Political mastermind: Cruz reinvents GOP standards in presidential campaigns
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Political mastermind: Cruz reinvents GOP standards in presidential campaigns
Over the course of his career in electoral politics, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been called many names. But suddenly it seems that Cruz is running what even a former top aide to President Obama concedes is “the best campaign on the other side.” Cruz has always been more of a mastermind than a wacko bird. He has raised more money than any Republican other than Jeb Bush and more non-PAC money than any other Republican. He was the first candidate to recruit chairmen in all 171 counties in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. He is the only candidate who for months has been consistently calling and sending surrogates to all five U.S. territories in order to secure extra delegates. And from the start, he has conspicuously refrained from criticizing Donald Trump, choosing instead to position himself as Trump’s heir apparent.
Ted has a remarkable talent for strategic thinking.
Charles Cooper, co-partner of the D.C. firm where Cruz first practiced law
Cruz is also making sure that he understands the rules of this year’s nominating process better than his opponents — just like a good appellate litigator. Cruz is now poised to head into the March 1 “SEC primary,” and the rest of the race, with stronger support among conservatives than most pundits predicted.
