Posted on 03/11/2016 7:53:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Texas senator looks like the top challenger to Donald Trump.
Hey, 2015. Crazy news from the future: It's March 8, 2016, and front-runner Donald Trump has won 12 of 20 Republican primary contests.
However, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is coming off a particularly strong "Super Saturday" performance, including double-digit wins in Kansas and Maine, a delegate tie in Louisiana with Trump and a respectable showing in Kentucky. More and more, it's starting to look like Cruz is the non-Trump candidate poised to give the billionaire businessman a run for his money heading into the Republican National Convention this summer.
The Cruz campaign has raised $54.6 million since the start of the election cycle, according to filings to the Federal Election Commission. With the exception of retired neurosurgon Ben Carson - who spent enormously on direct mail campaigns and marketing rather than field operation and staff - that's more money than the rest of the Republican field. Cruz and Trump are considered outsider candidates by the Republican establishment, though the key difference is that while Trump's campaign is largely rooted in free media and name recognition, Cruz has arguably the strongest ground game of any candidate on the Republican side this cycle.
U.S. News analyzed contribution data by ZIP code for Republican candidates Trump, Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and for Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Here are the ZIP codes that supported Cruz above the other candidates analyzed....
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The presstitutes aren’t even trying to pretend that they aren’t campaigning against Trump.
Cruz is in the scrotum pocket, adjacent to the lint, of the Bush mafia now.
I’m sorry for all of those fine people who have wasted their hard earned dollars.
No, this is about Cruz, not Trump.
I forgot to say that Cruz is the Devil.
They should burn the money they sent to the sleazy Democrat
Tell to suckers to mail the cash direcly to the Bush family and avoid Jeb Cruz the Gope front man .
At this point. I must admit that politics is not for Ted.
He belongs on SCOTUS. That is all.
I have donated $50, twice, to Ted Cruz. He stands for what I believe in. He is a true social and constitutional conservative.
I used to think like yo , until two weeks ago when I saw him in bed with the establishment and Bush.
He is a ball-less blowhard who is not eligible to run for the presidency which makes him a liar and cheat as well.
After he kissed up to the Muslims last night, I can’t believe you still support him.
... who cares more about scoring cheap political points than defending free speech.
Thanks for your concern. /s
I'll keep giving until I reach the limit I'm allowed to.
Its JEB Cruz.
The Bushes owns him and YOU!
Ted is toast!
Go Jeb GO!!!
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