Posted on 01/21/2016 12:39:20 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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Washington (CNN)Republican Party leaders and prominent senators are sharpening their knives against Ted Cruz, expressing growing alarm over his candidacy as he continues to mount a serious threat in Iowa.
In interviews with CNN, a growing number of Republicans are beginning to echo remarks made by the likes of former Sen. Bob Dole and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, warning that the party would suffer deep losses down the ticket and risk electing a Democratic president if the Texas senator wins the nomination.
"I think we'll lose if he's our nominee," said Orrin Hatch, the most senior Republican in the Senate...
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Yep. Kennedy’s trip to Texas was entirely for his re-election campaign. Kennedy was way behind in the polls and was widely expected to lose re-election before he was assassinated.
To put it in context for the young ‘uns, imagine if Obama had been assassinated in November 2011. Does anyone believe that Biden would not have won in a landslide in November 2012?
Thats what BobDole says too.
Another FReeper (jimbo123) suggested something disturbing. Here it is:
“If Cruz wins a good number of delegates, Rove and Priebus will DECLARE HIM INELIGIBLE and STRIP HIM OF HIS DELEGATES and give them to Jeb at the convention.
That’s why Jeb is sticking around. Jeb is counting on a brokered convention with a GIFT from Rove and Priebus of Cruz’s delegates.”
If that happens, I wonder how pro-Cruz FReepers will feel when we end up with Jeb as the GOP candidate. Trump needs to have enough votes so this wouldn’t matter — so that no matter how many votes could be stripped from Cruz and passed on to Jeb, there still wouldn’t be enough.
Cruz is a man of principle and that means GOPe has no power if Cruz is the nominee. GOPe wants a candidate who can be wooed/bought/compromised not one with integrity who says what he means and means what he says.
I really think an effective ad would be mug shots of senators and major GOP leaders sequenced to show their opposition to his candidacy and then conclude with the boiler plate Ted Cruz for President 2016.
These denouncements are the surest endorsement.
That’s ironic. Personally, I left the GOP long ago.
Ted Cruz’s nomination IS A REVOLT!!
Just look how the GOP-e is reacting to Cruz... Go ahead and look.
Cruz is the BEST CHOICE for America.
If Trump was loved by the GOPe, Jeb would be out of the race and so would all of the splitters.
This stuff is so silly. They weren’t scared of Cruz earlier andf they aren’t scared of him now.
They don't have much to worry about.
Exactly.
It was my first one, in fact.
All the political dog-piling has me more convinced than ever that Cruz is the right choice. Apparently, they fear him greatly . . . good.
Which is why conservatives support Ted Cruz.
Same here. It’s how I got started.
Raphael Santorum
OH THANK GOD!!! THANK GOD we didn’t listen to those damned purists!!! THANK GOD WE ELECTED LIBERAL REPUBLICANS!!!!
Oh they are SOOOOO much better than Democrats!!!
TrusTED
That photo would be ore accurate if the Democrat was a man.
Don't believe me?
See Newt Gingrich and what happened to him in '95 and what happened after that.
Well said.
If they revolt, does that mean we can shoot them?
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