other politician, and anyone that still says Trump is not a politician is deceiving themselves.
Breaking my heart. LOL!
That tells me that Trump is the ONLY ONE who meets and exceeds that requirement as of today.
No fear, establishment has to keep Cruz in the race for a brokered convention. Whether intentional or not, Cruz has tied himself to the GOP. Can’t continue to run without big, big bucks.
Another rumor. They called $12 million in February.
I do! Will donate more today. However, this is another fake Cruz story. His campaign raised $12 million in February, don’t know about super pacs but they haven’t spent much yet.
Corporations and “Big Business” aren't the evils that democrats have successfully thought you to believe. If they were, why would you want “Big Real Estate” running the country?
And an added note, of the 6 big republican donors Cruz has 4 of them.
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