Blew through $150 million for not a single delegate.
His campaign morphed into a singular mission to stop Trump and now that's gone.
He's the biggest loser.
Posted on 05/03/2016 9:16:33 PM PDT by Strac6
There are two huge losers tonight and neither of them is Ted Cruz. The Cruz campaign was dead in the water after the New York primary, and in his heart, Cruz knew it.
One of the realities of politics is that money is the grease that enables the political engine to go forward. Due to the stunning degree of Cruz’s loss in New York, and especially considering how much better than the poll expectations Trump did, Cruz fundraising was on pause after the New York primary two weeks ago.
As the election embarrassments continued for Cruz during the ACELA primaries, the fundraising stopped, DRT.
When you consider that Cruz was as much as eight points ahead of Trump in Indiana less than three weeks ago, and he suffered a blistering defeat tonight, the Cruz defeat /retreat/surrender was total, but certainly expected.
Simply put, Cruz had run out of ideas, supporters, and money simultaneously.
He will now begin to say very nice things about Donald Trump, with the hope that he can salvage something out of this campaign and not end up as nothing more than the punchline for bad standup comedian’s jokes.
The real losers tonight were Hillary and Kasich.
Hillary’s failure to perform anywhere near her polls is a clear and convincing indication that whatever support she has, beyond the 30% labor/gay/hard left that would support any Democrat even if we had an 8 x 10 Glossy of them shooting Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, is more shallow than the Bay of Fundy at low tide. One of the worst things for Hillary is that Gods are expected not to bleed, and tonight, she leaked all over the State of Indiana.
Tonight she lost her title as the presumptive candidate, and even worse than that, even her best supporters no longer assume even if nominated she would win the General Election.
There is an old “rule” that most candidates who are leading the Democratic presidential primary two years before the election never make it to the “finals.” You only have to look back to the recent Democratic front runners who were NOT nominated such as Clinton in 2008, Ed Muskie, Gary Hart, and so many more. “Scoop” Jackson, the Democratic Senator from Boeing, was so sure that he was a shoo-in in 1968, his wife had done everything but pick out the new White House China.
The bottom line on Hillary now; she is the Democratic “All-Star” who is about to go on the 21 year disabled list, and there is no one on the Democratic bench who has a chance. Unfortunately, there is one exception to that prior sentence and that would be a Biden/Warren ticket.
Despite all his prior protestations, if Clinton gets out, Biden/Warren will be in within 72 hours.
The big loser tonight on the Republican side is not Cruz but Gov. Kasich. Prior to Trump’s overwhelming win and Cruz’s surrender, Kasich was a bit of a kingmaker with his hundred plus delegates. If Donald Trump had been within 80 to 100 delegate votes to get the nomination on the first ballot, Kasich would have been in a position to demand virtually anything he wanted, with the possible exception of the vice presidency. Of course, being a reasonably smart man, Kasich would’ve called for a much more visible and important post then vice president.
After tonight, if Kasich campaign officials were to ask Trump campaign officials what they should do with their hundred plus first ballot votes, Trump officials might tell them to dispose of them in an exceptionally anatomically painful way.
If tonight’s Indiana Republican primary was a Las Vegas high-stakes poker game, at this hour Donald Trump would be in the 26th floor penthouse celebrating his victory with the world’s finest champagne, Cruz would be in his 1993 Chevrolet headed back to Encino, and Gov. Kasich still be sitting at the table with a moderately large pile of totally worthless chips in front of them, wondering what just happened.
Strap on your seatbelts boys and girls; it’s going to be a hell of a next six months!
And loser #3, Ben Gleck.
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Kasich left. God I hope we unite now. Defeat Hitlery!!!!
Lark Mevin?
And Levin.
Blew through $150 million for not a single delegate.
His campaign morphed into a singular mission to stop Trump and now that's gone.
He's the biggest loser.
Cruz is nothing more than a bad footnote in this election. A first term junior senator, a serial liar, and a Canadian natural born citizen. The losers are all of the people that ignored the Constitution and their conservative principles to support him.
Clever and a couple of good points. Kasich now is in 4th place in a 2 man race and is staying in because he believes in Common Core math.
Bernie is not going away.
Cruz blew it. And if he ever tries to make good on those suggestions about him being young and having another go at it, there is enough painfully embarrassing video now in the vault that he’ll won’t be able to raise a dime. Even in Calgary.
One thing I’ll give Cruz credit for is bringing Carly in as his week-long running mate. Now that he’s got to fire his entire campaign staff, it looks like a brilliant move.
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Glen Feck is such a moron
I think it is time to lighten up on Mr. Cruz.
He ran a tough race. Now he stood down. Mr. Trump said today, Cruz ran a very tough race.
I hope the two of them work things out, and that Mr. Trump finds a good position for Mr. Cruz.
If Hillary got out I am not sure how Warren/biden would get in. But if the Democrat establishment managed it...I think they might have a big problem getting the Bernie babies to turn out in November.
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Be interesting to see how Glenn Beck spins this tomorrow.
Stop being classy. You won’t fit in. ;)
Cruz’s problem wasn’t lack of money or ideas.
His problem was a surplus of siding with illegal aliens, communist flag carrying thugs, and Muslim activists when they attacked Trump’s Chicago rally.
He is on suicide watch. Please don’t disturb. Waiting for BREAKING NEWS from TEXAS.
I agree. There is no point in holding a grudge. We need unity not getting even with each other.
Remember in 1972 when Dem VP candidate Tom Eagleton dropped, POST CONVENTION, due to his history of mental hospitalization, Dem lackey Sergeant Schriver was in in about a week.
Voting for Trump will be a pleasure so I can see this same group demanding his impeachment if he wins.
I have no choice but to vote for this crap liberal.
What happened to “God told Heidi that Ted Cruz will be President” ? It was calling.
Was it , God was saying TRUMP.
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