Tag: 2016 GOP Primary

Cruz Raising Phenomenal Amounts of Money

Buck Banks

$20 million

Amount Sen. Ted Cruz raised for his presidential campaign in the fourth quarter — a 66% increase over the previous three-month period, the Wall Street Journal reports. “The $20 million haul in the final three months of 2015 is up sharply from the $12.2 million raised in the third quarter, a bonanza that came as polls showed Mr. Cruz rising to a top-tier candidate from a back-of-the-pack contender in the crowded GOP candidate field. … By the end of the third quarter, Mr. Cruz already had more cash on hand than any other GOP candidate.”

There’s a Good Reason Pataki Quit the Race

Buck Banks

149

Number of times George Pataki registered 0 percent in the 221 polls that asked about him. He earned more than 1 percent just 10 times and more than 2 percent only once, according to Five Thirty-Eight. “Put another way, you could add up Pataki’s support in every national, Iowa and New Hampshire poll and not reach 100 percentage points. His sum is only 83, or what Donald Trump gets through the summing of about two national polls these days.”

Three Scenarios for the GOP Nominating Convention

Buck Banks

Three convention scenarios can emerge after 56 states and territories choose their delegates between Feb. 1 and June 7: There will be a clear winner, a bunched up field of several candidates, or a leader who can’t get a majority of delegates on the first ballot. The latter two scenarios would make Cleveland uncharted territory.

— Ben Ginsberg, the former counsel to both Mitt Romney’s and George W. Bush’s presidential bids, detailing the possible scenarios for the Republican convention in the Wall Street Journal.

Kasich: A Divisive Trump Won’t Win Ohio

Buck Banks

I’m just hoping that as we go forward he’s going to be a unifier. Because I’m going to tell you, you can’t win the White House without winning Ohio. If we have a candidate that comes into Ohio who is a divider, there’s no chance they’re going to win it.

— Gov. John Kasich, quoted by The Hill, noting that Donald Trump has “toned down the rhetoric” lately.

Marco Rubio: Android Candidate

Buck Banks

We had roughly 20 minutes with him on Monday, and it was like watching a computer algorithm designed to cover talking points. He said a lot, but at the same time said nothing. It was like someone wound him up, pointed him towards the doors and pushed play. If there was a human side to senator, a soul, it didn’t come across through… Marco Rubio is a man so stuck on script it doesn’t even matter when the cameras are off.

— Erik Eisele, reporter for the Conway Daily Sun.