The Cruz Surge Creates GOP Establishment Panic And Paralysis

Red State ^ | November 30, 2015 | Streiff

[fwdude]

A Democrat has threatened to sue over Cruz’s eligibility, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a good portion of establishment RINO’s join in on the lawsuit.

[KC_Lion]

Ping!

[cripplecreek]

Cruz, by comparison, has been getting kid-glove treatment, to the extent Democrats mention him at all in opposition dumps from the party apparatus and outside liberal groups.

Its the same as its always been. If the media and democrats fear someone they'll try to erase them rather than give them attention and risk that candidate being heard. Its especially true in the case of Cruz because no one handles the media with greater ease.

[Vigilanteman]

I see a distinct possibility that the final two will be Cruz vs. Trump. The GOPe may very well hold their nose and back Trump because his political positions are closer to those of Mitt Romney.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Ben Carson, while a fine person and a perfect fit for several cabinet posts, is just not ready for prime time yet. The same is true with Rubio except that he is a little weasel and may not even be a good fit for any cabinet post.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yeah, I saw that. It’s that grandstanding idiot in Florida, Alan Grayson. I don’t think many will want to associate with him.

[ConservingFreedom]

If I'd had the foresight, I could have financed my children's college expenses by selling brown trousers to the US Chamber of Commerce and the GOP Senate caucus.

ROTFL!

[cradle of freedom]

Look up Heidi Cruz—the missus.

[conservativejoy]

He should go ahead and file his case. It is going nowhere.

[erod]

[erod]

Ping-a-Ling!

[Iron Munro]

If the republican/RINO establishment elites don’t adjust to the reality that people are fed up with their lies and scams the only candidate to meet with their approval will be Hillary Clinton.

[TADSLOS]

The fundraising reports show that Cruz is running a savvy campaign that is both frugal and results oriented - very much like how we'd like the federal government to operate. Nearly alone among the non-Trump candidates, Cruz is financially positioned to fight the battle to the end. He is in that position because he is not acting as a life support system to RNC endorsed consultants that are sucking the other candidates dry.

Wait a tic, I thought Cruz was the financial honey pot epitome of the one world TPP globalist empire, according to some FReepers. LMAO.

[Duchess47]

He may be a grandstanding idiot but he is right.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Ted Cruz Surges in Iowa, Powered by Outsider Fervor

"CHARITON, Iowa - Around 10 p.m. Saturday, with locals here stuffing the entryway of a general store known for something called taco pizza, the presidential campaign of Senator Ted Cruz seemed to be winning a bet with itself.

Could the candidate fill the space on a frosty night, in a town of 4,000 or so, more than two months before voting begins, at an hour late enough that taco pizza was no longer being served?

"I'm pretty sure this is breaking a Guinness World Record," Mr. Cruz said, settling in beside the doughnut display as scores of Iowans surrounded him. A burly man with a thick beard, a shaved head and a large soda offered to be Mr. Cruz's "personal bouncer."

"It's a very bad idea in politics," Mr. Cruz began, diplomatically, "to ask voters to leave."

In fact, Mr. Cruz's Iowa bandwagon, long churning in relative obscurity, seems to be approaching capacity. Event audiences have swelled. People are coming forward with endorsements. A recent Quinnipiac University poll of likely Republican caucusgoers gave Mr. Cruz 23 percent support, a close second to Donald J. Trump, in the clearest signal yet that Mr. Cruz has begun to tap into the outsider fervor that has for months powered rivals without public sector experience................."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I’ve heard Cruz’s support is from a lot of individual donors (the same fervor there was for a candidate called Obama).

[FourtySeven]

All right! Good news bump to that.

[GBA]

Right now the GOP establishment is panicking over the specter of a Donald Trump candidacy. But if that wasn't sufficient to get those panties wetted, now a fear of Sen. Ted Cruz is setting in.

Yes, the first seems to be a verifiable truth. However, the second statement is not.

After reading more about Cruz's timeline in GuvCo in a Treeper's comment/post a few days ago, I'm not convinced that Ted wasn't taken out and taken in fairly soon after arriving in DC and by mid-2013, he shows signs of having been assimilated.

I've read that the GOPe prefers to have Hillary as POTUS instead of Trump and I don't doubt it, but I think they already have Ted in their pocket and don't care if he wins or loses against Hillary, though I think they believe he loses in that race.

[fatnotlazy]

Grayson has no standing to file a suit. Only the individual states can challenge eligibility by leaving a candidate's name off the ballot. Grayson could petition a state's election officials, but I have doubts any of them would want to tangle with Ted Cruz.

[xzins]

As I understood the article, they pretty much admitted that the current law implementing the constitution would make Cruz eligible. What they wanted to challenge was that law and whether it actually represented the constitution. Their argument would be that the Supreme Court has never decided on this issue. They haven’t.

If they get such a hearing from Scotus, then:

1. It tells us that Scotus is establishment down to their bone marrow. We already know that, so I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they took up such a case.

2. It ices a lot of people when considering Cruz. They’ll be wondering what Scotus will decide. It would hurt him. I have no doubt.