I hope we can stop the circling firing squad and simply fight Hillary and her failures and unite around the primary winner.
Poor judgement on Cruz's part if he doesn't stand behind his remarks.
This is a simple public-relations game between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz to take-down Ben Carson and Marco Rubio ...
Well, Trump did not start this.
just a fact
Will someone please explain to me what an Iowa Evangelical is?
I’d rather see them work together than fight but if you are going to criticize the other one don’t do it behind closed doors.
Or Trump could man up and say what’s on his mind.
poor little thin-skinned pooh boy can’t handle someone saying that he thinks he won’t be the nominee? Can’t handle someone saying that he thinks theres a natural arc? There was exactly zero criticism in Cruz’ comments. Yet another example of Capt Kardashian being a reality show candidate and not, in any way, a person remotely qualified to be the leader of the (sort of) free world.
Well, Donald, the gloves were coming off soon anyway. And, I’m not so sure about your judgement either. I read and listened to what Cruz had to say at the fund raiser, and it honestly seems like much ado about nothing to me. They are all going to be questioning each others judgment from here on out.
So what does Cruz owners ohhhh donors demand from him in return?.....
Cruz is just a more stealth DC owned politician.
I like and respect both Donald and Ben. I do not believe either one is going to be our nominee. I don't believe either one is going to be our president. I think both of them, their campaigns have a natural arc. And with both of them I think gravity is pulling them down... Carson is further in that descent. You look at Paris, you look at San Bernardino, it's given a seriousness to this race, that people are looking for: Who is prepared to be a commander in chief? Who understands the threats we face? Who am I comfortable having their finger on the button? Now that's a question of strength, but it's also a question of judgment. And I think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them. So my approach, much to the frustration of the media has been to bear hug both of them, and smother them with love. People run as who they are. I believe gravity will bring both of those campaigns down, I think the lion's share of their supporters come to us
So, it wasn't an attack on them at all. It was one candidate saying he is a better choice. Of course he'd say that. It's hardly reasonable to attack a candidate for putting himself forward as the best choice.
I had hoped for a TRUMP/CRUZ ticket in 2016, looks like Ted may be shutting that door, to bad.
Cruz seems to be trying to obey Reagan’s commandment of not attacking other members of your party.
To quote Trump...
“I triple dog dare ya.”
All Trump needs is bait and to be pointed in a direction by the media..And he will bark.
He needs to learn he doesn’t have to respond every time somebody could have potentially said something negative about him.
Let’s see if Cruz plays this right.
First, a couple of observations. Nothing Cruz said was really critical of Trump or Carson. In fact, Cruz told his donors flat out that he wasn’t going to go after them at all. He said he would let the natural progression of the arc play out. It’s already happening with Carson.
Second, Trump is a counter-puncher. The reason that is his reputation is that he is very good at it. If you give him something to counter, he will hit you back hard. But Cruz hasn’t given him enough to counter yet. That’s why Trump is taunting him, saying ‘go ahead and hit at me, I’ll take you down like the others.’ If Cruz doesn’t hit at Trump, even with the dare, Trump can’t unleash his devastating counter-punches.
Third, Trump understand the media news cycles like no one else. He gets ahead of stories and forces the narrative in his own direction. Believe me, he is having the time of his life getting his ego stroked like this. He is on the front page four to five times a week, and he loves it! But that means that he can’t waste a lot of time waiting for Cruz to throw a punch. If Cruz doesn’t take the bait in the next few days, Trump will have moved onto something else.
So all Cruz has to do is not say anything that will allow Trump to counter-punch. That’s it.
Have we gotten to the bottom of this yet? Didn’t Cruz question the tape itself?
‘Cruz’s campaign dismissed the story as “misleading,” but Cruz himself said he would not comment on something he “may or may not have said at a private fundraiser.”’
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-ted-cruz-judgment-audio-2015-12
Ted Cruz should not stoop to the level of falling for the bombastic Trump’s ploys!
Since the contents of the meeting are in fact available, it tells me that Cruz didn’t promise these donors anything he hasn’t promised anything else.
If Cruz DIDN’T think his judgment was better than Trump’s, Carson’s, and the rest, he has no business running.
Cruz needs man up.
It’s just possible that Trump fans are also Cruz fans and attacking Cruz could blow up in Trump’s face.