Posted on 12/21/2015 2:13:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In his 2014 re-election, Mitch McConnell wasn't running on his personality, nor was he trying to make the case he was the most homespun Kentucky senator there ever was. On the campaign trail, everything McConnell said and did came down to one essential truth: a vote for Mitch McConnell was a vote for a Republican Senate majority.
Now, however a volatile and unpredictable presidential cycle could throw that majority into jeopardy and all of the building blocks McConnell's been laying through his three-decade career could fall apart if a bombastic or unpredictable GOP presidential candidate -- Donald Trump? Ted Cruz? -- wins the nomination and threatens his carefully-crafted majority.
"McConnell could orchestrate the perfect Senate race, but if the Republican presidential candidacy is a bust all of those candidacies could be washed away," said Kyle Kondik, an expert on congressional elections with the University of Virginia. "It would be interesting that here you have a man of the party establishment who played by the rules and at the time of what could be his ultimate triumph, the party establishment is thrown aside and all his work could be undone."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at talkingpointsmemo.com ...
A debate between Cruz and Hillary would be prior to the General election, not between Republican candidates. The viewing audience would be all voters. You are ignoring the last part of my statement.
...That will go over real well with Democrats and those on the fence when he starts that with an old woman at a timed debate. Do you think the moderators of such a debate would give him an inch?...
Yeah?
How many US Supreme Court cases has Rick Lazio argued let alone won?
I know Rick Lazio. He is not even on the same planet as Ted Cruz.
You have not been paying attention. After voters of all kinds watched him in the very high ratings GOP debates, he is now running neck and neck with Hilary Clinton in the polls even while Trump is getting clobbered by 10 to 11 points by Hilary Clinton.
You have not been paying attention. Who is voting in the polls that he is running so high? Republicans, that’s who. That’s what they think.
Like Cruz all you want to, praise his debating skills, vote for him in the primaries, if that's what you feel you have to do, but for goodness sakes.....FACE REALITY AS IT IS, NOT HOW YOU WANT IT TO BE !
Yeah, so good "your head will spin" will only work for a limited time, but it's all Trump's got. Trump is as deep as a saucer, but a red-white-and-blue saucer!
Fill it with cream ... a debate between Trump and Hillary would devolve into a catfight, with ol' Trump the cattier of the two, sadly, with his name-calling and ugly "dummy" "loser" language.
Cruz -- young, confident, cool-headed -- would, as you say, annihilate Hillary or whatever Dem they select (whom that will be is outside our control). Our task is to choose, and we only get to choose one, OUR best guy to advance conservatism, and he is easy to spot. That would be Ted Cruz.
While there's still time -- dump Trump. Choose Cruz.
We'll see how Iowa goes, soon enough.
I assume that you saw him debate Hillary, then; yes?
And if this is the case, then you're just being delusional about a Cruz V. Hillary "debate" !
SEE? Others can play at this game too.
The WSJ HATES Trump worse than YOU do.
This was written THIS YEAR, yet NOT ON WORD about this was written prior to his runniung in the GOP primary race. The article you posted is a smear job, a hit piece, for TDS sufferers to enjoy. LOL
Not a single good thing has come from handing the GOPe the Senate. McTurtle is worse than useless. He stabbed those who voted for him in the back.
IF this was not accurate, Trump would be raising hell. I can give you more sources, such as The Federalist, but you will only believe what you want to believe. Reality means nothing.
Try going through the N.Y. Post and find articles about any of this that are many decades old. Then you could try the N.Y. Slimes.
Yup. I happen to live in New York. Watched him campaign and debate Hilary Clinton. He is not even on the same planet as Ted Cruz. You got to be nuts to even think it.
And if this is the case, then you're just being delusional about a Cruz V. Hillary “debate” !
Ted Cruz will clean Hilarys clock. And you can take it to the bank
This.
The Illuminati are nervous. “Throw more bread and circuses at the little people, quick!”
Nope. What I posted about Ted Cruz is exactly what matters. It shows a guy with lightning quick reactions, razor sharp brain, strategic thinking etc. That is why Ted Cruz has argued and won more cases before The United States Supreme Court than almost anyone else his age. To even compare him to Lazio.....Lazio wouldn't even win a debate in kindergarten. You need to get off the drugs mate.
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