Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Ted Cruz's Senate Outreach Isn't Going Well
TalkingPointsMemo ^ | 04/14/2016 | ByLAUREN FOX

Posted on 04/14/2016 4:44:48 PM PDT by MaxistheBest

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has decided he may want some help from Washington after all to stop Trump.

But alas, his entreaties to his Senate colleagues aren't going very well.

Cruz is facing varied and dynamic obstacles in his quest to build support on the Hill. Some senators are stubbornly nursing grudges against the freshman senator's 2013 government shutdown gambit or any other number of slights and affronts he committed as a freshman senator that made him deeply unpopular. Other senators endorsed candidates who already dropped out of the race and are unwilling to repeat that mistake with Donald Trump the clear frontrunner and Cruz likely needing a contested convention to win the nomination.

Ultimately, Cruz is little more than a polarizing colleague asking individual senators to go out on a limb for him on his long-shot bid to deny Trump the nomination. It's a request that makes for sometimes awkward private conversations.

(Excerpt) Read more at talkingpointsmemo.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; cruzbadsenategood; cruznot4sale; election; election2016; elections; gopesenate; kentucky; kimdavis; mitchmcconnell; notgope; oldoldoldnews; outsider; randpaul; rutroh; tedcruz; texas; trump; trump4sale
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-69 next last

1 posted on 04/14/2016 4:44:48 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: MaxistheBest

Which is why all Cruz can do is sabotage he and Trump for Kasich.


2 posted on 04/14/2016 4:47:00 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MaxistheBest

Nobody likes Cruz. Even his own daughters think he is a bread-faced mutant who just comes to visit sometimes.


3 posted on 04/14/2016 4:49:33 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MaxistheBest

he may want some help from Washington after all

AFTER ALL? He’s been getting it for months.

But he’s finding out, if he didn’t already know, that helping the gopE stop Trump gets him NADA. That means “nothing” in Spanish in case he doesn’t understand.


4 posted on 04/14/2016 4:49:57 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Never held a job in the private sector;never met a payroll,never created a job - CRUZ! Conservative!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

That’s harsh man. Funny, but harsh.


5 posted on 04/14/2016 4:51:12 PM PDT by usafa92 (Trump 2016 - Destroying the GOPe while Making America Great Again)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: MaxistheBest

Ted should drop out.

He lost.

Everything he is doing now only helps Hillary.


6 posted on 04/14/2016 4:52:42 PM PDT by Helicondelta
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MaxistheBest

Ted’s a mess!


7 posted on 04/14/2016 4:55:53 PM PDT by proust (Texans for Trump!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All
Fox reports Donald Trump jumps to an 18-point lead over Ted Cruz and has record high support for the Republican nomination. Trump towers over Cruz by 45-27 percent; a new high for Trump. The previous high was last month’s 41 percent.

How could that be (smirk).

Cruz has been on a bash-Trump marathon. Cruz keeps saying he "won" 11 elections in a row...that he is positive Trump will n-e-v-e-r be the nominee.

8 posted on 04/14/2016 4:55:55 PM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: MaxistheBest

No wonder he doubled-down on calling Mitch a liar today.
He’s getting no US Senate support.


9 posted on 04/14/2016 4:56:03 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Liz

10 posted on 04/14/2016 4:58:01 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

" bread-faced mutant  "

Now that is funny!
11 posted on 04/14/2016 4:58:18 PM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: onyx

Looks like Ted needs to involve Priesthood-Rising Stabby the Clown to persuade the Mormon contingent to push him over the top in New York! You know, voting for Cruz is like voting for Romney ... kind of a tithe.

Oh, wait ...


12 posted on 04/14/2016 5:02:35 PM PDT by glock rocks (TTTT !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Seriously FUNEEEEY. Uncle Munster redux. EEEooowwww.


13 posted on 04/14/2016 5:05:11 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: onyx

BEAUTIFUL Numbers!

THIS, and from the FOXMegyn Network.


14 posted on 04/14/2016 5:06:27 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: All

It’s no secret the guy is a douche. According to the latest polls 73% of voters say NO WAY.
All but the most fervent Cruzlims know the guy has very little national appeal.


15 posted on 04/14/2016 5:07:10 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (#NeverCruz)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: VerySadAmerican

“But he’s finding out, if he didn’t already know, that helping the gopE stop Trump gets him NADA. That means “nothing” in Spanish in case he doesn’t understand.”

The only job the Senate would willingly give Cruze is being the “attendent” in the Senate washroom.


16 posted on 04/14/2016 5:07:11 PM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Liz

Cruz = D E S P E R A T E

Globalist Mule

Uncle Munster forever.


17 posted on 04/14/2016 5:07:48 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: onyx

18 posted on 04/14/2016 5:08:02 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: MaxistheBest

So many GOP senators are rejecting Cruz. That’s what happens to smirking Republican asshats.


19 posted on 04/14/2016 5:08:27 PM PDT by Ted Grant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MaxistheBest

This is good news and proves he’s not GOPe or a Trojan Horse.


20 posted on 04/14/2016 5:10:59 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-69 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson