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The Iowa caucuses are famous for yielding results that are unexpected by the main stream media.\u00a0 Traditional polls are often very inaccurate with regard to actual outcome.\u00a0 In 2012, nine days before the election polls had Newt Gingrich leading, followed by Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul.\u00a0 Then there was Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann.\u00a0 Rick Santorum was not on anyone\u2019s radar.\u00a0 He ended up beating Mitt Romney by a very narrow margin.\u00a0 Gingrich finished a distant fourth.\u00a0 He never recovered.<\/p>\n

Here is what the media does not understand.\u00a0 Social issues really matter in Iowa.\u00a0 That is why Santorum won and why the polls were so wrong.\u00a0 If that happens again, Ted Cruz could score a major victory. \u00a0The American Conservative understands this.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/mccarthy\/iowas-next-santorum-vote-surprise\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is how this author described the Iowa evangelicals:<\/p>\n

They are rock steady, not swayed by media buzz or the showbiz glitz of a modern presidential campaign. They are also organized: their churches and religious groups are ready-made battalions that translate directly into political strength.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Elite centrists in the GOP who do indeed recognize the religious right as a separate species from themselves nevertheless tend to perceive the evangelical vote as basically populist rather than distinctly values-driven.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I could add something.\u00a0 Nothing offends evangelicals more than someone who tries to shine them on.\u00a0 Donald Trump may have done himself a lot of damage when he quoted from \u201ctwo\u201d Corinthians.\u00a0 I doubt that many evangelicals are impressed with his lifestyle of the rich and famous, his three wives and the videos of his extreme liberal positions in the past. He would have been smarter to say that he respects them and he will protect their rights to religion freedom than to pretend to be one of them.<\/p>\n

Ted Cruz, on the other hand, is a genuine evangelical and they know it.\u00a0 While Trump is performing in front of huge crowds, Ted Cruz is meeting private with local pastors.\u00a0 We may see two very strong undercurrents in play in Iowa.\u00a0 Neither one is showing up on the main stream media radar.\u00a0 One undercurrent flowing strongly toward Cruz and one undercurrent flowing strongly against Trump.\u00a0 If that is true, the results in Iowa may be stunning.<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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