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No republicans for president in 2016.... we really don't want to go back to a backwards country again...in my opinion... a club for the rich and for the corporations. Just my opinion and view on the matter. I think I read that republicans in the house passed a bill to cut funding to Social Security retirement benefits for the elderly, who paid into that all their lives......we cannot have Republicans in office in 2016...... in my opinion.
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Cruz and other Republican aspirants must be measured against Pennsylvania. It is one of 18 states that have voted Democratic in six consecutive elections and that, with the District of Columbia, total 242 electoral votes.
Any candidacy premised on conceding those 18 states involves a risky path to not much more than 270 electoral votes. Writing in Politico, Democratic strategist Doug Sosnik notes that in the six elections since 1992, a majority of states have not been competitive. Thirty-one plus the District of Columbia (these have 344 electoral votes) have voted for the same party in those elections. Another eight (71 electoral votes) have voted for the same party in five of the six. This is why, Sosnik says, “almost two-thirds of the $896 million spent on television” by the two candidates in 2012 was spent in five states that have been competitive since 1992 — Ohio, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Virginia.
The Republican nominee must crack the ice that has frozen the electoral map. Cruz cannot do that by getting more votes from traditional constituencies.
Cruz and other Republican aspirants must be measured against Pennsylvania. It is one of 18 states that have voted Democratic in six consecutive elections and that, with the District of Columbia, total 242 electoral votes.
Any candidacy premised on conceding those 18 states involves a risky path to not much more than 270 electoral votes. Writing in Politico, Democratic strategist Doug Sosnik notes that in the six elections since 1992, a majority of states have not been competitive. Thirty-one plus the District of Columbia (these have 344 electoral votes) have voted for the same party in those elections. Another eight (71 electoral votes) have voted for the same party in five of the six. This is why, Sosnik says, “almost two-thirds of the $896 million spent on television” by the two candidates in 2012 was spent in five states that have been competitive since 1992 — Ohio, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Virginia.
The Republican nominee must crack the ice that has frozen the electoral map. Cruz cannot do that by getting more votes from traditional constituencies.
That's one of many opinion pieces that will be published about Cruz, and most likely Paul as well, in an attempt to discredit them prior to the primaries. And you can bet the heat will increase exponentially now that it appears major donors consider Cruz a viable candidate.
he seems to have appeal to some. We will see has people seem to be tried of the same ole ;same ole.I think last mid term showed its the economy that will dominate as it did then.
I have to admit, I was happily shocked by this news. Nearly $31Million since announcing. That is quite a bit of funding that is NOT coming from the GOP elitists.
We have term limits on the office of President, you know.....
Now that right there made me LOL - well played!
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