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Getting Seriously Desperate: Romney, Cruz to campaign for Sullivan in final days of Alaska US Senate
“Alaska is ground zero in the battle for the Senate majority. Everyone knows how important this race is,” Sparks said in a phone interview. “Sen. Cruz and Gov. Romney reached out and said they wanted to help, and we obviously jumped at the opportunity.”
Romney and Cruz offer Sullivan’s campaign an opportunity to appeal to two swaths of Republicans. Cruz can help Sullivan woo voters in the party’s more conservative wing, who could be tempted to support Libertarian candidate Mark Fish, while Romney appeals more to the Republicans’ establishment wing.
“Early Christmas, Ted Cruz is coming to town,” Lance Roberts, a conservative Republican activist from Fairbanks, posted on a Facebook group Tuesday evening.
http://www.adn.com/article/20141028/romney-cruz-campaign-sullivan-final-days-alaska-us-senate-race
Early Christmas for Democrats?
Most of the comments highlight the fact that people are not impressed, quite the opposite