However, the reality is that TedCruz accomplished everything he wanted to do yesterday. … Yesterday, before the votes started, I said that TedCruz wanted to do three things. … If you’re a TedCruz fan, there’s no reason to despair today. Cruz accomplished exactly what he set out to accomplish.…
Especially in Michigan where TedCruz, we were assured, was out of step with Midwestern voters and Rubio was in his “lane.” … Rubio sits in a distant third in delegates, hundreds behind Trump and Cruz.…
The poll understates Cruz by 26 points. How do you even do that? … polling trend:
Recent individual polls:
The fact that the RCP average was very close on Trump, Kasich, and Rubio but understated Ted … It misses Cruz by 19. It misses Rubio by 10, or I could say by 200%.…
Mississippi: Donald Trump won a whopping 47.3% of the vote, while TedCruz won a giant 36.3%. … Michigan: Donald Trump won 37.5% of the vote, TedCruz won 24.9%, and John Kasich won 24.3%. … As a result, the delegate count is 20 for TedCruz, 12 for Donald Trump, none for the rest.…
Hawaii (19 delegates): (Probably Trump 9, Cruz around 5)
Idaho (32 delegates): Cruz 20, Trump 12. +8 Cruz over Trump. … So, right now Donald Trump is having a good night, as he has increased his lead over TedCruz by 10 delegates, and by 53 over John … Hawaii won’t make much difference on the delegate front for Kasich or Rubio, but it might be good news for TedCruz. …
Fox News has made the call and TedCruz is the projected winner in tonight’s Idaho primary. … It’s not an upset, in that Cruz always had a really good chance of taking the state.…
Despite the fact that he wasn’t polling over 20% in Michigan at all, according to RealClearPolitics, TedCruz has made a big play in … The scenario hasn’t yet fully played out, but if the trend continues, then it becomes abundantly clear that TedCruz does have momentum … Not Cruz and Kasich battling for second place.…
Idaho stood as a state where TedCruz had a good chance to win tonight, and so far, he is showing that he can. … It is early yet and only 10% of the vote is in but so far, TedCruz shows the way:
That 23.6% number for Rubio is critical … If Cruz wins this race it is important. Why?…
Donald Trump has claimed victories in Mississippi and Michigan, Idaho becomes a key state for candidates Marco Rubio and especially, Ted … Cruz. … TedCruz
16 percent would vote for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
5 percent prefer Ohio Gov.…
With John Kasich near 30% for the longest time, and TedCruz well above the 15% threshold, Trump will not get a dominant majority of … The reason for that is, while it was expected that Kasich would give Trump a solid run for his money in Michigan, Cruz is eyeing the…
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Amid headlines stating that Republican attacks are slowing Donald Trump, that Both Cruz … Bump’s piece in the “The Fix,” he suggests that because the one-on-one ABC News/Washington Post poll hypothetical matchups between Cruz … Cruz by a comfortable 13 point margin and Rubio by a much tighter six point margin:
TedCruz – 54%
Donald Trump 41%
Marco Rubio…
TedCruz? Or have you been aggressively searching the internet hoping to discover yourself which Senators made the endorsements? … Thanks to Katherine Krueger, the breaking news editor at TPM in New York City, we learn that the Cruz presidential campaign does not … Cruz for President.…
March 7, 1:44 PM: Why Obama Says Bank Reform Is a Success but Bernie Sanders Says It’s a Failure
March 7, 2:16 PM: Here’s Something Ted … Cruz and Bernie Sanders Have in Common: And the Piece of the Argument That Bernie Doesn’t Get Quite Right.…
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-hawaii-dirty-tricks … Cruz:
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— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 8, 2016
That isn’t good enough for … And now the Rubio campaign is trying to raise money by accusing TedCruz of quoting CNN:
All of this is nonsense.…
When it comes to the grassroots, it is hard to deny Ted Cruz’s appeal. … TedCruz won the Senate Conservatives Fund’s 2016 presidential straw poll with 65 percent of the vote, beating out real estate mogul … I’m sure Senator Cruz will tout this, as he should.…
Sam Slom has endorsed TedCruz for President.
Hawaii state Sen. … And now he’s backing TedCruz. … But a key endorsement sure isn’t going to leave the Cruz campaign unhappy today.…
If that were to happen, I would happily put my support behind TedCruz. Can Cruz win? … But doing the, “Rubio is my guy and TedCruz sucks and I hate him!” … Would you rather TedCruz or Marco Rubio shaping tax policy or Hillary Clinton?…
However, later into the day and overnight, the blame shifted away from the media and toward TedCruz. … Blame TedCruz for the rumors your guy is dropping out? Whether or not that did happen, how does placing that blame help?…
Cruz Closes the Gap on Trump
A new Morning Consult national poll finds that Sen. … TedCruz is gaining on the bombastic billionaire Donald Trump:
Cruz picked up eight percentage points to pull within 17 points of … Cruz – 23%
Marco Rubio – 14%
John Kasich – 10%
Someone Else – 5%
The poll, also finds that Mitt Romney’s speech last week condemning…
By all accounts, TedCruz had a great day on Saturday, scoring surprise wins over Trump in Kansas and Maine (by fairly comfortable … Today, TedCruz needs to do three things in order to keep his momentum going, in no particular order.
1. … Maybe Cruz wins? Maybe Kasich wins? Maybe Reagan’s corpse wins?…
One of the remarkable things about the run TedCruz has compiled is that he has done it on the strength largely of state and local … “I urge my fellow Mississippians to join me in standing behind TedCruz tomorrow.” … Cruz is right: his odds in Mississippi remain long, but the last-minute endorsement of Bryant could help Cruz mount a last minute charge…
