The Ruling Class of the Republican Party may not like him, but those who are most likely to show up to a GOP presidential primary or caucus clearly favor Cruz by an overwhelming margin at this juncture.
Presidential preference polls and straw polls tend to be very fluid this far out from a campaign season, but it's difficult to imagine Cruz committing a major gaffe or making the same strategic errors Marco Rubio has made.
Some may point out the absence of Chris Christie or Jeb Bush at the conference, but does anyone really think the results would have been different?
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won the Values Voter Summit straw poll on Saturday, cementing his title as the de facto leader of the conservative movement.
Cruz took 42 percent support, while physician Ben Carson and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum both took 13 percent support — but Carson came in ahead of Santorum by one vote. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) came in fourth with six percent and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) took fifth with five percent support.
Cruz's win comes as little surprise as his Friday-morning speech drew heavy applause and his deft management of a handful of hecklers ensured his speech overshadowed the other rising conservative stars that spoke after him. And he's emerged in recent weeks as the face of conservatism after taking the lead on a strategy to defund ObamaCare, which ultimately led to the current government shutdown.
Cruz was, notably, one of the few speakers to mention the shutdown in his remarks on Friday — and urged conservatives to keep up the fight against ObamaCare.......More on the story HERE
Yahoo has the complete results HERE
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3 comments:
Just as Huckabee did at the same time last cycle.
And that meant lot, eh?
And btw, Michele Bachmann came third in the VP straw poll.
Yes, that Values Voter gig is a very credible indicator lol
Teddy is experiencing his 15 minutes.
By next election season, he will be another spent corpse on the scrap heap of tea party POTUS wannabes.
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