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 ...
Yeah, how about asking for fair treatment, leveling the playing fiend, as Cruz suggests? As of a couple years ago, BIG GOVERNMENT, which produces not one drop of oil, CONFISCATES about $.50 per gallon sold, while the actual producers EARN $.08-$.11 per gallon! Do these companies not have the right to defend themselves?
I wonder who posts the “Trumps in the mob” and “Trump and the KKK” stories from the NY Times and the Pro Amnesty NRO and Glen Beck that flood the FR forum on a daily basis? Just because these sources are saying things that you want to hear, doesn’t mean that they are not dubious. I know nothing about the source of this article and haven’t commented on it. However, you seem to be questioning the source like the Trump supporters question NRO/NYT and yet they are wrong, but you’re right?
I got the quote from the article, Einstein.
Ted should have a lot less cash than he had last week. Super Tuesday is a huge expenditure. Eventually you have to spend it to win.
Somebody should check to see if he has a Canadian bank account.
Well, DC IS the mob. The 0bama mafia, the Clinton mafia...
He needs a bogle for the glotch.
Go Third Party! Let’s elect Hillary! /sarc
Unfortunately the nature of Trump’s attacks on Cruz make it hard to trade a position for support. How do you offer a job to man you have referred to as “the biggest liar” you ever met?
Unbelievable how much vitriol is spewed by the Trump supporters. Simply unbelievable.
“Not true. Cruz just had his best fundraising month.”
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Inconsequential. Candidates amass money prior to, and during, the primaries, then spend it throughout. Unless he’s bringing in more than he’s spending, he’s depleting his funds.
And I don’t think Cruz would accept any offer from donnie. After the Cruz speech on the floor of the senate we know he does not like working for a liar.
The donald offer of a deal to Cruz will not be for a measly cabinet position.
Together they can win it all....... Cruz must hang on and take all the delegates he can garner, even nearly broke. The reward will be justice on the Supreme court. It’s a lock
The writing is on the wall for these guys. Drop out and endorse Trump!
Why would Ted? When it comes to lying, he's a master. He schooled everyone on the Art of the Lie last Tuesday night after getting beat on Super Tuesday.
Yep, I loved the one that started out: “Ted doesn’t know I’m sending this to you....”
I’ve never contributed to a campaign before but have had no difficulty contributing to Cruz at all.
Perhaps their friends at Goldman Sachs can front them another “loan”....
Perhaps Cruz and Heidi can sit down at the kitchen table and decide to sell everything that’s not absolutely necessary..........for real this time.
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