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kpete

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:37 PM Oct 2013

'It took Cruz 16 days to improve the Dems position by 5 points-Imagine What He Could Do In 6 months'

Steve Lombardo @Steve_Lombardo
It took Ted Cruz 16 days to improve the Democrats position on the generic ballot 5 points. Imagine what he can accomplish in next 6 months


https://twitter.com/Steve_Lombardo/statuses/390874310748807168


More from Daniel Larison (THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE):

… Cruz is capable of recognizing when he has reached a dead end, but he is indifferent to the damage done to anyone but himself. Anyone who wants to follow a leader like that should be prepared to be ill-treated and misled from start to finish.


http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/cruzs-preposterous-spin/
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/10/17/open-thread-mr-popularity/
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'It took Cruz 16 days to improve the Dems position by 5 points-Imagine What He Could Do In 6 months' (Original Post) kpete Oct 2013 OP
Much depends on how the Dems play the upcoming budget battle, winter is coming Oct 2013 #1

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
1. Much depends on how the Dems play the upcoming budget battle,
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:40 PM
Oct 2013

especially with regards to entitlements. If we fart around with mealy-mouthed redefinitions that are merely thinly disguised cuts, we will squander the ground we've just gained and likely lose in November.

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