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Cruz as President of the Senate?
Posted on 12/22/2015 6:17:37 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson
I’d be fine with it, but Cruz as Supreme Court Justice and then Chief Justice might be better in the long run...
Merry Christmas Boss!
To: fieldmarshaldj
Yes, after 8 years as Vice-President. :-DNah... Bush doesn't have a chance... :o)
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:28:52 PM PST
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
To: Publius
Lyndon Johnson thought that was going to happen when he was elected VP with Kennedy in 1960. He got a rude awakening on the first day of the new Congress in 1961.
Please explain, I wasn't born yet when that happened.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:29:17 PM PST
by
Tailback
To: Jim Robinson
I think the Trump/Cruz dynamic will be lick a President/Prime Minister situation, or in business terms, Trump is CEO and Cruz will be COO.
After one term Cruz takes over.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:30:15 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Jim Robinson
That would be good. It was Reagan’s mistake to agree to take GHW Bush. Reagan wanted Paul Laxalt and we would be much better off if Laxalt had followed Reagan in the Presidency.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:30:40 PM PST
by
Pelham
(Muslim immigration...the enemy is inside the wire.)
To: roamer_1
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:30:42 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: Jim Robinson
Be still my beating heart!!!
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:31:18 PM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
The VP will only be as powerful as a president lets him be. The Senate as an institution is a stickler for precedent, tradition and protocol. A VP will
not be allowed to function with any real power in the Senate.
As VP, Nixon played an occasional behind the scenes role, but that was okayed by both Eisenhower and Majority Leader Johnson in support of passage of civil rights laws.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:31:29 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Jim Robinson
Trump has said he wouldn’t do what Cruz did as a Conservative senator so I doubt he’ll make Cruz VP with that thinking.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:31:36 PM PST
by
RginTN
To: Jim Robinson
They have diametrically opposing worldviews and they both know it well. Trump is running to make “America Great Again”, while hopefully Cruz is running to bring it to a last nanosecond repentance before God withdraws his mercy and blesssing.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:32:17 PM PST
by
Theophilus
(Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:32:28 PM PST
by
gwgn02
To: Jim Robinson
Whoever wins the GOP nomination, should suck it up and name Fiorina as VP candidate. She can say truthful things about Hillary, that need to be said, that no man can get away with, in order to attract a certain number of women voters who’ve given the White House to the dhimmicrats four of the last six elections.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:32:29 PM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
(Ná tabhair shilÃÂnàle muca nó comhairle do amadáin)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
I don’t think the Supreme Court is an option for Cruz.
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:32:56 PM PST
by
BlackFemaleArmyColonel
(I LOVE JESUS THE CHRIST becuase HE first loved me (1 John 4:19)!)
To: AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:33:26 PM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Tailback
LBJ thought he was going to run the Senate as VP just as he had run the Senate as Majority Leader. Mike Mansfield of Montana became the new Majority Leader, and power continued to flow to the committee chairmen who were overwhelmingly Southern Democrats.
Lyndon walked around the Senate cloakroom like a ghost, ignored by the senators he used to terrorize. It was the worst period of his political life. He had no power, no influence and no respect.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:34:36 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Are you gonna take down the “Cruz 16” pic on your homepage?
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:36:12 PM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: TornadoAlley3
I’d back Trump if he’s the nominee but some scumsucking lib like Jim Webb on the ticket would give me pause.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:38:05 PM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Impy
He’ll be in the Executive Branch come Jan ‘17, so no. :-P
To: Boardwalk
After Jan 20, 2033 it will be. ;-D
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