Cruz to tap Carly Fiorina as running mate

AP/Yahoo ^ | 4/27 | AP

[TangledUpInBlue]

Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz has tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina as his running mate in the race for the White House.

The Texas senator plans to formally unveil his pick for vice president Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis.

That's according to a Republican with direct knowledge of the plan, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized speak before the official announcement.

Cruz is trying to generate momentum for his struggling campaign. GOP front-runner Donald Trump swept primaries in five Northeastern states on Tuesday.

Cruz has been mathematically eliminated from winning enough delegates to clinch the Republican presidential nomination before primary voting ends.

But he's pushing to claim the nomination at a contested national convention in July.

The 61-year-old Fiorina endorsed Cruz earlier in the year after abandoning her own presidential bid. The former chief executive at Hewlett-Packard has never held elected office.

[BlessedBeGod]

Ugh. Yuck. Ick. That finishes him.

[Blue Jays]

His timing is absolutely amateurish and atrocious.
He should have had Carly Fiorina onstage ten minutes ago for a 3-minute announcement.
This is sooooo inelegant.

[dragnet2]

Worst headline ever: Cruz to tap Carly Fiorina.

Cruz stated he no desire to copulate with Trump. But I'm not sure about snarly Carly.

[Uncle Miltie]

“Cruz to tap Carly Fiorina”

I knew the bimbo rumors were true!

[Sequoyah101]

Good ‘ol Snarly, too little, too late, to bad he is so desperate.

Very bad decision.

[dragnet2]

The loooooonnnnnggg introduction. Is Carly even in the building?

Cruz can't order a meal without straining to sound like he's giving the Gettysburg Address. No joke. Few bought into that claptrap.

[Will88]

He should have had Carly Fiorina onstage ten minutes ago for a 3-minute announcement.

Now she might talk for thirty minutes or more. I guess they're going for all the TV time they can get before it all comes to an end.

[fortheDeclaration]

You are indeed quite delusional and I think most Cruz supporters have recognized that is simply nonsense.

Cruz made sure he didn't go 'one on one' by not being able to knock out Kasich and then making a deal with him.

[DoughtyOne]

“:^)

[Busta Rhymes]

He chose another crazy woman.

[Blue Jays]

SINGING?!?! My head is now exploding.
They do not recall Hillary Clinton's barking dog skit?
Please make it stop.

[fortheDeclaration]

Cruz is going to get killed in both States.

His supporters (those who have brains) will see his desperation and vote Trump.

[Darth Hillary]

[AuntB]

” Worst headline ever: Cruz to tap Carly Fiorina.

Cruz stated he no desire to copulate with Trump. But I’m not sure about snarly Carly. “

Ted’s only interested in screwing the American voter.

[mad_as_he$$]

+1. icky....

[RoosterRedux]

Ted and Snarly got the faces they deserve.

[nopardons]

Not gonna happen; Trump shall have, at the least and probably more, the 1237 and be the nominee.

This whole Carly as V.P. is pathetically stupid and isn't going to help Crazy Teddy.

[datricker]

Seriously, that headline makes me laugh out loud. Did he “tap” her on the shoulder?

I know the first thought I had was, who cares. Or to quote the person Ted Cruz is now helping "What difference does it make?"

[Blue Jays]

Carly Fiorina is losing any last bit of credibility and esteem with her own outrageously long-winded speech.
This VP episode is nearly as nuts as the Admiral James Stockdale debacle more than two decades ago.

[Will88]

Cruz can't order a meal without straining to sound like he's giving the Gettysburg Address.

Yeah, what a team. Ted always sounds like he's giving some serious debate presentation and Carly always sounds like a robot playing a recorded script.