New CBS Poll Finds Big Lead for Ted Cruz in Iowa

[big_dog]

Source: Mediaite/CBS News 11:18 am, December 20th, 2015

A CBS poll released Sunday found that Ted Cruz has pulled well ahead on Donald Trump in Iowa, with a 9-point lead.

Cruz leads the field with 40 percent of the vote, followed by Trump with 31 percent. Bringing up 3rd and 4th is Marco Rubio and Ben Carson, with 12 and 6 percent respectively. No other candidates net more than 2 percent.

The newest poll is well in line with a recent Bloomberg poll which found that Cruz had a 10-point lead in the Hawkeye State.

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/new-cbs-poll-find-big-lead-for-ted-cruz-in-iowa/

[saltpoint]

1. Ted Cruz, something of a Christian Caligula,

brings the fundies to the fold.

If Cruz owns this swath of the Pukes' base, he's going to be in the primary race for a good long time.

The steaming entrails of the beast suggest a convention of great turbulence in Cleveland.

[yeoman6987]

10. Keep in mind Santorum won Iowa in 2012. And now look? Nothing.

In the end, an establishment republican will win the nomination. It will be either Rubio, bush, and maybe Kasick. The reason is that the blue/purple states pick their nomination due to winner takes all. For example, Cruz would have to win 4 southern states for 51 delegates. Another candidate wins New Jersey and the two are tied. Yep crazy but they made the rules for their party.

[saltpoint]

11. Agree for other cycles, but in this cycle

there are no formidable establishment candidates.

Trump has his foot on Bush's neck. Rubio rose for a time but is stagnant now. Kasich has to win New Hampshire or he's a goner, and he's not close to winning it.

Santorum ran an incredibly stupid campaign against Romney. I think Cruz is the craftier kook. in fact I think Cruz is demon-smart and is going to give the GOP a very rocky primary season.

[emulatorloo]

2. The IA Republican caucus-goers always love the crazy Christian.

[msongs]

4. Iowa is turning into Kansas and Wisconsin nt

[emulatorloo]

6. Dems there are liberal as hell. Unfortunately they don't bother w midterms.

But that seems to be a problem w Dems all over.

Fortunately Dem controlled Senate is blocking the crazy teabag legislation coming out of the house.

[big_dog]

5. the crazy ass x-tian force awakens!

http://www.mediaite.com/online/ted-cruz-tweets-ridiculous-fan-made-star-wars-homage-to-his-candidacy/

[Bjorn Against]

3. The scum does rise to the top

[Chemisse]

7. I think that is good news.

If Cruz can crack the Trump craze with a win in Iowa, that could (possibly?) cause Trump's support to weaken and start to crumble. I don't think Cruz can spellbind so many, like Trump has, so if he wins it could then open the race up to others.


If Trump wins Iowa and NH, he will likely be unstoppable.

[gwheezie]

8. I expect trump to send his people to cuba

To find the real birth certificate.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. Carsons fold has gone to Cruz

When Carson, Huckabee, and Santorum drop their view followers will all go to Cruz.
He will be the concensus nutjob for the Evangelicals.

[big_dog]

13. and Rubio's support will come from the GOP stablishment folding

that is how the final 3 comes about Jeb!/ Christie/Fiorina/Kasich/ throws their support to Marco

[rurallib]

12. Seems like TV out here is programs between Jeb! commercials

good to see his money is being well spent

[big_dog]

14. Jeb! has already burnt through $35 million and his numbers haven't budged at all from 3%

how long is Poppy going to burn through that last 65 million pac cash when its already over?

[rurallib]

15. Which cements the newly found fact that

Jeb! is really the dumb one in that family

[saltpoint]

16. Jeb's people are going to have to

hold another meeting to see what can be done.

Bush's campaign keeps buying ad time and his polling remains in single digits. It's a good thing he has "lots of cool things" to do if he's not president because increasingly it looks like he's going to have plenty of time to go do them.

Mike Huckabee won Iowa once long ago. It sure doesn't look like he's going to win it this time.

[big_dog]

21. Huck/Carson/Santorum will throw support to Cruz

the only way to run against Trump

[saltpoint]

22. I could see it, yes. Huck especially,

as he and Cruz seem more or less to share the same notion that the U.S. government is not significant when God is the supreme law, etc.

I'm wondering if Ben Carson is going to have to be placed in 4-point restraints and hauled off to a locked facility somewhere.

[L. Coyote]

17. The wonderful thing about the Republicans is their terrible conumdrum, primary winner can't win Fall

Makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time.

[big_dog]

24. dont sleep on Rubio though

he's the only one that is competitive in the general election test polling

[Zorro]

18. Oh goodie

Should mean Ratface Rafael is now in Trumpzilla's gunsights.

[JCMach1]

19. Iowa is going to largely be irrelevant this cycle again...

I can't see Trump losing FL, or any of the Southern states unless there is a major shift between now and these primaries...

[still_one]

20. I am skeptical about the methodolgy of the YouGov polls. I will wait until other polls confirm this

in the next few days

[briv1016]

23. The GOP establishment owns the voting machines.

Rubio is going to be the nominee.