cruz is up is 12 points while ben carson has plummeted 18 points and the much vaunted marco rubio has, well, barely budged. likewise cruz seems to have seized the momentum in iowa where the caucuses are now just a month and a half away. two new polls show him in a statistical dead heat with trump while a new one from the des moines register has cruz a full ten points ahead. his poll results have been good enough to put cruz right next to trump on the debate stage tomorrow night for the first time. and with the tacit alliance between the two men now seemingly at an end all eyes will be on how they handle each other. in the wake of trump s call to ban muslims from entering the country, almost every republican leader condemned the proposal except ted cruz who merely said that s not my policy. he made a pretty explicit strategy of cozying up to trump and his supporters. and in fact today cruz was cozying up to the very person who appears to have inspired trump s muslim ban. center for secu
tomorrow night for the first time. and with the tacit alliance between the two men now seemingly at an end all eyes will be on how they handle each other. in the wake of trump s call to ban muslims from entering the country, almost every republican leader condemned the proposal except ted cruz who merely said that s not my policy. he made a pretty explicit strategy of cozying up to trump and his supporters. and in fact today cruz was cozying up to the very person who appears to have inspired trump s muslim ban. center for security policy founder frank gaffney, who the southern poverty law central strikes as one of america s most notorious islamophobes. earlier today cruz appeared at a conference hosted by gaffney in las vegas, the site of tomorrow s debate. i want to thank frank gaffney and the entire team at the center for security policy for elevating these critical issues. frank is a patriot. he loves this country. and he is clear-eyed about the incredible threat of radical isla
look how much the race has shifted since that same poll was taken in late october. cruz is up is 12 points while ben carson has plummeted 18 points and the much vaunted marco rubio has, well, barely budged. likewise cruz seems to have seized the momentum in iowa where the caucuses are now just a month and a half away. two new polls show him in a statistical dead heat with trump while a new one from the des moines register has cruz a full ten points ahead. his poll results have been good enough to put cruz right next to trump on the debate stage tomorrow night for the first time. and with the tacit alliance between the two men now seemingly at an end all eyes will be on how they handle each other. in the wake of trump s call to ban muslims from entering the country, almost every republican leader condemned the proposal except ted cruz who merely said that s not my policy. he made a pretty explicit strategy of cozying up to trump and his supporters. and in fact today cruz was cozying up