Posted on 05/02/2016 9:17:32 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Campaign in overdrive in desperate bid to wrestle state from Trump
Inside Ted Cruz’s second-floor campaign office here on a recent afternoon, there were telltale signs of an operation in overdrive: dozens of volunteers calling voters and refueling with Mountain Dew, coffee and snacks; staffers busily working on laptops; and an ambitious message on a whiteboard: “Our Goal Today = 20,000 Calls.”
But there were also indications of trouble. Volunteers said they were hearing misgivings from voters — many rooted in insults that front-runner Donald Trump had hurled at Cruz.
Most people who express reservations, explained Megan Kerr, 17, of Fishers, Ind., “are concerned with the nickname he’s been given — ‘Lyin’ Ted.’ ” Frank Cerrone, 68, of Perry Township, Ind., also said “there is some idea that Ted Cruz is rigging the system,” another Trump attack.
Cruz came to Indiana to try to resuscitate his flagging campaign at a pivotal moment in the Republican presidential race. But with just one day of campaigning left until Tuesday’s vote — and after a series of desperation measures — the freshman senator from Texas is on the verge of a defeat that would ravage his campaign and raise new questions about whether his mission to stop the mogul has become futile.
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You are not by yourself!
I just hope my fellow Hoosiers are smart enough to know what is on the line...
Nice!!
Carly looks so happy in that photo. I can tell what she’s thinking. She’s evidently taking Cruz and his wagon far away to a secluded area. Then she’s going to unhitch the wagon and pedal away really, really fast.
LOL, spread it far and wide!
Like getting rid of the bad feral cat or dog that showed up on your front porch!
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