Posted on 02/23/2016 9:13:35 AM PST by No Dems 2016
Hate to disappoint you, but your candidate Cruz has far higher standards than you do. He won’t ally with Rubio.
The amnesty pimp cabana boy is poison to all except open border free traitors.
If the show fits....
I want two watch Trump slaughter Clinton in a national stage. I want him to hit her over and over again with Benghazi, the email scandals, and covering for her husband’s rapes.
I want to watch her pinched smile as he calls her a liar to her face. I want to see her decimated over her part of the destabilization of the middle ease while she was sec. of state.
“I may have had 4 bankruptcies, but you and Obama bankrupted entire nations. Afghanastan, Syria, Iraq... and the United States of America.”
How beautiful would that be?
I shall remember your post when tRump allies with Rubio, which he surely will.
Trump said he only attacks if attacked and he always lets the other side attack first. When Cruz attacked trump I think it created a feeling among neutral observers that Cruz ruined the narrative of a Trump and Cruz potential relationship.
Cruz should fire all his campaign staffers.
Cruz is toast...forget him...he did himself in with Glenn Beck , his lies, & his direct betrayal of Ben Carson (Trump won the Iowa caucus, buth GOP (E) in Iowa denied Trump the victory!!! Rubio is going nowhere....simply not ready for prime time!!! GO Donald J. Trump!!!
And why would Rubio accept a VP slot under Cruz, when Rubio is ahead in the polls?
Would Cruz accept VP under Cruz? Would you vote for Rubio if Cruz was going to be his VP? Serious questions for all Cruz supporters.
Very difficult to argue against this point; Cruz finished third in SC where there was a record turnout and it was three quarters Evangelical. IIRC, Cruz did not win a single county/area, and Cruz just one.
Trump has fluctuated between 30-40 points for six months.
Rubio’s rise was predictable, since the Establishment candidates have taken 30-40% in the first three primaries.
Cruz needs Carson to drop out, but Cruz will still have the edge in the South, regardless.
Buoyed by an Establishment cash infusion, Rubio may hang on past Super Tuesday, in which case Trump wins.
Rubio dropping out and allying with Cruz as VP would give Cruz the victory, since Cruz beats Trump by 15 points, head-to-head.
Why would the 3rd place candidate be top of the ticket? Makes no sense.
Do Tokyo Rove and Stuie Rothenberg know this? Nail the windows shut so they don’t dive out onto the street below.
Cruz’s campaign died in SC.
If Cruz couldn’t win the SC primary, how will he win the GOP primary in:
Pennsylvania,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Wisconsin,
Washington,
Oregon
You can’t win the GOP primary only winning the Bible belt, you have to win primaries in the Northeast, Northwest, and the rust belt to secure enough delegates.
Cruz’s only hope was to dominate early (Iowa, SC, & Super Tuesday) to the point that it cleared the field and allowed him to cruise through later states largely uncontested. He didn’t do that, hence his campaign is done.
His supporters know that (in their gut at least) which is why you are seeing Cruz drop in the polls as he supporters reassess and move on to other candidates.
It’s down Trump and Rubio at this point. Everyone else is now in the zombie category—dead, but haven’t stopped moving yet.
If Cruz goes out later 15 of that 17% goes to Trump.
I still don’t count out an endorsement from Dr. Carson. Trump is the one who has spoken up on his behalf against the dirty trick that Cruz pulled in Iowa, and he also showed respect when NBC screwed up the introductions. They are both outsiders and there would be a logical spot for Carson in a Trump cabinet. I can’t see him working for Rubio and he’s got to hate Cruz’s guts by now, as the only reason I see for him staying in is to rob some votes that otherwise might go to Cruz as retribution.
I'm seeing some unhappy Democrats over the perception that Hillary is stealing the nomination from Bernie. What happens if Hillary wins the nomination, and the Bernie supporters stay home in November?
Cruz should fire all his campaign staffers.
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Sometimes it’s not the fault of the horse, it’s the jockey.
That seems like quite a swing inasmuch as Yeb! only had 9 voters...
This can not be happening.
We have been told that when Jebe dropped out, his supporters and his illegal voters would go to the Cuban dynamos!
“Cruz needs Carson to drop out, but Cruz will still have the edge in the South, regardless.”
Oh good grief...
Carson isn’t drawing enough support to make a difference and they dont like Cruz.
#2 South Carolina? Ever heard of it?
#3 Trump leads virtually everywhere in the south.
And why would Rubio accept a VP slot under Cruz, when Rubio is ahead in the polls?
Exactly. And Rubio is trending up while Cruz is flat lining. By Super Tuesday Rubio will be solidly in the mid 20s while Cruz struggles to hit 20%. Cruz will get shut out in states that require 20% of the vote to award delegates.
Team Cruz knows this is their last stand because the race moves out of the south next week. It’s why they are attacking a surging Rubio so hard. A pile of 3rd place finishes on Trumper Tuesday for Cruz in friendly territory and he will be effectively finished.
Sometimes it’s not the fault of the horse, it’s the jockey.\
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I was benefiting the doubt. This part is true i the team Cruz selected to run his campaign have a history of being sleaze types. Maybe Cruz selected them because he likes how they fight dirty? Maybe they burned so many bridges that they work for cheap now so are affordable on the cheap for him? In both cases it has hurt him. None of the candidates of Trump, Rubio or Carson agree on much but when all three say Cruz is being deceitful then maybe there is something to that,,,,
Trump said the other day, these geniuses can not figure out that I will get some of the votes of candidates who drop out.
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