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Perry falters as Cruz surges
The Houston Chronicle ^ | August 11, 2015 | Bobby Cervantes

Posted on 08/11/2015 2:54:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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21 posted on 08/11/2015 3:31:59 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder why some of these candidates are running in the first place. Ego? Flattery? They must be morons if they don’t know people are fed up with political hacks like them. People are fed up. They want a change and these guys aren’t it.


22 posted on 08/11/2015 3:32:47 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

exactly— I bet Carly drops like a stone now in the polls.. It takes a week or two but it happens with all of them.. phony outrage is not appreciated with intellectually honest people...


23 posted on 08/11/2015 3:42:41 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well Fox is trying to bury Cruz. He politely tried to say something (anything) but they shut him up with the lie, We will get to you..

He should come out and (politely) blast them with a cogent statement on all of the issues he was NOT ALLOWED to say anything about. “If asked..I would say this about Illegal immigration...if asked...I’d say this about the deficit...etc.


24 posted on 08/11/2015 3:50:49 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: shalom aleichem

yea another ridiculous question which was maybe worse than Trump’s... “Tell me what God says to you about your political positions ?”


25 posted on 08/11/2015 4:05:16 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Paul, Santorum and others have few supporters to shift to survivors.

Almost certainly Fiorina’s bump came from voters leaving Jeb. They will stick with her til the CNN debate. Then they might go back to Jeb, or go to Kasich, or stay with Fiorina, depending on what happens between now and then.

The same holds true for Carson-Rubio-Cruz ... and to some extent Walker. They draw from the same constituency. Many who choose one of them in a poll might just as likely choose the other. The survivor of this group will not be Walker. He did poorly in the debate. So picking up Walker’s supporters by one of the other three will give that person a bump and make him look like the horse to get on.

Local supporters of Carson-Rubio-Cruz-Walker would be smart to make friends with each other and build a winning coalition.

Cruz is as “evangelical” as Huckabee. Huckabee will get Santorum voters before Huck folds. So far, Cruz is not positioned to get the Huckabee-Santorum voters. But he should not take their switch to him for granted, even though Carson-Rubio-Walker might have less attraction for the single issue voters.

The Trump voters will never go to Jeb. But mad-as-hell anti-PC, anti-establishment voters can go to Carson-Rubio-Cruz.


26 posted on 08/11/2015 4:33:46 PM PDT by spintreebob
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"So far, Cruz is not positioned to get the Huckabee-Santorum voters."

A campaign that started at Liberty University, has been to hundreds of churches and related meetings and has a well-known evangelical preacher as a surrogate? Really?

27 posted on 08/11/2015 4:45:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: spintreebob

Rubio isn’t in that-he’s a lib and an establishment guy.


28 posted on 08/11/2015 5:05:07 PM PDT by JSDude1
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Take the Huckabee and Santorum supporters at Charles Stanley’s First Baptist Church of Atlanta, or Andy Stanley’s Buckhead and Alpharetta Churches, or the Synagogue on the west side of Hwy 400, Atlanta. Those three have large congregatons and are extremely pro-Israel, an issue in which Cruz should be winning. But Cruz supporters in those churches are not much more numerous than in the general population. And the Huckabee and Santorum supporters in those churches have a higher percentage than among general R primary voters.

Why? I don’t know. I have’nt done a scientific poll. But that is sure the vibes I get anecdotally. I might be wrong.

Rafael Cruz is speaking Aug 19 in Buford GA. My daughter is the #1 organizer trying to get Christians (Evangelicals and Catholics) to the Rafael event. How many will she produce? I don’t know. How many will show up by hearing about it from other sources? I don’t know.

I’m the only one posting anything in GA on FR. And I’m relatively new to GA and don’t know the people or customs well. The only other person evangelizing GA is Conrad Quadrigli, a Walker supporter who believes in building the movement. So he effectively publicizes Cruz and other conservative events and appears to be the only person doing so.


29 posted on 08/11/2015 5:05:41 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: brothers4thID; Uncle Miltie

Hi “neighbors! Thanks for letting us know about this. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend. Would love an after action report and pictures! Tell him he has some supporters in lib Seattle! :-)

Best,
SC


30 posted on 08/12/2015 6:45:56 AM PDT by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops)
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To: freespirit2012

Graham.. how long can Lindsey hang on for?

I ask myself everytime i hear McCain’s puppet boy make a comment. I think he will stick around for WAY longer than he should. He isn’t in it to win it. He can’t have much money and even less ground forces.
He has Fox, and other willing Networks, to express his negative views about other candidates.
It is commical, if you don’t take him serious. And who is he is at 0%. AH HA HA HA.


31 posted on 08/12/2015 7:09:27 AM PDT by Leep (Still living in what remains of 'God's Country'.)
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