God I wish these f--king leaches would just go away
God I wish these fucking leaches would just go away.
For months, Cruz remained untouched by Republican spenders, allowing him to quietly organize on the ground and raise cash to finance later advertising. But as his rivalry with Rubio escalated in the aftermath of the CNBC debate in October, American Encore, a nonprofit run by Rubio supporter Sean Noble, invested $200,000 in lashing Cruz for his votes to curtail some of the National Security Agency's powers.
Then, at the beginning of December, the pro-ethanol America's Renewable Future unveiled a three-week, six-figure campaign meant to show Cruz, an opponent of the state's ethanol interests, as too cozy with the oil lobby. And this week, Ryan's two groups, Pursuing America's Greatness, the principal super PAC backing Huckabee, and the Iowa Progress Project launched their anti-Cruz salvos. Ryan said the groups would spend around $100,000 and $200,000 respectively through next week. A nonprofit backing Rubio also began this week to litter Iowa Republicans with anti-Cruz mailers.
American Encore and America's Renewable Future are no longer on the airwaves, but the total negative push comes close to outpunching Cruz and his allies, who have been cautious about sinking much early cash into Iowa. Cruz's campaign spent $315,000 on its first round of Iowa television and radio, which only began last month (though campaigns often pay less for the same time as outside groups do). And Cruz's super PACs have been similarly slow to invest in Iowa-specific messaging, though they recently launched a $600,000 early-state media plan.
Cruz is also attracting more arrows from the candidates who have essentially based their entire campaigns in Iowa. On Wednesday, Huckabee, once envisioned as a chief Cruz rival, claimed in a statement that Cruz was not as much of a hardliner on gay marriage as he describes himself.
I'm just getting so fucking sick of all of them right now.
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