Posted on 01/16/2016 9:05:46 PM PST by TBBT
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are, not surprisingly, now in a total war. One school of thought is that Cruz made a mistake in cozying up to Trump for so long now that The Donald is lambasting him in the harshest and most demagogic terms. I don’t think that’s right. Even though Cruz’s “friendship†was transparently insincere–and often cringe-inducing–it was very shrewd, and the timing of the break-up is too. It was very unlikely that the truce could last forever, and the timing of the open hostilities means that Cruz can blame Trump for firing the first shot (the Canadian stuff) and, more importantly, attack Trump from a much stronger political position. With his surge over the last month or so, Cruz has amassed an extraordinary reserve of credibility on the right. A recent poll in Iowa had him at 91-6 favorable-unfavorable among tea partiers. If anyone has the standing to make the case against Donald Trump, it is Ted Cruz. And he won’t be making a “golly, Donald, why can’t you be nicer?†case against Trump, but a hard-hitting conservative one (and while a divided and feckless establishment, such as it is, watches from the sidelines). If there was any tactical error here it was on the part of Donald Trump. It has been pretty clear for a long time that Cruz had great potential in Iowa, but back when Trump could have dropped a bomb on Cruz before he took off, the mogul was either taken in by Cruz’s submissiveness, or willing to play along with the terms of their faux friendship.
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Me Too! I like Cruz as well... was hoping for Trump/Cruz
Al Lewis was a hoot!
If Cruz were to host SNL a Munsters skit with him as Grandpa would be great :-)
They do look alike.
Ted would be a hoot on SNL. He does skits on the road. They would just have to follow him around and they’d get enough for a great show.
Shaking my head. I hope not.
It’s so damn vicious!
I’m GRATEFUL our top two are TRUMP and CRUZ!
Why aren’t others?
Agree. GOP and supposed ‘conservative’ group (Freedom Works, etc.) drones.
Rich Lowry long ago lost all credibility He was never a conservative and ruined what little good there was at NRO
I’m with you
It's really all they've got.
To believe that is to believe that blacks should have 3/5 of a vote in 2016.
There was a Constitutional Amendment that changed that. There has been no amendment to broaden the definition of natural born citizen to include being born to only an American mother abroad.
The Constitution states "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a...". No Constitutinal amendment is needed for Cruz to be eligible here. On the other hand, to interpret as you would have it, it is you who would need an amendment such as: "The natural clause is to be replaced by native". But, sadly for you, the Constitution was never amended to say that.
Cruzbots are scarey. Last night I was speaking to a rabid Cruzbot and just mentioned that I liked Cruz but I thought his ties to Goldman Sachs was a problem. I said his wife should have quit the firm long ago when Ted had Presidential aspirations. He stormed out of the place.
It’s too bad the Cruznadians here at FR won’t just storm out of the place. :)
Trump is a New York liberal Democrat.
Put down the KoolAid and look at his record.
Wow, the GOPe supporting Cruz, that is surprising. Unfortunately for light in the loafers Lowry, Trump has improved his position in the post debate polls. But hey, if Lowry lies living in fantasy land, who cares?
Bubba Shawn here’s the thing, I get what you’re saying but here’s why that doesn’t matter to millions of conservatives:
He came out so strong on illegals that it blew away many of the norms we were all used to in American politics. To say what he said about illegals at his campaign launch and then how he defended it won him major conservative credibility. And it stuck. He went through the fire for that and it made all of his opponents look small and weak.
Lowry, please. I have been a broken record but that smack down on Cruz was incredible. It was THE story and still is.
bingo
If Trump by direct attack real or imagined and
CRUZ by his supporter looking like jerks
Are both removed from the top two positions
Who moves up?
Bush , Rubio, Kaaich??????
Certainly someone more to the GOPee liking
The point is that if Ted Cruz is really a Conservative then he would withdraw from the race because his father was not an American.
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Then shouldn’t Rubio withdraw? NEITHER of his parents was an American citizen when he was born; they were Cuban nationals.
Yes in the media’s mind he did; but in real life the people of South Carolina are giving Trump a 14 point lead AFTER the debate.
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