Congressman Brooks announces endorsement of Ted Cruz

WAFF-TV ^ | November 9, 2015

[2ndDivisionVet]

From TedCruz.org:

Monday, the Cruz for President campaign announced the endorsement of Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks, who is also running as a delegate in support of Cruz for the Alabama GOP primary, which will be held on March 1. Congressman Brooks will serve as chairman of the Cruz campaign’s Alabama leadership team.

Last week, Heidi Cruz submitted paperwork on behalf of the Cruz for President campaign to be on the GOP primary ballot in Alabama – Ted Cruz was one of only four presidential candidates to submit a full slate of delegates.

“America needs a president with both a keen intellect and understanding of the foundational principles that have made America great and the backbone to defend and promote those foundational principles in the face of intense political pressure to do the wrong thing,” Congressman Brooks said. “Ted Cruz’s record proves he has the intellect, strength of character, and backbone to do what is best for America in the face of stiff political winds that seek to blow our nation off course.”

In August, Congressman Brooks joined Cruz at a rally in Huntsville that drew an overflow crowd of more than 2,000 Alabamans. Since then, Cruz has announced more than 20 grassroots leaders and activists to serve on his Alabama leadership team, led by co-chairs Becky Gerritson, Chad Mathis, and Ann Eubank, and now Congressman Brooks who will serve as chairman.

“I am honored to have the support of Congressman Brooks who has been a leading conservative voice in the House of Representatives,” said Cruz. “I am thrilled to have him lead our campaign efforts in Alabama and thankful for his partnership in fighting the Washington Cartel and working to restore and protect jobs, growth, and individual liberty across our nation.”

Below is Congressman Brook’s full statement endorsing Ted Cruz for President of the United States:

“America faces major challenges unlike any in our history. Wildly out-of-control spending, deficits and debt, foisted on America by Washington politicians who care less about America’s future and more about special interest contributions and their next election, threaten America with a debilitating insolvency and bankruptcy,” Said Congressman Brooks. “Moral values that have guided America to greatness are under daily attack. America’s international reputation is undermined by White House hesitancy, weakness and global retreat. A free enterprise economy that has blessed America with the best standard of living on Earth is threatened by Democrats who prefer a Socialist economic model that has never worked anywhere in world history.

“America needs a president with both a keen intellect and understanding of the foundational principles that have made America great and the backbone to defend and promote those foundational principles in the face of intense political pressure to do the wrong thing. Ted Cruz’s record proves he has the intellect, strength of character, and backbone to do what is best for America in the face of stiff political winds that seek to blow our nation off course.

“I wholeheartedly endorse Ted Cruz for President and encourage Americans to support Ted Cruz because he not only has what it takes to make a great President, he also has what it takes to best expose and defeat the Hillary Clinton machine in 2016.”

[cripplecreek]

Ted is mo conservative than the rest.

[Marko413]

Every bit helps!

[Uncle Miltie]

Cruz is collecting all the proper endorsements, donations, activists and enemies he should ever want or need.

Watch the ground game, baby. Carson and Trump won’t have one to compare. That will be shaky ground for them someday.

Popularity polls only take you so far. You have to be a multi-featured candidate. Which is all to the good. We need a President who can walk, talk, chew gum, fire his gun, persuade, and smile all at the same time.

Cruz is that man.

[VanDeKoik]

Or it can be a spectacular failure.

No one has ever won the nomination by basically being in single digits or in 4th place by something that amounts winning by default. Popularity is how you win, not through some too elaborate plan that will completely depend on 2-3 higher polling candidates knocking each other out of the race, and their supporters stampeding to him.

If he does win, and that is a big if, then you will have lots of people mighty angry that he let others fight the issues out, almost using them as cover so he doesn’t have to get dirty.

He is going to have to get in the scrum sooner rather than later, because under the radar cannot get him to the White House.

[napscoordinator]

persuade

He needs work on that

[Uncle Miltie]

Carson is flaming out as we watch, on schedule. Between today and the day after the Iowa caucus, he’ll be toast, in my crystal ball.

Where will those people go?

[Dr. Sivana]

No one has ever won the nomination by basically being in single digits or in 4th place by something that amounts winning by default.

Jimmy Carter did. He was polling nationally at 5% at this point in time. "Uncommitted" beat him in Iowa.

Every campaign is different, and the modern primary system is only 40 years old, with rule changes each time. This means that since 1972, there have only been six Republican primary seasons, if we don't count elections where there is a Republican incumbent running for re-election. That is a very small sample.

Changes in rukles regarding Super-Pacs, the five state majority delegation rule, states going to open or closed primary, or from proportional to winner take all make all the difference in the world.

Making prognostications based on what worked or didn't work in 1980 or 1988 is like saying taht no NFL team that threw 40 or more passes in a game has ever won, or no dome team has ever won a Super Bowl. Even in 2008, people were saying "Senators don't win elections", and we wound up with Senator vs. Senator. It wasn't long ago that people thought that a governor had the best chance because of executive experience. Right now the top polling governor is John Ellis Bush, who is treading at between 5-6%.

With 15 candidates, high single digits isn't necessarily a bad thing. At that level you have to look at ground organization (Trump, John Ellis Bush, Cruz, Carson in Iowa, only Trump, Cruz and Bush everywhere else, as Carson and Rubio are spotty nationwide as of this point). All five have money. Trump and Carson have shown they can take a puncgh. Cruz is showing the campaign discipline that Walker and Jindal did not have. There are 4-5 players active, and yes, like with any competition, strategy is necessary and events have to break your way.

[CPT Clay]

#GrassrootsMatter

[CPT Clay]

As soon as 6 or 7 more candidates drop out, you will see the brilliance of the Cruz strategy, especially in the debates.