The new footwear could not come at a more useful time. He trailed Donald Trump 25 percent to 23 percent. He also is needling Cruz, who is responding just as adamantly, as the two, rising in the presidential polls, escalate their direct confrontations. It was like they were in witness protection, he said.
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“Now I’m not unique in that situation”, Cruz said, adding the policy cancellation was news to his own campaign manager. “I’m gonna make up a completely made-up threat and try to scare a bunch of folks into thinking someone’s going to steal their birth control.’ What nonsense”. “He backs virtually everything that I said – wouldn’t you say?” His team has quietly ramped up from earlier this year, when it had just one paid staffer.
According to the report, the real estate mogul told a news reporter that he would require Muslims who live in the United States to register themselves.
The anti-Cruz ad, which focuses on his vote in favor of the USA Freedom Act in June, is an affront to people like [USA Freedom Act co-sponsor Rep. Jim] Bridenstine, Cruz said, calling the congressman a veteran and war hero. While a poll on Friday showed his lead among Republicans dropping from 43% to 31%, it may be fanciful to think his candidacy can be derailed, since he has clearly built himself a strong support base on the far right of American politics. Cruz also will be in Tama at 4:20 p.m.at Casey’s General Store.
The Rubio campaign pointed to an amendment proposed by Cruz in 2013 that would have barred the granting of citizenship to undocumented immigrants but, instead, allowed them to receive work permits and stay in the country legally.
Store employees said the campaign hadn’t told them they were coming.
“Especially (in) a little town like Chariton here, you don’t see people like that come around, and the little people need to get their word out too and see what’s going on and get their opinion in”, said Mark Goff, 54.
A man in a bowtie and light blazer at Kasich’s Iowa State event Monday made the candidate light up when he said he’d driven six hours through the cold rain and sleet from St. Louis to see the governor in Ames.
Trump has survived a series of dust-ups since his campaign launched – ranging from angering Latinos over his Mexican wall proposal to refusing to apologize after questioning Sen. Slate repeats the poll and suggests the reason why Trump may be faltering.
Pressed by a member of the audience about why he has yet to call out Trump for a string of inflammatory statements, Cruz held firm but reiterated his belief he will ultimately prevail in the race for the White House.
With the Iowa Caucus two months away Cruz says he hopes his momentum will continue, “If conservatives continue to unite, I believe we will win here in Iowa”.
The race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination enters a new and urgent phase this week after an already brutish stretch in which the dominance of Donald Trump and Ben Carson has exasperated rivals and the party’s political class. If not Trump or Carson, Ted Cruz is starting to pull ahead in the polls, given his recent performance at debates.
Senator Cruz had plans to stop in Clinton and Bettendorf this afternoon following his stop in Coralville.
“You’ve seen “Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby”?”
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Voters who met Cruz over the weekend appreciated the effort.
