The Ted Cruz Ground Game In South Carolina is Impressive

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There Surgent: The Ted Cruz Ground Game In South Carolina is Impressive

By Erick Erickson | February 5, 2016, 05:00am

I do not expect Ted Cruz to win the New Hampshire primary. It is possible, but it is not probable. I’d put the odds on Trump or Rubio.

 

But I have been studying the Ted Cruz ground game in South Carolina and it is a sight to behold.

 

We saw the Ted Cruz ground game in Iowa this past Monday, which surprised a whole lot of people. The pollsters failed. The Donald Trump phenomenon, “You’ll get tired of winning!” schtick got punched in the face and that which was old became new again.

 

For the last ten years the Republican Party, captured by consultants more eager to earn money than win, has moved away from the nuts and bolts that win elections and by that I mean voter identification and Get Out The Vote mechanisms.