Who would be your first choice for Donald Trump's running mate?
Posted on 03/12/2016 4:31:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
It was not much more than a week ago that Republican insiders were having animated public discussions about how Donald Trump could be deprived the GOP nomination. The consensus was straightforward. Unlike the consensus a few weeks earlier--that Kasich and Cruz needed to drop out of the race to clear the field for a Trump-Rubio death match--the new consensus was that that they should all stay in the race. This time, the goal was not finding someone who could beat Trump to the 1,237 delegates needed for a first ballot victory in Cleveland in July, but instead simply to deny Trump a first ballot victory.
If Trump could be denied an outright majority of the delegates, the new strategy suggested, he could be defeated on the first ballot. Then cooler and wiser minds could prevail, and the GOP establishment could select someone else to lead the ticket in the fall. Lost in all of the scheming by Republican insiders, however, was any thought that one or more of those candidates might have their own plans in mind, or have priorities that might go beyond whether or not Donald Trump won the nomination. While Marco Rubio would have been delighted to have others pushed out of the race on his behalf, John Kasich made clear that he intended to live or die on the results in the Ohio primary. Ted Cruz, meanwhile, had no intention of being guided by whatever the GOP establishment might cook up.
It turned out that this new consensus strategy didn't last much longer than the previous consensus strategy....
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
After the next two weeks, we can label one as a false prophet ... and the other as a false profit.
Interesting.....
Ted the Coward, who sides with Bernie, BLM and ISIS supporters in their attempt to crush free speech, can plan all he wants. He’s dead to me, the coward. I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire. And I was going to vote for him. Not now. I hate cowards.
Who is going to donate to Kasich or Rubio?
Is the RNC willing to pay them?
The know after today, Cruz is smoked.
Delusional thinking since Trump will not only be the nominee but the 45th President as well, and Cruz’s career is effectively finished on not only a national level but probably in Texas as well.
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TrustTed jumped the shark this weekend. when it it all over he will be able to look back and know.
Supporting ISIS/Tommy Dimassimo wasn’t Teds best idea.
This should make every American sick. https://videopress.com/v/HJsZbrCA
Cruz would now lose if he’s the only name on the ballot.
Thank God we found who he is now rather than later.
More likely is that he’s planning on Trump winning and failing to keep his word.
Not a rare occurrence with elected officials.
He started off with a great plan, but nothing went his way and he couldn’t adjust.
.. Cruz’s career is effectively finished on not only a national level but probably in Texas as well...
Interesting how many mass defections by former Cruz supporters have been posted by those leaving him behind on FR in the past 24 hours.
One problem, and I say this as a Cruzer: Trump will beat Hillary. Whether Trump runs in 2020 or not is an open question, though, and Cruz might have the inside track for that one, especially if he learns from his mistakes in this run, including and especially his ruinous answer to the disruptions last evening.
Which no doubt comes from a novel interpretation of some obscure Old Testament text.
Ted is David Koresh with a Harvard degree.
If Cruz had any plans for running another year he killed them last night by siding with Sanders, Kasich and Rubio. He might as well get in the rowboat with Fredo.
“He’s dead Jim”
And in those 4 years, Clinton will have put 3 or 4 Justices on the Supreme Court so Cruz would be president of a 3rd World country.
Wells Fargo sues Rafael and Eleanor Cruz. $350,000.00 ++
http://marycummins.com/tedcruzforeclosure.pdf
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