Cruz: New Hampshire, Iowa Show Only I Can Beat Trump

The Texas Tribune ^ | Feb. 10, 2016 | Patrick Svitek

[justlittleoleme]

"You cannot beat Donald Trump coming from the left," Cruz told reporters here before a rally. "You see more moderate candidates standing on the debate stage and saying, 'Gosh, Donald, we need more amnesty. Gosh, Donald, don't be so tough on radical Islamic terrorism.' That's not going to work."

"The only way to beat Donald Trump is to highlight the simple truth of his record," Cruz added. "It is not conservative."

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After coming in first in the Iowa caucuses, Cruz finished a distant third behind Trump on Tuesday night in New Hampshire, though he joked he deserves the same credit Marco Rubio got a week earlier for beating expectations in Iowa.

"I am looking forward to a week of wall-to-wall coverage on Fox News of the impressive third-place finish," Cruz said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

[nopardons]

Try looking at the posts by many CRUZ CULTISTS! LOL

That post was paraphrasing what a Cruz supporter had posted about Ted, on another thread.

[lee martell]

As with Ted Kennedy, The ‘Lyin’ of the left.

[nopardons]

Except for the rabid Cruz supporters here.

He absolutely COULD transform the idiotic, brainwashed children who protest him at his rallies.

[Aleya2Fairlie]

Spectacular! Thanks! Needed a laught!

[samtheman]

NH shows Cruz can beat Trump. Wow.

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You have to understand the nuance.

Cruz is a really nuanced guy. His supporters are loaded to the hilt with nuance.

(Nuance is much more important than arithmetic, just in case you are wondering.)

[nopardons]

Oh PLEASE stop with that fantasy!

Cruz wouldn't add a damned thing to a Trump ticket and he isn't even ELIGIBLE for the VEEP position !

[nopardons]

Yes. :-)

[nopardons]

No...I think that Cruz and his supporters are loaded with something alright, but it’s something other than “nuance”; more like what one finds in the pastures of a dairy farm.

[JediJones]

LOL, love Cruz’ dig at Fox News. I saw the similar line on here last night and immediately stole it. Cruz has great comedic instincts.

[Political Junkie Too]

He has no record. We don't know how he would have voted,

I know that a few months ago Mark Levin was saying "he has no record, he's not responsible for the mess the government created." That's why people are flocking to Trump, because he's seen as not being a part of the problem.

-PJ

[DoughtyOne]

“;^)

[JediJones]

Trump represents the only hope for getting enough crossover and independent votes to overcome those tit sucking parasites.

YOU COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG! Democrats and liberals DESPISE Trump more than any other candidate. He has done worse than Cruz and the others in EVERY general election poll. You people can't keep spewing these baseless and wrong assumptions about Trump's general election viability when all the evidence says the opposite. Please research the facts before you post bad advice that will hand the election to the Dems.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/donald-trump-is-really-unpopular-with-general-election-voters/

Contra Rupert Murdoch’s assertion about Trump having crossover appeal, Trump is extraordinarily unpopular with independent voters and Democrats. Gallup polling conducted over the past six weeks found Trump with a -27-percentage-point net favorability rating among independent voters, and a -70-point net rating among Democrats; both marks are easily the worst in the GOP field. (Trump also has less-than-spectacular favorable ratings among his fellow Republicans.)

[samtheman]

I thought nuance was just a fancy word for what you are describing.

:)

[CottonBall]

I didn’t say he added anything. I figure the only way to get him to drop out is to dangle a carrot in front of him. And let his voters know before they go to an establishment candidate.

You didn’t read the scenario that would make it necessary - if there is one establishment candidate plus Trump and Cruz left, probably before March 15 is when it would matter. Not being stuck with an establishment candidate is crucial.

I vote for Sessions as veep otherwise. He brings the south and solid conservatism with no baggage.

[JediJones]

Trump is a two-fold disaster. He gets all the hatred from the left that the most staunchest, hard-core conservative would get but he actually holds very moderate positions on the issues. So he gives us all the electoral headaches and none of the rewards.

[CottonBall]

“Cruz has great comedic instincts.”

Did you forget your sarcasm tag?

[nopardons]

I don't know WHERE you got that drivel, but it's wrong.

It may be anecdotal, but there are far more blacks and disaffected Dems who say that they support Trump than any other candidate. And look at who voted for Trump in the N.H. Primary, yesterday.

[CottonBall]

“He gets all the hatred from the left that the most staunchest, hard-core conservative would get but he actually holds very moderate positions on the issues”

Is that why Cruz has copied his positions?

[nopardons]

Unsubstantiated opinion, by an extremely biased poster.

[nopardons]

I read it, but I have also read, on FR, many Cruz supporters say that they would vote for that ticket.

Also, Ted is NOT a NBC!