Posted on 07/06/2015 1:56:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz seems very eager to persuade voters that he's from the Donald Trump wing of the Republican Party:
Sen. Ted Cruz defended Donald Trump on immigration and called out “the Washington cartel” he says is ignoring the issue, in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I salute Donald Trump for focusing on the need to address illegal immigration,” Cruz said of his rival for the 2016 GOP nomination, adding that it “seems the favorite sport of the Washington media is to encourage some Republicans to attack other Republicans.”
“I’m not interested in Republican on Republican violence,” he told host Chuck Todd, adding that “bold … brash” Trump “has a colorful way of speaking.”
The Texas senator’s comments were similar to his defense of Trump during Fox & Friends on Tuesday.
“When it comes to Donald Trump, I like Donald Trump,” Cruz said on the show. “I think he’s terrific.”
Hey, I thought Cruz really believed he could become president. Does he just want to be Trump's running mate?
I'm joking, of course. I imagine that what Cruz is thinking is that Trump is peaking now, and that when Trump drops out of the race, probably early in the process, Cruz will be in a position to pick up his voters.
Except that Trump is nine points ahead of Cruz in the latest CNN national poll of Republicans. Trump is seven points ahead of Cruz in the two latest polls of New Hampshire, from Suffolk University and CNN/WMUR. Trump is one point ahead of Cruz in the latest Quinnipiac poll of Iowa (and they're both well behind Scott Walker). Trump is nine points ahead of Cruz in the latest PPP survey of Michigan.
If Cruz thinks he can just bide his time until Trump drops out, I think he has the wrong strategy. It looks as if Cruz will be the one to drop out first, and then Trump will get his votes.
I think Trump has, as the saying goes, limited upside potential -- a lot of Republicans still don't like him and never will. In this way, he's like Ron Paul -- and, like Ron Paul, he'll probably stay in the race way past the point at which he's mathematically eliminated, just for the adulation.
But in the meantime, he's going to make Ted Cruz irrelevant (a process Cruz is abetting with his me-too-ism). I think, in the early states, he'll help drive Cruz out of the race.
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UPDATE: Looks as if it's a mutual admiration society:
On Saturday, Trump ... praised what he considers fellow candidate and Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz’s tough immigration stance, calling him “very brave.”
I think this is a ticket.
US Ambassador to Mexico?
Let me put it this way. I might vote for Cruz. I won’t vote for Trump.
Is anyone here asking you to?
I don’t think he was playing, and I don’t think he was playing 4 years ago either.
He was assessing, and 4 years ago his judgment said the time wasn’t right. This time he decided it was the right time.
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-——Donald Trump wing of the Republican Party:-——
I was unaware there existed a Donald Trump wing of the Republican Party...
Must be a very small caucus .... Like of one....
I don’t recall Don Trump running in 2012. That would’ve been a big story, I would think.
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Seriously?
No wonder so many sheeple are on the Trump for President bandwagon.
Short memories.
So you have a link to him declaring his candidacy for president of the United States circa 2011-12? Love to see it.
Yeah vote for a guy that has given millions to democrats including Hillary and Bill. No thanks.
Trump = democrat in a republican suit.
No Cruz has more sense of pride than that.
The "used to be a Democrat, thought the Clintons and Obama were cool" wing of the Republican Party?
No, I don't think Cruz is eager to show he is from that tiny part of the Republican Party.
I believe you're telling it like it really is. Did you see the results of the Breitbart June presidential poll?
Cruz by a mile.
Hopium is very addictive!
You got it right..I am still a Walker fan.
But Trump/Cruz ticket will be impossible to beat.
Hillary/whoever does’nt have a chance!
Money + Brains = 1st stage Rocket Engine power.
Money to get the message out, Brains to construct the message.
You have to read in a few paragraphs:
I'm joking, of course. I imagine that what Cruz is thinking is that Trump is peaking now, and that when Trump drops out of the race, probably early in the process, Cruz will be in a position to pick up his voters.
But the writer changes his mind a few times after that, so maybe he's bipolar or something.
The disadvantage being that Trump wants to replace Obamacare with British style socialized medicine, wants to raise taxes significantly on the job creators in this country, and wants to ban guns that look scary while making it more difficult in general (longer waiting periods, universal background checks) to buy a firearm.
Cruz on the other hand supports none of that being, you know, a conservative.
It would be fun to watch a debate between Clinton and Trump though. She could open by thanking him for his tens of thousands of donations over the years to both her and her family’s foundation and for declaring Bubba as one of the greatest presidents in history.
While Trump is speaking out on the very real problem the US faces being over-run by those who enter the US illegally, Mitt, Mark, and Chrissy are having a sleepover.
Trump is making a real sacrifice in business dealings to make a difference. At this point, that's more important than all of those other issues.
And you say Cruz is better? I thought Cruz was our salvation after that magnificent 21 hours. But he wasn't changing things in DC, and on that very bad trade situation he made a deal with the devil. With Trump in there igniting things, Cruz seems to be getting his voice and passion back!
Trump endorsed Romney. Does anything need to be said?
Back at ya!! Note the date.
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