Cruz offers his vision for election face-off with Clinton

“I believe I have found him”, Beck said of Cruz, lavishing praise on the Texas Republican.

Both those choices are unpalatable to the sensibilities of the Canadian voter. The latest poll reflects that number has now fallen to 54 percent, accounting for a 10-point swing toward those who say they will “probably” go to the caucus. The polls – they say I have the most loyal people…

Trump also harped on his chief Iowa rival, Cruz, for his opposition to ethanol mandates.

Trump made the unsettling boast as he slammed surging rival Ted Cruz’s support as “soft”, according to Texas Tribune reporter Patrick Svitek.

On the Democrat side of the ledger, 39% of respondents to Mainstreet’s poll would vote for Hillary Clinton if they could while 26% would pick her main challenger Bernie Sanders, the populist senator from Vermont.

Campaigns and super PACs are not allowed to coordinate on advertising, but the unified front against Trump comes just one week before the Iowa caucuses and continue Cruz’s theme of painting the NY billionaire as out-of-touch with Iowa values. However, the biggest name on the list, the one touching the hearts of many aggressive conservatives (especially the ones who identify themselves as Oath Keepers or Patriots) is Donald Trump.

“These standings reflect, above all, two factors: The strength of leaned Republicans’ interest in a candidate from outside the political establishment, and the power of anti-immigrant views in the party”, said pollster director Gary Langer.

Ten other Republicans are scrambling for respectability in Iowa, including Senator Marco Rubio, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Florida governor Jeb Bush.

The poll of 651 likely Republican caucus goers was conducted January 18-24 and had a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.

In past month, Trump has gone from trailing Sen.

Donald Trump boasted Saturday that support for his presidential campaign would not decline even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street.

When laying out how he sees a Cruz vs. Clinton general election playing out, Cruz uses the failed White House bids of Republicans Bob Dole, John McCain and Mitt Romney to demonstrate why his approach is what is needed to ensure a Republican win. “And he never will, and that’s OK because we got to do something folks because it’s not working”, he said.

They are part of a $2.5 million television campaign in Iowa and SC by Keep the Promise I, the first negative spots from the super PAC.