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Yikes, Cruz drops to 3rd.
1 posted on 02/04/2016 5:04:07 AM PST by patq
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To: patq

Thats sounds about right, Rubio is surging of course.


2 posted on 02/04/2016 5:05:57 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey (You don't have to like Trump, his enemies certainly don't.)
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Rubio’s a splitter.


3 posted on 02/04/2016 5:06:17 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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Time for Cruz to drop out and endorse Trump.


4 posted on 02/04/2016 5:06:29 AM PST by Helicondelta
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Predicted, right?


5 posted on 02/04/2016 5:06:44 AM PST by austinaero
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What happened to Kasich? He was second.


6 posted on 02/04/2016 5:09:17 AM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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Excuse me for a moment?

'Smelling salts for Cincy, defibrillator for Libbylu!'

7 posted on 02/04/2016 5:09:23 AM PST by Byron_the_Aussie (Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
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I can't hear you. La..la..la.

11 posted on 02/04/2016 5:11:54 AM PST by McGruff (We're not in Iowa anymore Heidi.)
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Cruz better go for Rubio’s throat or he’s going to have an early problem.


13 posted on 02/04/2016 5:12:12 AM PST by toddausauras ( Leftplosion.)
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Fox News and the rest of the MSM are having Rubiogasms to help ensure he’s the GOPe pick to lose to Hillary.


17 posted on 02/04/2016 5:13:36 AM PST by peyton randolph (Crossing the Concern Troll Union's picket line)
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Better watch out people. Trump/Cruz keep up this idiocy and Rubio is going to win the nomination.


20 posted on 02/04/2016 5:16:54 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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As expected all of the moderates are doing much better in NH.


22 posted on 02/04/2016 5:17:57 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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Rubio’s going to win this race. The unnecessary war of 1 and 2 in Iowa gave him new life, and he’s going to clear the field early of all the old school establishment guys by the time SC primary ends. He’ll probably get 2nd in NH and take command of the narrative.

DT, in particular, misplayed January in an effort to knock off Cruz when he needed Cruz to finish 1st in Iowa and try to build a convincing 2nd place finish. Instead he faded to almost 3rd.

Cruz had a bad month, too, but he won the event, which was their goal. He’s not well positioned moving forward. He needed to have a good close to Iowa and needed to have a much better victory speech to open some eyes. Obama gained momentum with his original Iowa win, but he also had a tremendous speech afterwards that catapulted him the rest of the way. Cruz had a long, meandering speech not aimed at the TV audience, but the people in the room. Not strategically smart, and unless he has a surprising performance in NH or SC, he’s not going to build any more momentum.


23 posted on 02/04/2016 5:20:22 AM PST by ilgipper
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Since 1976 when Iowa became the first state caucus or primary, every candidate who won the GOP nomination for President finished both in the top three in Iowa and finished either first or second in New Hampshire.

If this poll is correct for New Hampshire, then according to this historic trend, the GOP nominee for 2016 will be Trump or Rubio. Both finished in the top 3 in Iowa and finished in the top 2 in New Hampshire.

<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucuses

<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary

24 posted on 02/04/2016 5:22:44 AM PST by dsm69 (Boycott News Media/Hollywood Advertisers)
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Despite what Rush and some others have said, the fact of the matter is that Rubio is the establishments last remaining hope of having a seat at the table come convention time.

Once past N.H. and S.C. Rubio will sink like a rock. The folks down South are not as forgiving about what he did as the moonbat infected state of N.H.

The objective by the Rino forces and some democrats to kneecap Trump are now doomed to fail. Rubio doesn't have the ground game to beat him. If those opposed to Trump had instead gone to Cruz...the Donald may have been tripped up.

Now it is too late as Rubio has destroyed that plan.
Trump will now go on to win the nomination. After N.H. there is no way to trip him up...much less stop him. They missed their chance by backing Rubio.

It MAY still be Trump/Cruz...but a lot of forgiving will have to take place before that happens. But I think the delegate count will decide that...whether both sides like it or not.

25 posted on 02/04/2016 5:23:43 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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I can see why you're confused. Cruz is not third and Rubio is not second and Trump is not first. No one has voted in Mass yet. The problem is you've put your hope and faith into a man who thinks polls are actual votes, so you've experienced so much cognitive dissonance that it's hard for you to discern reality anymore. Reality is still here waiting for you.
26 posted on 02/04/2016 5:25:24 AM PST by demshateGod (Trump: We will have to leave borders behind and go for global unity)
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New Hampshire. Which really is just a suburb of Mass.


28 posted on 02/04/2016 5:26:31 AM PST by demshateGod (Trump: We will have to leave borders behind and go for global unity)
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“Yikes, Cruz drops to 3rd. “

Funny. That’s exactly what the Trumpers said before Iowa..


37 posted on 02/04/2016 5:41:19 AM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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Rubio is now the GOPe establishment’s hope for their number one “issue”, and that is an endless spigot of cheap foreign labor, Rubio is their guy, the establishment pro-amnesty agenda, Rubio is their guy, the do not question “refugees” because it might also bring up questions about illegal aliens which the establishment loves, Rubio will be bought to speak no evil about “refugees” with the Bush donor money that will be coming Rubio’s way soon, Rubio is their guy, the neo-con and pro-amnesty Chamber of Commerce Bushbots crowd on FOX working for the Karl Rove et all GOPe establishment which is finally coming to grips that Bush isn’t going to win nor stop the anti-amnesty nationalist Trump, Rubio is now their guy, millions and millions of dollars from the cheap-labor crowd who would actually pretend being against illegal immigration if they could reinstate slavery and replace one form of cheap labor with another and which any form of cheap labor is good cheap labor including 800,000 Somali slave class is a gopd day, Rubio is their guy.

Rubio is now their guy. He was part if the Gang of Eight. Now, when they tell the Bush donors to give their money to Rubio, Rubio will talk nice words about America’s values of welcoming illegal invasion of foreigners and about taking down walls that divide America from American values of cheap labor for America a Nation built on lettuce and how wonderful are his new Cuban supporters who are right now coming enmass but sort really do not hate Castro and sort of like socialism and the great American “safety belt”, what to speak of all those cute Zika virus folks from South of the Border who like AIDS can transfer the virus with sexual intercourse and not just mosquitos and of course it is an American value to help these people along with the white trash who goes to bed with the cute illegal Zikaliens and have sex with them and introduces the new AIDS into Los Angeles and Rubio will come around and support “affordable healthcare” as an American value along with taking the same big crony capitalism “health care” interests money, Rubio is their guy.

Who will Trump call “stupid” next? All you fools who are going to go Rubio. I hope Trumps says it loud and clear, even if Cruz and FOX objects.


45 posted on 02/04/2016 5:58:58 AM PST by ShivaFan
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Watch for the gay Rubio rumors to start circulating


47 posted on 02/04/2016 6:03:49 AM PST by struggle
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So, when is the sling-shot effect going to kick in for Bush and Kasich?

Bush claimed he would win NH.

Kasich was said to be in a strong #2 position a couple of weeks ago.


51 posted on 02/04/2016 6:32:43 AM PST by TomGuy
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