Posted on 01/31/2016 11:19:49 AM PST by justlittleoleme
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz explains why he opposes farm subsidies as well as biofuel mandates.
Video @ link
It is wrong to have feds pick winners and these farmers know this.
Wow. Calm, cool, collected, explanation complete and understandable and Cruz didn’t have him thrown out without his coat.
This is how a leader behaves.
Cruz put all his political eggs in the IA basket.
How brave of him to sacrifice them all.
This is just a sampling... I believe he has done this and more since he has been visiting all of the counties in IOWA.
Ted Cruz is a good man. He has my vote, and my families vote as well.
Did he call anyone a loser?
For Example:
Why Cruz's Last-Minute Ads Attack Rubio, Not Trump
In the final week before the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz’s campaign has quietly shifted its TV attack ads from hitting Donald Trump to hitting Marco Rubio, sparking speculation that he's worried about a late surge by his Florida colleague.
But the final Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows that Cruz isn’t in danger of being overtaken by the Florida senator. Rubio rose from to 15 percent from 12 percent among likely Republican caucus-goers in early January, but the poll also found that he dipped by a few points over the four days that it was conducted. Cruz was in second place with 23 percent, while Trump led with 28 percent.
Cruz’s strategy behind the Rubio attack is more complicated. The Floridian's supporters are more willing to switch their allegiance to another candidate than Trump’s.
A whopping 71 percent of Trump’s supporters say they’re certain they’ll vote for him, compared to just 29 percent who may yet switch, the Iowa Poll found. Among Rubio’s supporters, 47 percent were committed while 53 percent said they may switch to another candidate.
The poll also found that Cruz is the clear second choice of Rubio voters, by a two-to-one margin.
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The Cruz campaign also wants to prevent Rubio from gaining traction and staying in the race, a scenario that could jeopardize Cruz's hopes of being seen as the clear alternative to Trump. A strong third-place finish for Rubio in Iowa could help him going in to New Hampshire, where he and Cruz, among several other candidates, are battling for second place behind Trump in recent polls.
But I don't think this was Ted's first proposal for ethanol.
I believe this is exactly the same as Trump proposed and it looks like Ted has evolved.
I'm going to go back and read it again and try to find what Trump said and see how they line up going into the caucus.
Nope and even better I think he secured the support of that farmer as well by the end of that conversation.
Amen!
For too long we've all been guilty of wanting the "other guy's subsidies" eliminated and at the same time saying our subsidies are too important to be eliminated. Cruz is so right that the govt shouldn't pick winners and losers. The whole reason we have crony capitalism so dominant in our country is because govt is picking winners and losers.
This is how a leader behaves.
I agree with Cruz on this, but don't agree that he has a better chance of beating Hillary than Donald Trump.
More Americans are angry voters this time around, and are against the inside-the-beltway crowd, of which Cruz and Hillary are two.
Hillary getting beat is more important to me than ethanol, and Trump WILL BEAT HILLARY. Period.
If Cruz comes in second on Monday, that won't hurt him, but if he comes in third, the press will rip him to shreds, so he will have a lot of work to day.
After IA and NH wins, Trump should have no problem walking away with most of the SEC Primary wins. He’s only 5 points behind Cruz in Texas and if Cruz keeps going the way he has this past week, even that could change.
Cruz did really well here to explain his stance on the issue, and he’s right on the money.
I’m for Trump, but good on Cruz.
Can we get a double Amen!
Good move for the rest of the country, political poison in Iowa. Credit where credit is due, Cruz took a principled stand and it was the right one, but it’s going to cost him the win there, imho.
That is what you can depend on Cruz to do, stand on principle whether or not it benefits him politically. This is why liberals hate him.
He has my vote!
GO TED CRUZ!!
Cruz has a lot riding on a win in Iowa, moreso than Trump or Rubio.
Most evangelicals will see Trump's Bible waiving, attacks on other candidates, and no need for forgiveness as inauthentic.
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