Posted on 01/20/2016 4:19:24 PM PST by springwater13
Yes, you read that right. According to Ted Cruz, the so-called Republican establishment is abandoning Florida senator Marco Rubio and uniting behind real-estate mogul Donald Trump. Cruz has long said the Republican primary would come down to two candidates, one a conservative, the other an establishment moderate.
Now that Cruz and Trump are leading the polls, he's trying his hardest to paint Trump as the latter. "We're seeing something remarkable happening in this Republican primary," the Texas senator told reporters on Wednesday. "Right now, the Washington establishment is abandoning Marco Rubio, they’ve made the assessment that Marco can’t win this race, and the Washington establishment is rushing over to support Donald Trump. We're seeing that happen every day, and Mr. Trump is welcoming that support."
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But Teddy can make believe in his fantasies. There just aren't that many hard right conservatives in the party to elect him. His ceiling is 25% and Trump's is over 50%.
You go ahead and support your “moderate” candidate, I’m a hard right conservative, so Ted’s my guy.
Actually Bob Dole came out for Trump today. So Cruz is correct.
McCain will be along soon.
I like Ted Cruz. However, you’re not going to get any Dems to cross party lines to vote for him, at the same high amounts as Trump would garner. Lots of Dems have soured on Obama and Hillary, and will support Trump. Unfortunately not so with Cruz.
That is exactly what Cruz is saying.
Internal polls in Iowa must show Cruz(R-Goldman Sachs)
on a downward trend.
Unfortunately for Cruz, Palin’s endorsement is the only news I see on TV.
Well Bob Dole did come out for Trump today.!
He has many elderly followers who will only vote R ! They have their entire life
It is called the truth.
Doesn’t pass the laugh test you say?
Ha, Trump proposed increasing the ethanol mandate the very same day Palin endorsed him. Something Palin was very much against before her “change of heart”. Palin made her bed.
Only the most extreme right wing individuals would consider Trump a moderate at this point. Nobody else does.
Bob Dole endorsed Jeb in November.
This is called desperation, folks. Cruz is pigeon-holding himself as the extremist religious right-wing candidate. So extreme he says the establishment is dumping Rubio and siding with Trump after 7 months of trashing Trump more than any candidate has been trashed before. It just doesn’t pass the laugh test especially after the Palin endorsement.
But Teddy can make believe in his fantasies. There just aren’t that many hard right conservatives in the party to elect him. His ceiling is 25% and Trump’s is over 50%.
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Call it desperation on Cruz’s part or whatever you want...in the end it’s all good for Trump!!!
You gotta sell it to get people to support it.
McConnell scolds Reid over threat to vote on Trump proposals January 14, 2016
Trump Bashes Ted Cruz for Being Rude to Mitch McConnell January 19th, 2016
Nope no establishment support to be seen here... move along folks....
And proud of it.
LOL ... They figure the best they can do to co-opt the anti-GOPe frontrunner is try to brand him as one of them?
Looks like they gave up on FUD, and they’re excuisitely displaying the basis for them being crowned the Stupid Party.
What a crew of dorks.
Trump has knocked Cruz off his game. Getting Palins endorsement is a big deal.
I don’t consider him to be a moderate... I consider him to be Liberal Progressive Con Man.
Yep, he's totally outside the mainstream.
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