Cruz rallies support in S.A. ahead of Super Tuesday

The Cruz stop in San Antonio was one of three around the State of Texas.

“Do we want a Washington deal maker?” The level of interest in The Lone Star State mirrors the national numbers with Trump, Clinton, Sanders, and Cruz taking the top four spots. “On Super Tuesday we are running neck-and-neck with Donald in Super Tuesday states”. “I have many, many friends and I think I have a real shot at Texas”, said Trump.

Speaking to reporters before a rally in San Antonio – and again at the rally – Mr. Cruz said Mr. Trump should call on the newspaper to release the tape.

Analysts predict Ted Cruz to be under 50 percent of the total vote, so the delegates will be split up between several candidates.

Last Thursday, the day of the Republican presidential debate at the University of Houston, Abbott became the Cruz campaign’s most high-profile endorsement as a sitting governor. On Tuesday, Cruz will need to remind voters that he can win – and there’s no better place than in Texas, where there are 155 delegates up for grabs, the most of any SEC Primary state.

“We don’t want the general election to be two rich NY liberals – a Democrat and a Republican – who agree on a whole host of issues”, he said. “When it comes to somebody like an underdog like Ted Cruz, I just take somebody like him more serious than somebody like Trump; it’s like voting for Kim Kardashian”.

The campaign also stepped up attacks against Trump.

“Don’t get me started on Ted Cruz – we’ll be here for a while”, said Jeanette Rhodes, board member and treasurer of The San Antonio Tea Party.

Clinton and Cruz are the favorites but record turnout could schedule an upset.

“One thing to understand about homeschoolers is we are all networked”, said Ken Cuccinelli, a member of Homeschoolers for Cruz and an occasional campaign surrogate.

Rubio especially has been challenging Cruz for the anti-Trump vote.

Meanwhile, President Bill Clinton is speaking this afternoon in Fort Worth to rally support for his wife. Mitt Romney won the 2012 Texas GOP primary with 69 percent of the vote and eventually won the Republican nomination. This is the first presidential election where Texas is requiring voters to present a photo ID.