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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident Cruz joins
President Gingrich, President Huckabee, President Bachmann and President Santorum in winning Iowa. Yeah, all them won Iowa too.
Put another way, Iowans are out of step with the rest of the country. I don't think Iowans could pick a winner in a one horse race.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)It's just what I needed to hear tonight.
Cyrano
(15,057 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)when it comes to Iowa Democrats it's a whole lot different!
Cyrano
(15,057 posts)where Republican candidates who win become irrelevant.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Cruz has too many enemies in his own party to go anywhere except maybe a deep south state or Texas and get the repubs there to buy into him.
The type of Iowan who caucuses for that side is grossly out of step of the rest of even their own party.
Bettie
(16,124 posts)tend to be very religious, at least from what I've seen since moving here (14 years ago).
So, they are going to caucus for the most overtly religious one.
Cyrano
(15,057 posts)"baby Jezuz freaks."
I don't mean to be offensive to Christians. But there are a portion of "Christians" who are living in a mean-spirited, ignorant ancient world where they don't want human beings with different opinions to exist.
Many would have found pure joy in The Inquisition, or the Salem Witch Trials.
This is where Cruz's "victory" came from. I don't think there are enough of these misguided "Jezuz" fanatics in other primary states who will back Cruz. Iowa is not representative of America. It's why I think that this will be Cruz's first and last victory.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Bettie
(16,124 posts)version of religious beliefs here.
That is why I was a little surprised at how well Trump did in Steve King's district.
kairos12
(12,872 posts)snake oil from one end of the State to the other. He is a vile and disgusting huckster who deserves to run out of the country (Canada or America) on a rail.
4bernie28
(54 posts)Nice to see Cruz join the club.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)Just sayin'.