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  • Iowa caucus: Ted Cruz echoes Ronald Reagan in victory speech

    02/02/2016 8:19:02 AM PST · by GodGunsGuts · 51 replies
    Vox ^ | February 2, 2016 | Dara Lind
    "Morning is coming," said Ted Cruz as he took the stage in Iowa to declare victory in the 2016 Republican caucus.He wasn't referring to how long his victory speech went — even though it was so long that by the end no TV network was covering it. It was a deliberate callback to Republican hero Ronald Reagan, whose slogan in 1984, "Morning in America," has become a slogan of a conservative golden age. Cruz vastly overperformed expectations and outhustled Donald Trump to win 29 percent of Iowa voters. And while the length of his speech kind of distracted from its...