Post by pavel on Jan 17, 2016 16:45:06 GMT -6
The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses are still two weeks away, but U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is already prepping his second act in New Hampshire .
The Texas senator will embark Sunday on a bus tour of all 10 counties in the Granite State, which holds its primaries Feb. 9. The shift away from Iowa — even for just a few days — indicates the growing strength of Cruz's GOP presidential campaign.
The early contests have often been considered mutually exclusive in the winnowing process, with social conservatives focused on Iowa and more mainstream Republican hopefuls betting big on New Hampshire.
But Cruz supporters and unaligned New Hampshire Republicans say opportunity awaits him in New England after Iowa, where most expect he'll finish in first or second place.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/17/cruz-ups-ante-new-hampshire-bus-tour/
The Texas senator will embark Sunday on a bus tour of all 10 counties in the Granite State, which holds its primaries Feb. 9. The shift away from Iowa — even for just a few days — indicates the growing strength of Cruz's GOP presidential campaign.
The early contests have often been considered mutually exclusive in the winnowing process, with social conservatives focused on Iowa and more mainstream Republican hopefuls betting big on New Hampshire.
But Cruz supporters and unaligned New Hampshire Republicans say opportunity awaits him in New England after Iowa, where most expect he'll finish in first or second place.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/17/cruz-ups-ante-new-hampshire-bus-tour/