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BREAKING: Ted Cruz’s Support MORE THAN DOUBLES Following GOP Debate; Surges to Second Place;...
The PolitiStick ^ | August 9, 2015 | Matthew K. Burke

Posted on 08/09/2015 4:16:20 PM PDT by Isara

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To: basil

I support Cruz as well. I can’t remember any better Conservative candidate in any election.


21 posted on 08/09/2015 4:35:11 PM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (Donald Trump: New York City Liberal)
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Oh, and the rest are gonna flop!!!


22 posted on 08/09/2015 4:35:26 PM PDT by SierraWasp (Help Stamp Out Pernicious Progressives and Arrogant Activists With Their Liberalism!!!)
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To: Isara; basil

Tagline.


23 posted on 08/09/2015 4:35:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Isara

Right. This is not a linear exercise. Trump supporters are extrapolating from past data the way NASA is predicting the end of sea ice by 1999.

Here’s how this works from here: There is Trump, who has a following because he’s rude, and there’s everyone else. You like Trump for one reason, but you like a non-Trump for all other reasons. If you were going to join the Trump brigade (because it thrills you that he’s rude), you’ve most likely moved by now. You’ve seen him, heard him, read his tweets, and he doesn’t get more interesting from here. Just more of the same. His support is not linear; there’s a decreasing marginal return on style. His poll score is increasingly rigid as it climbs.

As the other candidates drop out, their support shifts within the non-Trump sector, more than it shifts to Trump. As time goes on, his lead shrinks. At the same time, his posturing about having all the money he needs will fade, because he doesn’t have the money he needs. (He’s not going to sell real estate to cash flow his campaign. He’s just not.)

Trump’s mistake and that of his supporters seems to be of a kind; taking the past as a linear trend. History is littered with that.


24 posted on 08/09/2015 4:35:55 PM PDT by Taliesan
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To: Isara

Wow


25 posted on 08/09/2015 4:36:31 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat ( The ballot is a suggestion box for slaves and fools)
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To: Isara

So glad to see this. Cruz up and all the RINOs are below. Fifty-five percent of the poll goes to Fiorina and above. All of them are considered to be outside the establishment and it looks like being considered an outsider gives you an advantage with the voters. Will the GOPee ever get the message? We aren’t buying what they are selling.


26 posted on 08/09/2015 4:37:14 PM PDT by Waryone
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To: txrefugee

The way I look it it, Cruz sits between angry and aggressive Trump and calm and nice Carson. In my thinking it makes him the most widely acceptable candidate.

He speaks to the same issues as Trump but does it in a much more measured tone without getting rattled by dumb gotcha questions. The measured tone throws our opposition into turmoil because they don’t know how to deal with it.

After he called the code pink clowns to the front of the crowd when they were protesting him, they got into a big argument on twitter. One side saying that he had shown more respect for them than their democrat friends who simply call security when they don’t want them around. The other side was enraged that Medea Benjamin has allowed Ted Cruz to manipulate them.

There is something very Reaganesque in that but I think Cruz may have more steel in him than Reagan had.


27 posted on 08/09/2015 4:39:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: Diogenesis
We were 100% Cruz, until he voted to allow voting on SECRET ObamaTRADE

Sure!

28 posted on 08/09/2015 4:39:48 PM PDT by Isara
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To: Isara

Go Cruz!!!


29 posted on 08/09/2015 4:43:19 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: Gefn
Did you see how cute his daughters were at the end of the debate?

Aww! Too bad, they are AP pictures; otherwise I would have posted them here.

30 posted on 08/09/2015 4:44:54 PM PDT by Isara
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To: South40

I think we all just love Trump giving the gope hissy fits!


31 posted on 08/09/2015 4:45:01 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: Isara

This is great news! Cruz is climbing steadily and has managed to stay completely above the fray among the other candidates. It’s illustrative to see how Fox News so blatantly ignores him, especially between 5 and 7 PM. Cruz is as anti-GOPe as they come.


32 posted on 08/09/2015 4:46:06 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: Gefn

Hi, there, girlie!

I missed the very end of the debate, so thank you for those great pics.

It was very sweet of Melania Trump to spend some time with those adorable girls...that’s lovely.

I love seeing a man with his little girls...there’s something just so cute about it. Love Ted’s family.


33 posted on 08/09/2015 4:49:40 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: cripplecreek

Great post. I agree that Ted may be an improvement on Reagan, even.


34 posted on 08/09/2015 4:50:52 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: Isara

Sen. Ted Cruz is the real turtle: “Silly Rabbit! The race is always won by the turtle”


35 posted on 08/09/2015 4:51:29 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Isara

That’s the first time I’ve noticed the slogan on the back. LOL!

Wish Ted would come around here, but he announced his run at Liberty, so I doubt he will again.


36 posted on 08/09/2015 4:51:49 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: Isara

I’m sure they have them from other sources. I just thought the girls looked so cute in their matching dresses.

It’s clear their dad loves them so much. I’d love to see small children in the White House. (And a dog and a cat)


37 posted on 08/09/2015 4:54:04 PM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

I like that too. But I don’t believe as do so many here, that a liberal should be the GOP nominee.


38 posted on 08/09/2015 4:54:42 PM PDT by South40 ("Florida Governor Jeb Bush is a good man," ~Donald Trump)
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To: CatherineofAragon

One thing that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention is that Cruz has said on a few occasions that we should be a bit more choosy about what wars we decide to insert ourselves into and what allies we decide to back.


39 posted on 08/09/2015 4:56:56 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: CatherineofAragon

I know. I bought his book, and he’s the real deal

I was meaning to post the article as a separate thread here. Just been very busy today. So it’s here, for people to see Senator Cruz’ softer side.


40 posted on 08/09/2015 4:57:22 PM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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