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Cruz vs. Rubio
Townhall.com ^ | February 5, 2016 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 02/05/2016 10:08:07 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Responsibility2nd

So would I but I’m afraid Rubio is another Bush. He’ll talk a good game and throw it all away once elected and go back to HIS agenda like W did - Amnesty at all cost.


61 posted on 02/05/2016 12:12:48 PM PST by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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To: donozark

Maybe they don’t go back far enough. He’d been in the FL legislature since January 2000. Marco so hates to leave a paper trail. That is why he kept conservative bills from reaching the floor of the FL house when he was speaker. That is also one of the reasons why he skips out on so many votes.


62 posted on 02/05/2016 12:24:07 PM PST by Waryone
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To: dfwgator

The key to advancing the conservative agenda at the federal level is a veto-proof (in the case of a Democrat President) or filibuster-proof (with a Republican President) majority in the Senate. Without that, what matters most is preventing another Democrat in the White House who will issue damaging executive orders and help set the world on fire with feckless diplomatic and military policies.


63 posted on 02/05/2016 12:33:26 PM PST by riverdawg
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To: Waryone
NRA gave him and "A" in 2000. Only last month, Larry Pratt said GOA would be fine with Marco Rubio as President. But also advised him to stay away from the immigration issue.

If GOA is okay with him (on Second Amendment issues) then I'm okay with him, on Second Amendment issues.

64 posted on 02/05/2016 1:07:58 PM PST by donozark (Bernie Sanders:I was commie when commie wasn't koo-ol!)
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To: andy1954

Trump is the one who consistently is destroyed by Clinton in the polls. Cruz beats her. Worst yet for Trump:

Cruz has more support among blacks and Hispanics (!), contrary to Drudge’s legend.

The regions were Trump does best against Democrats relative to Cruz are all regions where there won’t be much of a battle anyway: New York, California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois, and New Hampshire. Of those, only New Hampshire is purple. Cruz, on the other hand, performs better in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Minnesota. Of those, only Minnesota isn’t purple... and Cruz actually could win it!


65 posted on 02/05/2016 1:46:32 PM PST by dangus
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To: dangus

No way. Not a Trump fan either.


66 posted on 02/05/2016 1:49:05 PM PST by andy1954
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To: Kaslin

Marco Rubio (R-Amnesty)

It didn’t begin with the Gang of Eight.

He was already siding with illegals when he was Speaker of the Florida House.


67 posted on 02/05/2016 2:07:37 PM PST by Pelham (Mullah Barack Obama and the Jihad against America)
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To: Dana1960
'Many of us here at FR believe the US still has as many conservatives Americans as we did in the 1980s.'

At least that's the case here in California.

68 posted on 02/05/2016 2:09:48 PM PST by Pelham (Mullah Barack Obama and the Jihad against America)
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To: Kaslin

This is Erick Erickson (Red State) babble. Trump hater extraordinaire. I totally disregard anything Erick says.


69 posted on 02/05/2016 2:32:36 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
That is your privilege.
70 posted on 02/05/2016 2:43:16 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: skeeter

Whatcha gonna do if he gets the nomination? Stay home and pout? Vote for some third party candidate who has zero chances to get elected, or vote for Hillary, the criminal?


71 posted on 02/05/2016 2:49:06 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: Kenny

Wow, I didn’t know Townhall.com wrote the op-ed /sarcasm>


72 posted on 02/05/2016 2:55:07 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: C210N

Agreed


73 posted on 02/05/2016 2:55:53 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: Kaslin
Pout? No. Write in my own choice and vote down ticket.

You will now say something along the lines of 'Hillary thanks you', but I totally reject that charge.

It is the establishment, by refusing yet again to listen to their constituents, that will elect Hillary.

74 posted on 02/05/2016 2:57:10 PM PST by skeeter
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To: dfwgator

Mitt Romney would have been a million times better that that arrogant pos who occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Ave


75 posted on 02/05/2016 2:59:12 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: Kaslin

I agree..... we’re going to end up with a Cruz/Rubio ticket.... or a Rubio/Cruz ticket. And the world’s richest moron is going to run third party....


76 posted on 02/05/2016 3:00:45 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: Kaslin

As much as it pains me to agree with you you are right. Mitt Romney would have been 1000% better than a commie lovin Muslim with the IQ of a brick.


77 posted on 02/05/2016 3:06:13 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: donozark

What about the years from 2000 to 2010. Rubio getting an A from the NRA in 2000 is not surprising at all, nor is it proof of how he’ll vote at any other time. That was his first year in the legislature. He had not learned his way around yet. Marco Rubio is the slipperiest, slimiest candidate inflicted on an electorate. You have to watch his every move, not just trust someone’s observation of one or two years.

Take it from a Floridian who has seen him in action. Marco Rubio is a snake.


78 posted on 02/05/2016 3:40:02 PM PST by Waryone
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To: Waryone
In 2004-A+. 2010, he did drop to a "B." Currently an "A." Hardly an anti. 16 years and the worst grade he got was a "B." Not bad.

As to his other positions? I have not commented on them. Only his Pro-RKBA status. And the fact he aligned with the "Gang of 8" which of course negates any $upport/vote I would give him.

Rubio was, and is PRO-Second Amendment. Larry Pratt said so. If you disbelieve me? Call GOA. ..

79 posted on 02/05/2016 4:23:49 PM PST by donozark (Bernie Sanders:I was commie when commie wasn't koo-ol!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

What you said in #77! But when I tried to suggest that, I was blamed for everything from the Mountain Meadows Massacre to “Peep Stones.”


80 posted on 02/05/2016 4:33:08 PM PST by donozark (Bernie Sanders:I was commie when commie wasn't koo-ol!)
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