Posted on 12/20/2015 4:25:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In the confirmed red state of Alabama, few areas can match the conservatism of The Trussville Tribune coverage area.
I’ve often joked that our neck of the woods is so conservative that it makes Shelby County look down right liberal. No doubt that northeast Jefferson County and our neighboring communities in St. Clair County are a God fearing, church going, Bible toting, smaller government, anti-illegal immigration, anti-abortion group of voters. And no one is apologizing for that belief system.
When U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz visits the Trussville Civic Center on Sunday afternoon, he’ll find substantial support among the locals and the locals will have the rare opportunity to see and hear a presidential candidate up close. If any previous candidates for the U.S. presidency have ever campaigned in Trussville, no one seems to remember who or when. This appears by all accounts to be a first. I suspect the crowd will be an amen corner for Cruz.
The Cruz ship stopped in Daphne on Saturday where various Alabama dignitaries such as U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions and U.S. Congressman Bradley Byrne spoke in support of the presidential hopeful. The candidate’s brand of hard line conservatism was well received by the audience.
All of this shows that Cruz is taking a long view of the campaign season and focusing as much on the SEC primaries as the more immediate Iowa and New Hampshire contests.
While the national polls seem to indicate that Donald Trump is a runaway favorite, Cruz and Marco Rubio have emerged as the candidates most likely to take advantage of Trump’s sky-high negative ratings over the course of time. As the multitude of Republican candidates begin to fall by the wayside, their voters will move somewhere and a move to Trump seems unlikely.
A lot of people like Trump. A whole lot more people don’t.
Trump has talked the talk that a growing number of dissatisfied voters want to hear, Cruz has walked the walk that dissatisfied voters want to see. Saying it is one thing, but actually doing it is all together different. That’s where Cruz has separated himself from the field.
Republican campaign worker Ann Eubank and state senator Shay Shelnutt were the most ardent in steering the Cruz campaign to the Trussville area. Both know the voter base well and the move may very well prove to be a stroke of genius when the SEC primaries roll around.
For local voters, the visit is a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear a possible future president deliver his message unobstructed by commentary and editing. We’ll see if voters will take advantage by showing up in big numbers on Sunday afternoon.
Good for Ted. Visit someplace not already overexposed. Make it your own.
Looked like 450-600 people at the rally. Youtube video is up.
It’s time to designate a few new cities as “Must Visit” areas. We have a big, beautiful country to be discovered either on TV/Laptop/Skype/CellPhone/AppleWatch, or in real life.
The interesting thing about Trussville is that it has a ton of apartments that are section 8 and or affordable to groups of minimum wage earners. And it’s bordered on one side by Grayson Valley which has turned very black, and Roebuck which is now almost all black.
It was a tiny little oasis of safety where many who lived in Birmingham took refuge, but it’s like Trussville is fighting the surging tide that destroyed Birmingham.
Bttt
Probably closer to 800. I guesstimated by looking at the youtube video. According to the Civi Center website the total maximum seating capacity for the hall is 1000. I saw empty seating in the rear on the video. I was curious because he never seems to have large crowds but he has the money to spend on larger venues.
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800? How fantastic!
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