Why Ted Cruz is now the Republican front-runner

The Washington Examiner ^ | February 9, 2015 | Philip Klein

[Enlightened1]

Agree and well said!

[Pollster1]

I did catch the point (which requires reading the article - generally considered bad form before commenting). Cruz is my top choice, and I agree with the points in the article, but I still don’t consider Cruz the front runner. Trump is the front runner and I’m hoping Cruz can beat him despite that. I also worry a lot about the insider (probably Jeb) staying in to the end despite mediocre results and winning a brokered convention.

[MARKUSPRIME]

Cruz will not win Tennessee bank on it

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

The South Carolina electorate is much closer to the Iowa electorate. In 2012, evangelicals were 65 percent of the electorate and very conservative voters were 36 percent of the electorate.

The analysis makes sense, but I don't see it being a lock for Cruz.

Hopefully the media will start to focus on Trump's history. Beck and Levin have, and Rush has been somewhat critical.

[MARKUSPRIME]

Beck lmao

[montag813]

I am hearing Trump has a better ground game in SC than people think. But in Super Tuesday states, Trump’s presence is “non-existent.” It will come down to Cruz’ legions vs. Trump’s gamble that mass media over so many disparate states will win the day.

[snippy_about_it]

I agree with your statement on Trump in the South. The Rebel South will pick the non pc candidate and that is Trump. In SC we are pro business and Trump’s business sense will win as well as his non pic talk on illegal immigration and Islam. We are very pro military,

I don’t think our strong evangelical population will play a huge roll because our relationship with God is one on one and we don’t rely on politicians to save us.

It will be Trump as the winner in SC.

[JediJones]

NH is a very different, freakish, outlier electorate. Their definition of “very conservative” isn’t the same as Iowa or other states.

[JediJones]

Cruz is far, far more than a social conservative. He is a brilliant, studied conservative on foreign policy, economic policy and the Constitution. He is a much more informed and reliable conservative than Trump on every issue.

[SmokingJoe]

% of GOP voters who say theyâ are very conservatve and evangelcal

Iowa: 40%, 62%
NH: 27%, 25%
SC: 36%, 65%

Cruz CRUSHED Trump amongst the evangelicals and the very conservative in Iowa. SOUTH Carolina is very much like Iowa. New Hampshire is the LEAST religious state in the country and the 5th most liberal. Perfection for Trump. South Carolina and the general SEC states are perfect for Cruz. Trump is toast.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Yes, there are no conservatives in NH, except the ones that voted for Cruz, if that helps you feel any better, Jedi :-)

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Cruz CRUSHED Trump amongst the evangelicals

Says the idiot Smoking Joe in a thread titled: "Trump dominates every demographic."

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Oh, nevermind, I confused what thread I was responding in. Nevermind.

[Diogenesis]

“Dirty trick” Cruz was NOT reliable on ObamaTRADE,
except for Goldman Sachs because he
and the wife were bought off SECRETLY.

[Caipirabob]

[SmokingJoe]

Read what I said:
Cruz CRUSHED Trump amongst the evangelicals and the very conservative IN IOWA. South Carolina is just like Iowa. And it’s got vastly more conservatives and evangelicals than New Hampshire.

[SmokingJoe]

The moronic , illiterate Trumpbot can’t even read.

[LS]

Sigh. This is getting like the sports media: yeah, Eagles lose 4 of first 6 games but they are the “ favorites.”

[DH]

Donald Trump may have come out of New Hampshire with the victory, but Sen. Ted Cruz has emerged as the Republican front-runner.

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So, let me see if I got this right: A bunch of athletes run a race. One is first across the finish line and another is third across the finish line...but the one who finished first is not the winner but the one who finished third is??????????

Up is down, right is left, dark is light and someone has a very misconstrued logic to think the winner is the loser....and that is you.