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TED CRUZ: DC ESTABLISHMENT ‘TERRIFIED’ BY GRASSROOTS CONSERVATIVES FUELING CAMPAIGN
Breitbart ^ | 5-12-15 | by BREITBART NEWS

Posted on 05/12/2015 5:58:19 PM PDT by kingattax

The Washington establishment is “terrified” by grassroots conservatives who are powering Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)96% ’s (R-TX) presidential campaign with small-dollar donations.

In an interview from South Carolina’s Freedom Summit that aired on Breitbart News Sunday, Cruz scoffed at a New York Times story that brushed off his chances of winning the GOP nomination because “Cruz has done nothing to endear himself to the elites.” Political scientists the Times interviewed after Cruz announced his candidacy in late March asserted that “the single most important determinant of the outcome of the nomination is the support from party elites” like donors, establishment officials and various special interest group leaders.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; donate; fundraising; tedcruz
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1 posted on 05/12/2015 5:58:19 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

Look at my tagline... LOL


2 posted on 05/12/2015 5:59:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: kingattax

20 years from now Lindsey Graham will say how much he supported Ted Cruz.

They do everything they can to repress the grassroots, but when it’s wildly successful they leech off it for years.


3 posted on 05/12/2015 6:02:04 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: kingattax
He does seem to be edging toward 'inevitable' status.

Of course, that is fine by me, since I have an agenda and want to vote for a real conservative.

It's why I send money to the Cruz campaign.

/johnny

4 posted on 05/12/2015 6:02:07 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: Shadow44

20 years from now Linda will finally have come out of the closet and will be wearing a blue dress.


5 posted on 05/12/2015 6:04:58 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: kingattax

Cruz picked up the ultimate GOPe insider guy in Saul Anuzis in Michigan. I don’t like or trust Anuzis but its a serious plus for Cruz to get the right people on his side.

Sounds like they’ve known each other for a few years.


6 posted on 05/12/2015 6:08:24 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: kingattax
“the single most important determinant of the outcome of the nomination is the support from party elites” like donors, establishment officials and various special interest group leaders.

And isn't that a shame? Exactly backwards. See tagline.

7 posted on 05/12/2015 6:12:27 PM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Government is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V)
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And isn't that a shame? Exactly backwards. See tagline.

Really?

1. No Republican is going to win the election without the support of the vast majority of those calling themselves Republican, including the GOP-E.
2. Don't confuse Cruz's acknowledgement of this fact with being a primary factor in the direction of his policy positions.
8 posted on 05/12/2015 6:31:17 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: upchuck
“the single most important determinant of the outcome of the nomination is the support from party elites” like donors, establishment officials and various special interest group leaders.

And isn't that a shame? Exactly backwards. See tagline.


The next statement in the article:
Cruz told Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon that he thought the “whole point of the campaign” was running against Washington’s bipartisan permanent political class.

9 posted on 05/12/2015 6:36:08 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: kingattax; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; MountainDad; aposiopetic; ...
    Ted Cruz Ping!

    If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
    Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

    CRUZ or LOSE!

10 posted on 05/12/2015 6:54:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: kingattax; INVAR; dp0622; left that other site; GregoTX; SgtHooper; Whenifhow; Loud Mime; ...
    Daily Digest Ted Cruz Ping!

    If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
    Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

    CRUZ or LOSE!


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11 posted on 05/12/2015 7:00:50 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: kingattax

That reminds me...time to make a donation.


12 posted on 05/12/2015 7:04:55 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: servantboy777

Donate to the candidate you like, not to the RNC (who just spend it on consultants who oppose true conservatives, as happened in states like Mississippi recently).


13 posted on 05/12/2015 7:41:40 PM PDT by research99
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Former RNC Chairman Hayley Barbour, devoted funds to get-out-the-vote efforts for Senator Thad Cochran in Democratic communities in Mississippi (to oppose the true conservative in a runoff, Chris McDaniel). http://www.cbsnews.com/news/haley-barbour-group-funded-black-turnout-in-thad-cochran-reelection/
14 posted on 05/12/2015 7:45:46 PM PDT by research99
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To: kingattax

Personally speaking, it’s a little early for anyone to “fear” anybody. “Fear” does seem to stand out as the go-to phrase for us conservatives. Our candidate is always “feared” by the Left, or by other candidates, or by the media, or by the Establishment.

Right now the candidates are all plowing the ground to attract money and donors and have barely if at all begun to scratch the surface to get votes.

What I like best about Cruz is that he is our answer to the Rand Paul contingency in the R Party. Cruz is counter Establishment culture and everyone knows it.

He is also MUCH better at it than Rand Paul. The Libertarians have tilled some ground against the Establishment machine and we need to take advantage of it.

Remember how Romney and Rinse PreBus changed the rules to knock out gains of the Libertarians at the state conventions.


15 posted on 05/12/2015 7:55:35 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: research99

Guys like Barbour really do a number on our cause.

There was a time when I thought he was a pretty stand up guy. Boy was I wrong.


16 posted on 05/12/2015 8:20:15 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: cripplecreek

Cruz is an insider. He is supporting the globalist TPP which will do more to erode national sovereignty than any bill in the last 20 years. I’m not sure what paleo conservatives or Tea Party types see in this guy.


17 posted on 05/12/2015 8:51:02 PM PDT by sunrise_sunset
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To: Shadow44

20 years from now Lindsey Graham will admit he was a babbling fool, babbling.


18 posted on 05/12/2015 9:06:14 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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To: dp0622

Or will have finally had the sex change and become a male.


19 posted on 05/12/2015 9:07:47 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/


20 posted on 05/12/2015 9:08:47 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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