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CRUZ or LOSE!
Posted on 07/17/2015 9:47:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Insiders say Donald Trump is a candidate who is as uncompromising as Cruz on hot-button issues like immigration — and can deliver the message with even more fiery rhetoric.
Donald Trump’s turn in the national spotlight is mainly taking a toll on Ted Cruz, the Texas firebrand running as an uncompromising, anti-establishment conservative.
That’s the assessment of this week’s POLITICO Caucus, our weekly survey of the leading strategists, activists and political operatives in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Roughly a third of Iowa and New Hampshire Republican insiders pointed to Cruz as the candidate who is damaged the most in their states by Trump’s rise in the polls and emergence as a media-grabbing protest candidate.
“The Trump Circus is no doubt having the biggest impact on Ted Cruz. Cruz, the incumbent proxy for the disaffected GOP “Hell No!” Caucus, has been virtually starved of oxygen since Trump entered the race,” said an Iowa Republican, who, like all POLITICO Caucus participants, was granted anonymity in order to speak freely.
“Cruz needs to consolidate the rage-against-the-machine, anti-establishment block of Caucus votes (both the harder-edged evangelicals and tea party types) as his Iowa Caucus foundation upon which to build,” said another Iowa Republican. “Trump is sucking all the oxygen out of the room. While I seriously doubt most of those folks will ultimately caucus for Trump, his message is scratching their anti-establishment itch at a time when Cruz needs to start showing some momentum.”
In New Hampshire, where Chris Christie’s hopes are riding on a strong finish, roughly a quarter of Republicans believe the brash and straight-talking New Jersey governor is also put at risk by Trump’s emergence in the field.
“Christie is the “tell it like it is” candidate, but he certainly can’t hang with Trump in that regard,”(continued)
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Horseshit.
I guess if Politico tells me so, it must be right!
You can see the game being played. They are trying to beat Cruz up for his support of Donald Trump.
What you said—doubled!
Their entire raison d'être is to lie, brazenly and often.
Yeah, Cruz is going to ruin his chances by siding with Trump. That’s the ticket. Because, as we all know, Cruz is so naive and trusting—he won’t know what hit him. /s
“Guys! We need a new spin here! Hit F8 and wait for the GOPe instructions!”
Source aside there is likely some truth to it. The do seem to pull from the same group of supporters. Even here those that really like one really like the other. I don’t know that, in the end, it matters at all, but I can see it.
I was gonna say Bull, but Horse will do just as well.
Cruz is the only one who hasn’t made himself look like a leftist loon with his reaction to Trump.
If you analyze the last several polls you will find, perhaps surprisingly, that nearly every candidate has fallen in the polls except one: Ted Cruz.
My unvarnished use of that word has not been overly used. I can think of one or two times in the past it has been posted in all its specificity.
It is my personal response to some notion that offends intelligence, sensibilities and common sense, frankly. It is reserved for the absurd.
Granted, the post may not last, but the remnants will remain and the sentiment that prompted it will never diminish.
Again depends on the polls. Some show Cruz at the bottom under Jebbie and Marco. I call BS.
This wouldn’t surprise me... the core group of supporters for Trump tend to be along the same lines as those for Cruz. I’m wondering what that meeting between the two was about.. whether one is going to stand down his campaign while the other consolidates the conservate support.
Actually I think they’ve settled into a pretty solid good cop/bad cop routine.
“fiery rhetoric”
Rhetoric: language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
Pretty sure Trump meant what he said.
He’s also best prepared to benefit when Trump fades. He’s going to be able to capture there countued frustration but present a calm version of the same truth.
The early bird gets the worm, the second mouse gets the cheese.
Patience, grasshopper.
Ted Cruz Ping! Heh. :-)
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