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CRUZ or LOSE!
Posted on 08/04/2015 11:13:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
To hardly anyone’s surprise, former Gov. Rick Perry was left out of the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday night.
Fox News, the network that will televise the Cleveland debate, announced its line-up of 10 GOP hopefuls on Tuesday, which is led by billionaire Donald Trump and includes Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, but excluded Perry, the longest serving governor in Texas history.
For Perry and the six other GOP hopefuls who didn’t make the cut the consolation prize was an invitation to an earlier debate on the same stage. However, the second tier debate is set for 4 p.m. CDT, not on prime-time when the networks draw the highest number of viewers.
Perry’s exclusion for the first debate had been anticipated by a number of political observers because his recent polling numbers were around 2 percent, compared to 20 percent or higher for Trump or even a steady 5 to 6 percent for Cruz.
Perry had two strikes against him, said Eric Herzik, chairman of the political science department at the University of Nevada at Reno.
One, the “oops” moment at a Republican presidential debate four years ago — when he couldn’t remember the name of the third federal agency he wanted to eliminate — and two, he is no longer in public office, Herzik said.
“He performed badly and he is no longer a sitting governor, that’s what made him competitive” Herzik said. Moreover, “right now the Republican field is so crowded that nobody stands out.”
As for Cruz, “he is not ready for prime-time,” Herzik predicted.
“Many people criticized (President) Barack Obama for not having enough experience but Cruz has a lot less,” Herzik explained. “He’s been a senator for two years and now he is running for president.
“At least Obama served four years in the (U.S) Senate and had been a state senator (for seven years in Illinois).”
What a clown. Obama and Cruz with same exact US senate time served before launching presidential campaign. Except Obama was a do nothing back bencher. Cruz is the leading conservative.
Ted Cruz Ping! By December at least 5 of the canidates would have dropped out.
I can see Rand Paul, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, John K, , Linda Graham, Gilmore drop out by December.
Rick Perry, what a jerk, a$$hole.
I guess I better start blaming ( sarcastically ) Ted Cruz for everything.
Dag nabit !!
Ted Cruz ! You just lost my vote, Ted Cruz ? I blame you for ? Well, my blue cheese is, well, BLUE ! DAG NABIT !
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