Posted on 04/24/2015 8:57:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have markedly improved ratings in the National Journal's "Hotline" rankings of GOP presidential candidates after officially announcing their campaigns this spring, but Sen. Rand Paul's standings dropped slightly.
Rubio, of Florida, is now tied for second place with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker behind his friend and one-time mentor, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, while Cruz comes in just behind the two, according to the publication's rankings, which were released Friday.
Paul, though, dropped one place in the Hotline rankings after his campaign rollout, after questions arose about his temper. Paul clashed with popular "Today" show correspondent Savannah Guthrie on the second day of his campaign announcement tour.
For its rankings, National Journal compared the announced and potential GOP candidates' chances of winning the 2016 nomination, comparing their strengths and weaknesses, poll numbers, and determined that Bush remained the "fragile front-runner."(continued)
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Good news. Have to wait and see how it pans out. Debates are on the way. We have a long road ahead. In fact only 3 candidates have announced so we still have 17 or so to announce yet. A long road indeed.
You just posted on another thread about how sub-par Cruz’s polling was.
Which is it?
I’m hearing next to nothing about two of the re-treds, Santorum and Perry. Time will tell, but I don’t think these two will develop enough ‘lift off’ power to really get into the race. Still, a lot can happen in the next 12 months.
I think some of these polls will dissuade the weaker potential candidates. At least I hope so.
After the cave in from the Senate Republicrats, I would expect a bump in Ted Cruz popularity.
I think you are correct.
Whether to announce and spin up a limited machine to make a point and concede to a close ideologue, or to not announce and put all the effort and money towards that same end... Seems a matter of pride, and a reality sandwich.
The only people donating to those two are probably family members.
Go Ted go! Crush communism! Eradicate all traces of islam! Take America back to its Biblical foundation!
From past 2 or 3 presidential cycles, my observation is conservatives are not quitters. They stay in until money runs out and are forced to quit. They never form a united front against the RINO/Moderates/Country clubber candidates. My gut feeling is Christy will drop out clearing the path for Jeb Bush.
I like a Cruz-Rubio ticket because of the fact that the media couldn’t run roughshod over the first Hispanic ticket in American history.
Identity politics can work both ways!
Rubio doesn’t deserve to be anywhere on a Cruz ticket, Rubio is a fraud.
How about Ted Cruz / Susana Martinez or Ted Cruz / Sarah Palin?
The problem though is that most Republican primary voters don’t know about any “cave-ins”. It’s not reported on their news, and they don’t know.
Martinez would be perfect.
Latino AND a woman? She’s untouchable!
The Left’s heads would explode with them not being able to pull the race/gender card.
You are probably right. I wouldn't give Perry a quarter so he could get a cup of coffee.
He was my governor for way too long.
/johnny
'Cause Cruz has the top spot in my world. He's the one I'm already sending money to.
/johnny
They could trump that with a wheelchair-bound black lesbian.
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