[Shadow44]

Cruz’s donations are from normal people. Jeb’s all come from elites who gave maximum amounts.

Walker is my second choice, but I’m wary to see how he responds to the media now that he’s officially in it.

[rikkir]

Unless he stumbles badly again like he did today with the Boy Scouts, Walker probably wins IA, Trump wins NH, and Cruz wins SC. By the time we get to FL Jeb is hanging on by his fingernails.
Rubio probably wins, but a big push by Cruz, as a Cuban, and Trump...who knows.
Could be fun!

[samtheman]

I believe that Donald Trump’s numbers will begin to crater soon ...

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[SoConPubbie]

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[entropy12]

Walker has a great record and experience as governor of Wisconsin. But he makes me feel sleepy during his speech. He needs to spice up his delivery and if possible his personality.

[matthew fuller]

"I still believe that it is too early to count Rick Perry or Ted Cruz out"

I agree on both, but especially Cruz- Perry is not out yet, but I think that he will be.

[867V309]

Once people figure out that Trump is no conservative, they will run away from him.

This is demonstrably false.

As long as he keeps saying what they want to hear, he's golden.

And as long as he keeps saying what I want to hear, he's golden with me.

Regardless of who Trump is, we need to hear the truth from someone. If it's from a fake, frankly, I don't care. It's still out there, which is more than you can say about the worthless GOP.

[fr1]

2012 Republican primary. The candidate who most directly appealed to the base wound up being — after much searching — former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. But,... he was consistently financially outgunned by Mitt Romney, who went on to be the nominee.

Or go back to 2008 when former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was the base’s preferred candidate. .... He was outspent badly by John McCain, who, yup, went on to be the party’s nominee.

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Kind of hard not to sense a pattern here. The guy with the biggest warchest won the nomination both times. The pattern probably goes back much further.

Today, the guy with the biggest warchest is Trump. So it’ll be a war of attrition between Trump and Bush, with the LSM & GOPe being squarely on Bush’s side.

[onyx]

Cruz has already raised more money than either Santorum or Huckabee did for their entire campaigns.

Of course!!!!

[BobL]

Walker had been a strong second choice for me, but now he’s just a third choice (after Cruz and Trump).

He’s flipped on Amnesty and flipped on Boy Scouts - I assume after being scolded by Republican ‘advisers’ (most of them gay, by the way). He’s also hired some people with questionable political pasts (such as working for McCain and treating the base like garbage).

But given the rest of the field, he’s still my #3.

[Caipirabob]

Go Brasilian - say NO to Bush!

Early before coffee, could not help myself.

[trebb]

Cruz's numbers are looking good - need to keep funds flowing his way. Trump has taken the wind out of Walker's sails and I am about ready to change my top three choices from Cruz/Walker Trump to Cruz/Trump/Walker if, for no other reason that Trump is keeping up the exploding heads pressure on the left and the GOPe RINOs. Plus, it seems that he and Cruz are considering some sort of "tag-team" relationship that appears to be poised to help Cruz.

Go CRUZ!!!

[9YearLurker]

This article is all over the place, starting with Walker and Trump, moving on to Cruz, and then ending up with a conclusion about Perry.

[JimRed]

No need to stop it; they need to combine forces and philosophies. Business man who has done it all (good, bad, and ugly) with a red (still hate that designation- I grew up when the Reds were the bad guys) politician who has dominated a blue state.

Too bad they ALL can’t put individual egos aside and team up for the good of the country...but it ain’t gonna happen.

[Harpotoo]

Cruz/Trump Trump/Cruz - Works for me!