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How Ted Cruz has won the Nomination
Red State ^ | April 10, 2016 | Michael Harrington

Posted on 04/10/2016 5:02:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: caww
Nice pic, doesn't do R. Cruz justice.
261 posted on 04/10/2016 10:24:57 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The article is extremely Inside Baseballish, but if you’re running for president, you need to hire people who know the rules. All that Wonky data cannot just ignored.


262 posted on 04/10/2016 10:43:20 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: tophat9000
you’re delusional if you think the Canadians going to get past the Dem without getting knocked out as NBC in Roberts Supreme Court....

You lose because you mentioned Canada.

Think of it as the modified Godwin's Law for the 2016 GOP primary: As an online discussion of the GOP primary grows longer, the probability of an assertion involving Canada approaches 1. At which point, the discussion becomes worthless!

Because birfers drool!

263 posted on 04/10/2016 10:46:31 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: sagar

I swear you are retarded. The entire caucus was 8,000 participants. Cruz got 2800 and trump got 2300. The rest were given up to others.


264 posted on 04/10/2016 11:13:16 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: georgiarat
My problem with Cruz is that he was neutral in all the primary contests because of the deal he cut with MConnell

Cruz did not see at the time how McConnell outsmarted him, Ryan convinced Cruz to cowrite the article in the WSJ supporting TPA undermining conservatives, and the MCConnell lied to him about the Iranian deal.

Thanks for the response.....I just don't see it the same way. I think Cruz worked it the best way he could by raising money for the incumbent challengers in 2013...including Matt Bevin, who tried to take McConnell's seat....while fulfilling his obligations as an "appointed" member of the NRSC in 2014, since that objective was to "turn the Senate" to the Republican's advantage, which they did.

The TPA deal, I'm ambivalent on. I've studied back to the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, the Kennedy round....Tokyo round...and Uruguay round...and don't see what all the "this is different" hoopla was about.

Cruz said he was for it....then backed out....because he said McConnell lied about making a deal to get the Ex-Im passed in "exchange" for TPA.

And I don't know about McConnell lying to Cruz about Iran.....just that McConnell cut off every amendment Senators wanted to add to the Iran deal. Did I miss a part of that story?

265 posted on 04/10/2016 11:57:55 PM PDT by TXSearcher (The anti-RINO rebellion is being won by a NY RINO.......truth IS stranger than fiction.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just a wet dream or did you help with your hand?


266 posted on 04/11/2016 3:52:36 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: editor-surveyor

Cruz was born in Canada. He has been caught fooling around. Insert fork.


267 posted on 04/11/2016 5:10:34 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: Dead Corpse

You mean those Democrats that you need to win in November?


268 posted on 04/11/2016 5:11:53 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Keep your teeth together newbie.

If you want to vote Democrat-lite, vote Trump. Cruz has NEVER supported Democrats unlike The Donald who invited the Clintons to his wedding...


269 posted on 04/11/2016 5:55:06 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: TXSearcher

Went back and retread several articles on the Bevin, MCDaniel and Senate races in 2014. McConnell and .cruz’s deal was that Cruz would stay neutral in the Senate races in return for McConnelll not opposing Cruz running for President. After the deal in December 2013 Cruz did not campaign, donate or raise money for any republican primary challenger to an incumbent Senator. He did blast the leadership and tactics used against McDaniel AFTER the race was over.

McConnell protected his flank by making the deals with Rand Paul and Cruz so Bevin and other challengers would not have active support of those senators and successful tea party candidates. After the primaries Cruz resigned from the NRSC as VP in protest to the tactics used against McDaniel.


270 posted on 04/11/2016 6:24:21 AM PDT by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: editor-surveyor

I doubt it. The reality is he will disappoint you and most of his supporters. He is bought and paid for also and he is no “True Conservative”. I no longer believe in Conservatism, it stands for nothing.


271 posted on 04/11/2016 9:17:43 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Dead Corpse

Cruz cannot win, and you will be sorry.


272 posted on 04/11/2016 3:16:59 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Cruz has just as much chance as Donald. Either would be preferrable to a Dem.

A fact you appear to be losing sight of.


273 posted on 04/11/2016 7:07:00 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: napscoordinator

“The entire caucus was 8,000 participants. Cruz got 2800 and trump got 2300. The rest were given up to others.”

Wow, you are just dense, aren’t you? Your numbers show that Cruz got 20% more voters than Trump. 2nd grade math. Are you complaining about the size of the participants or the Donald’s piss poor performance?


274 posted on 04/11/2016 7:09:38 PM PDT by sagar (3 way race; cranky populist - Trump/Sanders, establishment - Hillary/Roobio, conservative - Cruz!)
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To: sagar

You are a jerk. No wonder Cruz is only at 536. What a freak you are supporting. And you are dumber then a rock. You and Cruz can go screw some more. Just whipe your chin this time for Gods sake.


275 posted on 04/11/2016 8:07:13 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ted Cruz has won anything except the toe of the Republican Party’s boot after they use him like a cheap whore to block Donald Trump and then kick him to the curb.


276 posted on 04/11/2016 8:19:09 PM PDT by sport
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
See, resistance is futile, sez Michael Harrington, shilling over at Red State, April 10, 2016.

277 posted on 04/20/2016 12:56:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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