Posted on 12/23/2015 6:09:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz was once the GOP Establishmentâs top internal enemy. The Texas senator built a national following by forcing his party into doomed crusades against the reality of divided government, and then, in the face of inevitable defeat, disparaging his senior colleagues as weak-kneed RINOs. As of last year, the idea that the GOP would name the Senateâs most-hated man as its standard-bearer was almost unthinkable.
And then a billionaire reality star decided to spend his late-life crisis surfing a wave of xenophobia to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Six months later, Trump has taken a commanding lead in the Republican primary race â tying the party's brand to "Muslim bans" and the act of "schlonging," in the process.
Now Ted Cruz looks like his partyâs consensus candidate, uniquely positioned to bridge the divide between the Trumpist insurrection and the country-club set. And that isnât merely the assessment of a few political pundits â itâs also the view of many gambling addicts....
(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...
Betting platforms (bookies) generally don’t take positions on outcomes. They make money no matter who wins.
But but but I THOUGHT it was BUSHFIORNACARSONRUBIO who was leading in this half witted survey.
Plenty of conservatives have been down that liberal path in their past and are decent conservatives today. A lot of TRUMP supporters get that, have been there, and just don’t care. I don’t care either.
Besides, no one else can beat Hillary, and everyone knows it.
the betting markets were calling Kerry by a long shot up until the polls started closing in 2004.
<<< If liberals become conservatives it usually doesnât take them 65 years...and they usually donât become conservatives just before they announce they are running for president....unless you are Mitt Romney or Donald Trump. >>>
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So?
I could have voted for Romney if he weren’t wrong on LIFE, LIBERTY and RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. He was, and I didn’t.
Now THAT makes a “liberal” for me.
TRUMP is right on the money. AND, he is a FORCE.
(Like no other.)
The rest are in the political weeds with no hope electorally of beating Hillary in blue states.
Next?
TRUMP, 2016
So you are telling me you didn’t vote for Romney because he was a liberal...and you support Trump because he’s a conservative??
LOL
You have a pulse, after all. TRUMP is no liberal on Life and Liberty and Religious Freedom. THAT used to be the threshold for a conservative— Romney failed it.
It’s an easy cast this cycle. And, to top it off, it’s going to be the only winning one.
While you’re chortling out loud, brace yourself....
TRUMP, 2016
You have a pulse, after all. TRUMP is no liberal on Life and Liberty and Religious Freedom. THAT used to be the threshold for a conservativeâ Romney failed it.
Trump is only right on anything because he changed his views to run for president!!
I see you are now out of material.
Merry Christmas!
TRUMP, 2016
For people who supposedly 100% loathe anything and everything remotely related to the GOP establishment, they sure have learned to repeat the establishment's talking points to a tee.
i remember looking at that site and they had the wrong favorites even when results were coming in. Simply a matter of whether people bet and moved the lines. The only line they set is the original and then it moved with the bets.
It’s tempting but I’ve decided not to participate in any Trump/Cruz fights until after Christmas.
It’s depressing to see people fight over two great candidates.
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