Posted on 01/31/2016 11:39:50 AM PST by Red Steel
Is this a + or a - ???
Well I fully expected to win the powerball...I suppose I should have purchased a ticket though...
Still feel cocky?
I do.
Only 5000 votes separated Cruz from Trump.
5,000 votes don’t speak for the rest of America.
Let’s see how things shake out in NH and SC.
My cockiness might decline or grow depending on the
outcome in NH and SC.
Only one problem. Everyone, all pundits from FOX to CNN, said that if the turn out is a record it will be huge for Trump and Rubio an very bad for Cruz. Even the vast number of Trumpets here on FR said the same thing.
I watched and listened how they pointed out a high number of new voters would hurt Cruz and that Rubio could take second and Cruz third, with trump winning by 15% or more.
So, we get a record 183,000 voters in the Republican caucus, and what happened? Well, Cruz received a record number of votes. To me, that is Huge because he should have came in third, not first.
Spin it how you want, I go by what everyone said it would happen. Cruz was only supposed to win if the turn out was low.
Sorry, but Trump got trumped
What am I spinning?
Cruz won last night in a VERY evangelical state.
He won by 6000 votes.
6000 Iowa voters will NOT determine the outcome in other states.
In fact if you divide the number of votes Ted won by(6000)
by the number of caucus locations(1600)
Ted only won by 3.75 votes per caucus location.
Not that impressive for a state made for Cruz.
Iowa does not matter. No other state is like it.
Trump did fine last night for a novice....with zero political background!!! Trump received more then 45,000 votes, the highest ever attained by a Republican other then Ted Cruz who literally lived in Iowa for months!!! Trump will do OK...he is never a quitter!!!
Trump is a political newbie in hostile territory. He came in a strong second. Frankly he looked pretty happy last night to me. Now he takes NH, SC and NV. Boom, boom, boom and then Fla.
When you and all your friends said he would and could not win.
Wow. For the past two Months you guys are flying around FR claiming that after Trump wins Iowa, it will be over and he will run the table.
Now he loses, and you are like, DUH!
Too funny. You guys are beginning to sound like the left after Al Gore lost to Bush.
As for the state made for Cruz, you may have forgot something, there were three staunch conservative Christians fighting for the evangelical vote. Plus, Cruz was the only one to be publicly against ethanol subsidies. The the reason he actually lost many farmland areas to Rubio.
So I am not shocked it was that tight. You just cannot accept the fact that trump got stumped. When he was supposed to win by 15% or more over the 2nd place finisher. AHH, which became him.
LOL
I guess I was right. It was a worthless poll.
Bummer. LOL
I guess I was right. The article and the poll was worthless.
Don’t you hate it when something you cling to is proven to be worthless?
Oh wait, now you will claim it was such a small win.
When every trump supporter on this post called Ted finished.
Oops, maybe you all should await the vote before bragging.
By the way, no bragging by me ahead of the NH vote, just positive feelings for a good show.
Do you know how to read?
Cruz beat Trump in Iowa. The Sun rose this morning.
And life went on.
It is a very evangelical state.
I’m surprised Trump pulled in 21% evangelicals.
Celebrate your victory. And then it’s onward to NH.
They were ALL worthless. Emerson was an accident. I think all polling took a big hit Monday.
One good thing is that the twerp Silver also was wrong.
I think Trump is in great shpae. I do not worry for one second about Ted Cruz....IMHO, he is a limited candidate with not broad acceptance. The team of Ted Cruz & Glenn Beck tells it all!!! and DJT is correct Ted Cruz has a hateful, nasty streak...........and, it shows broadly!!!
Ya know......that Iowa caucus for both the Republicans and Democrats is badly flawed, not to mention, not tightly controlled administatively. Every time they go through it....they mess it up!!! Wise up, Iowa and dump it....Go back to a normal voting primatry. That Clinton/Sanders gig was a bad joke!!!
The good news is that is already forgotten, today!!!
I agree. Trump needs to forget about Cruz and start attacking Rubio who the GOPe and the MSM are going to be pimping day and night from now on.
Yes sweet ain’t it?
Course, there goes any argument that Cruz “does better” against Cankles than Trump cuz we can’t believe the polls.
I’ll give you that.
And that is why they play the game.
In this case vote
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