Donald Trump Begins Attack on Ted Cruz Over Twitter

But a new poll focusing on Iowa, where the first caucus takes place in February, gives Mr Cruz 31% support, a commanding lead over Mr Trump on 21%.

According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, he tops the pack with 35% support.

The Register’s lead political correspondent Jennifer Jacobs wrote in her piece on the poll that “there are signs Cruz may not have peaked in Iowa yet”.

“Big shakeup”, said J. Ann Selzer, pollster for The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll. The margin of error is 4.9 percent.

Here’s a radical idea, via Jay Cost: What if Cruz never attacks Trump publicly?

In a statement, Cruz called the support of Vander Plaats and other top Family Leader officials a key endorsement from influential conservatives who backed previous caucus winners and represent a constituency “that is highly coveted” in Iowa’s competitive caucus process.

“He’s a nice guy”. “I understand it. Oil pays him a lot of money”. “But with the ethanol, really, he’s got to come a long way”.

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said US leaders should prioritize combating Islamic State over pushing for regime change abroad, as he took a tough stance on militants but maintained his opposition to aggressive overseas intervention. “Because that’s very anti-Iowa”.

Three new polls released in the past 24 hours indicate two candidates are gaining ground on the rest of the Republican presidential primary field.

“It is real, it is growing, and it is profoundly unsafe”, Cruz said during a foreign policy address at The Heritage Foundation.

Donald Trump, now 10 points below Cruz, was in a pique about not being front-runner even before the Iowa Poll results were announced Saturday evening. Cruz’s campaign has countered that he opposes all energy subsidies, not just those that favor ethanol producers but also ones that benefit the oil industry.

While other GOP presidential hopefuls have clashed with the Trump Nation head-on, Cruz’s decision to stay out of Trump’s way is proving to be a favorable strategy in Iowa.

State Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, who introduced Trump at Friday’s rally, told the crowd, “This effort is useless if we don’t show up and caucus”.

MASTERS: Trump did not talk about his plan to temporarily keep Muslims from coming to the U.S.in the wake of the San Bernardino terrorist attack.

“.@tedcruz should not make statements behind closed doors to his bosses, he should bring them out into the open – more fun that way!” I hope so, he will fall like all others.

At a NY fundraiser Wednesday, Cruz wondered aloud whether Trump or Ben Carson had the “judgment” to be the president of the United States. A Twitter pal who says he’s a Trump fan told me last night that he has more respect for Jeb than for Cruz because at least Bush is showing some leadership in disagreeing with Trump on things. “Sorry to disappoint – @realDonaldTrump is terrific”.

Trump went for Cruz’s family background. “I don’t believe either one of them is going to be our president”. Cruz has run the best campaign thus far, racking up endorsements and financial resources and climbing in the polls.