Posted on 02/23/2016 8:52:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
This is already the most fascinating Republican presidential primary campaign since the fabled Ford-Reagan fight of 1976,
But at the moment it looks like it won't turn out as well from the establishment's perspective.
Back then, the establishment managed to put their candidate over the top against his right-wing challenger.
That's not likely to happen this year.
That's because the Ford-Reagan race was essentially a two-man race.
But the Trump-Rubio-Cruz race has three men in it.
One is likely to keep getting around a third of the vote while the other two split up most of the remainder.
The hope for the establishment is that Ted Cruz will drop out and let Marco Rubio have a one-on-one shot against Donald Trump.
That's not likely, at least not to Steve Lonegan.
Lonegan, the conservative who lost a close battle to Chris Christie in the 2009 gubernatorial primary, has been out in Nevada for the past couple of weeks organizing the Cruz campaign.....
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So, my question is this: which one gets the one third, and which two split the other two thirds? The answer to this question is the key to the election.
Their Fault,,,???
Lead,
Follow,
OR GET OUT OF THE WAY !
So do I. IO trust Cruz to do it; I don't trust Trump to do it.
I want someone to stand up for workers.
"Workers" -- a Marxist term.
Trump's economic policies will hurt working people. They will cause job losses. They will cause more businesses to go elsewhere, and fewer businesses to start up.
I want someone to attempt to roll back the clock on illegal immigrants.
Well, you're not going to get that from someone whose own buildings have been and are being built by illegal aliens, who wants to let them back into teh country. who says we hve to give them a path and make it possible for them to succeed.
But that's Trump's position. Cruz's position is "enforce the law". Get as many out of here as possible as fast as possible, and don't give them a path back in.
Cruz fought the Gang of Eight amnesty bill. Trump essentially supported the Gang of Eight and their bill.
http://conservativenews247.com/article/view/233678/Donald-Trump-Financed-The-Gang-of-8/
http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/01/23/donald-trump-immigration-fight-advocating-amnesty/
http://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-donald-trump-amnesty-tweet-2016-1
Your guy is not who you think he is. Your guy is not who he says he is.
He is leading Hillary in the polls; Trump isn’t.
Electable candidates have cost Republicans the last two elections.
Not to mention all the dead people who will vote for Hillary a la the 1960 presidential election.
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