[drewh]

if a political competitor wants to come to Cleveland to jump on his own sword by all means let him.

[Lent]

“Toxic Ted” like!

[x]

“If you want someone to grab a beer with, I may not be that guy,” Cruz said. “But if you want someone to drive you home, I will get the job done and I will get you home.” Ted Cruz, 2015

Radio host Howie Carr just said that after last night's speech if he needed a ride home he'd rather ask Ted Kennedy than Ted Cruz.

[MUDDOG]

Ted Cruz is like Gollum. “My Preciousssss, the nomination.”

Bound up in the fate of The Donald, Cruz like Gollum did good without meaning to, to his own destruction.

[VanDeKoik]

I just watched the 1976 Reagan speech and STILL cannot believe that this guy just could not even deliver 1/100th of that. Cruz was just 100% selfish prick all the damn way.

It’s not going to matter in the end, but he just demonstrated the difference between real American class and maturity with Reagan, and sadly someone that just believed all of the hot air from his fans that he was “just like” him.

[COBOL2Java]

With his childish stunt, Cruz has effectively rendered himself antimatter to the Trump campaign. The same with any hangers-on to the cult that is his ever-shrinking coterie of hard-core supporters. Were Trump to reach out and begin compromising with this group of losers, he would in effect begin repelling supporters he already has.

So, Ted, and you cultist hangers-on, enjoy your little echo chamber! Nobody wants you, nobody needs you!

[nhwingut]

[bigbob]

Something else to consider:

Suppose you were Trump having to decide whether to let Cruz speak or not. You don’t care much about his endorsement but your #1 goal is to unify the party. If you were as brillant a strategic thinker as Trump it would have been an easy decision.

Best case, Cruz would have capitulated and given an endorsement which would help bring at least some of his supporters to the Trump train.

Or, as he probably figured, Cruz would be his usual arrogant, petulant, egotistic self, and in the process would alienate many of his supporters who would be appalled at his pettiness and inability to be a gracious loser by putting the party first. Thus even in this case, there would be fewer Cruz supporters afterward and those disillusioned ex-Cruzers would be potential Trump supporters. Rejecting Cruz is the first step toward unifying the party.

We were told how brilliant Cruz was, now we see he’s just as Roger Stone put it, “A dumb son of a bitch”.

[COBOL2Java]

[dragnet2]

[wintertime]

I always enjoy your commentary.

[VerySadAmerican]

I’d like to know what all those that JimRob zapped are thinking.

[hadaclueonce]

Trumpsters, you have had your victory lap and the spike of the football.
Conservatives are going to need every vote in November to defeat Hillary.
No more three stooges eye pokes to former Cruz supporters.
Thank you