The “anyone but Cruz” hysteria grows to a crescendo

Hot Air ^ | December 2, 2015 | Jazz Shaw

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Panic baby, panic.

The shark is circling.

[conservativejoy]

Obama was going to do the Iran deal without Congress. The Corker bill assured that Congress had the right to approve or disapprove of the deal. The fact that the deal has not received Congressional approval means the next President can nullify the deal.

Trump has said he would not tear up the deal but enforce it. There is no way to make the Iran deal anything but a disaster for the Free World. Cruz said he would shred the deal on Day 1.

[Slyfox]

His freshman roommate, Craig Mazin, told Patricia Murphy of The Daily Beast: "I would rather have anybody else be the president of the United States ...

Sounds like Ted got himself another roommate after his freshman year because his first one was an @$$hole.

[Dave W]

The reason Trump is discounted is because a significant amount of support are from people who don’t usually vote. No one knows if Trump can really motivate them enough for him to win. Almost no one thinks Trump will win in Iowa because 40% of the ones who vote in the caucus are evangelical and are more conservative than the average Trump supporter. But I do think he has a chance in New Hampshire, since the voters there are more moderate...not nearly as many conservatives as in Iowa.

[subterfuge]

Why the long post? You support Trump. Don’t be afraid to say it.

[Duchess47]

Well said.

[VanDeKoik]

“The reason Trump is discounted is because a significant amount of support are from people who don’t usually vote”

And people that arrogant deserve to have whomever they support lose. That would be an irresponsible thing to rely on.

” Almost no one thinks Trump will win in Iowa”

Which is not true. And you have to remember, no one “wins” Iowa. It isnt a winner take all state.

“...because 40% of the ones who vote in the caucus are evangelical and are more conservative than the average Trump supporter.”

A goofy assumption that just because someone is “evangelical” that they will vote X way guaranteed. Trump can easily take 10% of them and 50% of the rest. And this is also assuming that the darling of the christian vote in Iowa for weeks, Carson, gets no votes. He is very likely to still pick up something.

[VanDeKoik]

“Why the long post? You support Trump. Don’t be afraid to say it.”

I’m not hiding it. But if I was still on the Cruz side, I would be a bit annoyed at what it has come down to in order to get my guy over the top.

I just wonder why someone on that side isnt sounding at least some concern at this plan?

[heshtesh]

Frankly it’s embarrassing. If Cruz had been Trump back in August, then we would not be in December having to have pedantic blog posts breathless trying to convince everyone that this was all part of a brilliant plan and it’s about to happen “any minute now”, or the numerous attempts at shaming people for being behind Trump.

I’m not the least bit nervous,lots of time before the first vote is cast.

[Lisbon1940]

Trump is bodacious, not Cruz.

[heshtesh]

Trump is bodacious, not Cruz.

Thanks that’s the leadership quality i was looking for.........guess i’ll have to switch to Trump now!!////

[caww]

As the article states....Sweaty palms inside the Beltway and around Manhattan have ensued over Cruz....and right on schedule...

Ted is one of the few people who have stood up to Obama and politicians on both sides of the aisle for years, is fearless and talented to do so and has the intelligence to deal with very complicated issues...Every once in a while there comes along a candidate who is head and shoulders above the rest...that would be Ted Cruz... He's the rare candidate who stands his ground, and not through intimidation rather he doesn't come unhinged and always maintains his cool...a thinker and a doer.

“Ted Cruz has no fear!” as has been stated.....when Ramos went after him in the interview ring early on Ted never allowed him to get the gotcha moment Ramos was so intent on getting.... Cruz wasn't about to take the bait.. from marriage to immigration Cruz brought up the Constitution, rights of the states, and made the case that certain supreme court decisions were unconstitutional because they took powers away from the states.

Katie Couric was another hit.... Couric asked Cruz if he has “any empathy” for immigrants as he opposes Barack Obama. Not missing a beat, Cruz zinged the liberal Couric, reminding her that it was Hillary Clinton who first started the birther campaign.

He's wonderful to watch as the press leans in for those moments he won't give them!...and He's a constitutional genius.... He can think circles around the mainstream media!!!

[papertyger]

Not sure I buy that line.

I don’t know why the Senate needs to “insure” future reversibility of executive overreach on something they are Constitutionally empowered to stop all on their own.

I’m certainly open to explanations that don’t “presume and excuse” the Senate’s duplicity.

[papertyger]

Trump has said he would not tear up the deal but enforce it. There is no way to make the Iran deal anything but a disaster for the Free World.

I certainly trust a world-class deal maker to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear with regard to Iran, as I do Ted's "explanation" of Corker.

[georgiarat]

Trump and Cruz are both acceptable. Cruz will be better off not to take a polling lead until the primaries start. If he leads too early the establishment will go after him hard. Right now they want him to bring down Trump as soon as possible. To this point Cruz has played it perfectly.

[conservativejoy]

Enforcing that the U.S. has to protect Iran from Israel taking out their nuclear facilities can’t be fixed. Iran monitoring themselves with no inspections that include a U.S. representative can’t be fixed. There’s more, but you get the point.

[conservativejoy]

Enforcing that the U.S. has to protect Iran from Israel taking out their nuclear facilities can’t be fixed. Iran monitoring themselves with no inspections that include a U.S. representative can’t be fixed. There’s more, but you get the point.

[papertyger]

Please address why the Senate can’t put a stop to a treaty regardless of what the Executive tries to camouflage it as.

Furthermore, “can’t be fixed” for a guy that buys bad contracts for a living is rather conceited.

[NeoCaveman]

Does this mean the attack poodles will be called off of Trump.

[conservativejoy]

If Trump enforces the Iran agreement, it will still be a disaster. It’s like trying to polish a t*rd. The agreement says that the U.S. has to defend Iran from an Israeli attack.

What’s conceited is comparing an arms agreement with a real estate deal.

The President has authority to negotiate agreements. This Congress hasn’t stopped him from doing anything yet.