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The move is the latest indication of a run to come, and a bruising one at that. A super PAC closely aligned with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is making a major expansion, bringing on a top Republican strategist and establishing its headquarters in Atlanta. It is a move that comes as the Florida governor takes steps toward launching a widely-expected presidential run. Jeff Roe, who previously ran Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign, has signed on to be an adviser to the super PAC, Never Back Down, according to an operative with direct knowledge of the move.

So, looks like I got another prediction wrong. I wrote back in December that if and when Trump lost, he would claim that the vote was rigged. Incorrect. As it turns out, he ended up claiming that Cruz cheated. This is the single dumbest thing he’s done since he got into the race, including his decision to skip the Fox debate — which even he thinks might have hurt him. Ted Cruz didn't win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. Bad!— Donald J....

FYI: BACKGROUND ON "VOTER-SHAMING"/"VOTER REPORT CARDS" From the American Thinker: 'Vote-Shaming': An Effective Leftist Strategy http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/10/voteshaming_an_effective_leftist_strategy.html "While campaigns nationwide are hysterically ramping up their 'get out the vote' (GOTV) efforts, Democrats are banking on a strategy that worked for them in 2012, hoping it will give them an edge and allow them to eke out some victories." [....] "This kind of tactic could never work on conservative, independent, Republican, or Libertarian voters. Our DNA does not include the sheeple gene, and we are just not cut from the groupthink cloth. " From Rush Limbaugh: New Democrat Tactic: "Voter Shaming" http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/10/29/new_democrat_tactic_voter_shaming...