I'd give my right nut to see Cruz lose

What's your opinion on Lyin' Ted Cruz?

He's done a bang up job with the attack ads. Using that he is in a band and a video of him skateboarding at a whataburger and his usage of curse words? he's really piling it on.
Then there was that recent comment about sending Beto back to Ireland, when ted is irish on his mothers side. That was pretty special.
And we can't forget his country jingle attacking him for his nickname, which was especially funny given that he goes by ted when his given name is rafael.

This post was edited by Arsenic_Touch on Sep 5 2018 11:19am

honestly ted's moves often read like he's campaigning in Utah, not Texas. U might get some good results from the "he's a potty mouth" stuff in Mormon country.

Yeah, Cruz has run a terrible campaign. Beto has also somehow outraised him by $10 million despite taking no Super PAC money.

Luckily for him, he had like a 12-16 point cushion to play with out of the gates. But now that lead has been trimmed down to 1-6 points based on the last 3 polls.

This post was edited by ThatAlex on Sep 5 2018 11:24am

Would not be surprised if Cruz is ousted if it's that close in the polls given the current enthusiasm on the left. Especially with people seeing how close it is

Strawberry candy and democrat dreams.


/e If irc the "polls" had Hillary with a 96 point lead.

/ee Beto is against just about everything held dear by Texans.

This post was edited by Ghot on Sep 5 2018 11:38am

I think the polling is favoring the Democrats. I don't have much proof of that claim, but Republicans in this state have typically outperformed their polling in some of the bigger races I can remember.

Also, Democratic voters aren't reliable in this state. Probably less so than nationally and probably less than polling suggests. Lastly, the Emerson poll had a relatively high number of 'undecided' voters. I'd guess most of those will go red rather than blue.

Thar said, it has a lot of the makings of an upset. Cruz is unlikeable and seen as very dishonest, whereas Beto comes across as genuine and sincere. Thats a bad contrast for Cruz. There's an unpopular president in the White House, and he also has an awkward relationship with that president - to put it lighlty.

Then you have the meme-tier stuff like Cruz retweeting porn, criticizing Beto for changing his name (lol), making a cringe song, and other botched attempts to go after Beto. Nobody likes this guy. As Trump frequently pointed out, not one of his peers endorsed him for President until much later in the campaign.

And O'Rourke has now entered the national scene. He's recieved lots of national attention and a couple of his speeches have gone viral. The donations have been pouring in and he's outraised Cruz by a lot. He has run an intriguing grassroots campaign. Win or lose, he has a future in the Democratic party moving forward.

So a lot of the ingredients for an upset are there. I just don't see it happening, unfortunately.

you don't rc, the polls pulled within the margin of error on all sources more or less once comey dropped the emails presser. thats why people say he cost her the election, surely you remember hearing that at least.

This in Sept. the voting will be in November. So the comparison is accurate.