{"id":32230,"date":"2018-09-10T01:48:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T01:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=32230"},"modified":"2018-09-10T01:48:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T01:48:43","slug":"gop-seeks-to-bolster-sen-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=32230","title":{"rendered":"GOP seeks to bolster Sen. Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It wasn’t supposed to be like this.<\/p>\n

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a first-term Republican, was expected to — um — cruise<\/em> to re-election in a heavily Republican state such as Texas.<\/p>\n

Then something happened. Democratic voters nominated a young man named Beto O’Rourke, a congressman from El Paso. O’Rourke has visited all 254 Texas counties. He has appeared before small gatherings and large crowds. He tries to carry a positive message forward.<\/p>\n

Then those polls started showing some movement toward O’Rourke. The race between them is now too close to call. O’Rourke has the momentum, or so many observers believe.<\/p>\n

Republicans now reportedly are looking for ways to salvage Cruz’s re-election campaign. In Texas? Are you serious?<\/p>\n

I guess so.<\/p>\n

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick went to Washington to ask Donald Trump to campaign for Cruz. The president agreed. He’s now planning a blow-out rally sometime next month in the “biggest stadium we can find.”<\/p>\n

As Politico reports<\/a>: Trump\u2019s rally is just the most public display of a Republican cavalry rushing to the senator\u2019s aid. Cruz remains a favorite to win another term, and some senior GOP figures insist the concern is overblown. Yet the party \u2014 which has had a fraught relationship with the anti-establishment Texas senator over the years \u2014 is suddenly leaving little to chance. Behind the scenes, the White House, party leaders and a collection of conservative outside groups have begun plotting out a full-fledged effort to bolster Cruz.<\/em><\/p>\n

The battle has been joined. Democrats think they have the momentum on their side. O’Rourke has become a high-demand “get” for TV talk shows. He’s raising a more money than Cruz, although I remain dubious as to whether more cash translates to more votes. I hope it does, but one cannot always equate the the factors.<\/p>\n

Yep. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.<\/p>\n\n

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It wasn’t supposed to be like this. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a first-term Republican, was expected to — um — cruise to re-election in a heavily Republican state such as Texas. Then something happened. Democratic voters nominated a young man named Beto O’Rourke, a congressman from El Paso. O’Rourke has visited all 254 Texas counties. … Continue reading GOP seeks to bolster Sen. Cruz<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[7043,1941,4537,4622],"class_list":["post-32230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-state-news","tag-beto-orourke","tag-gop","tag-ted-cruz","tag-texas-gop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32232,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32230\/revisions\/32232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}