Posted on 04/06/2016 6:47:48 AM PDT by springwater13
He's disparaged his own Republican leader as a liar and dismissed fellow senators as part of the "Washington cartel." But now, with his presidential prospects hanging in the balance, Ted Cruz is moving closer than ever to the D.C. establishment.
Directly and through surrogates, the Texas senator is aggressively reaching out to his Senate colleagues as he prepares for the possibility of a convention floor fight against Donald Trump. And Cruz’s emissaries on Capitol Hill are now signaling to senior Republicans that Cruz would be willing to work with them as the GOP nominee in a way Trump would not.
So far, Cruz can tout only two Senate endorsements, from conservative Mike Lee and the deal-making centrist Lindsey Graham. But Senate Republicans are now at least listening to an intensified pitch from Cruz and his allies: That he’s a far more stable choice for the top of the ticket and for the GOP's hopes of keeping the Senate.
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The title of article says it all but then we all knew that already.
Otherwise known as uniting the party? They’ll all have to come together eventually if we’re going to win. Trump should be doing the same thing - looking for support within the party apparatus.
we already knew this after FL and after he hired Bush with the backing of Romney.
Remember when we wanted ot fight the establishment and now some support them.
Sad and pathetic really.
Vichy.
Seems cruz lied about being anti establishment after he tried to paint Trump as the establishment.
“Let me encourage other members of the establishment: Keep supporting Donald Trump because every time you do it, what it is doing is telling conservatives all over the country is where you stand and who stands with you”.
- Ted Cruz, New Hampshire stump speech
Hiring Neil Bush and the entire Jeb finance team and then kissing up to Jeb told us all we needed to know about Ted.
Months ago :”Vote for Don BECAUSE he will work with the GOPe, who hates Cruz, not one is supporting him”
Now :”Vote for Don, because Cruz is being supported by the GOPe”
If you don’t win then it doesnt matter how ‘perfect’ you are, because you wont even have a seat at the table.
I have far more faith that Cruz will listen to voters than Trump will.
Considering the source . . .
Cruz is playing the game to win. If Trump wasn’t so egotistical, he would be doing it to.
From the start, this has been a fight to see who gets to be the standard-bearer for the Party of Betrayal.
Phil Gramm is the source. Cruz’s adviser.
More like they are cozying up to him in a futile effort to retain some sort of relevance.
Hi, already a thread on this article here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3417910/posts
FRegards
He’s getting cozy with more than just the establishment.
Yes. He has Reagan's level of wisdom because Reagan did the exact same thing.
What I am reading here is if its Cruz its Hillary/Sanders win.
It’s a pipe-dream if you think we will all come together. Not gonna’ happen.
In other words, Cruz is paying MORE attention to the “establishment elite” than to the American voter...
It seems his “principles” have changed from “outside” to “inside”.....
Cruz sell out to GOPe basically. IF he become president, nothing will change
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