[JudyinCanada]

Widely admired Megyn Kelly? By whom? Readers of GQ?

[cripplecreek]

Cruz is just smart enough to know better than to wrestle a pig.

[woweeitsme]

I really haven’t heard Cruz attack any of the other GOP candidates. I think he may have went after Rand Paul once after he was attacked by him.

I think Cruz believes in the old Reagan credo of not saying anything bad about fellow Republicans.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

More broadly, it’s pretty clear where the drift of this thing is heading, which is not toward Trump winning the nomination, but toward Trump somewhere along the way saying he’s been treated unfairly — by the GOP, by the media, by Jonah Goldberg, et al. — and declaring next year that he’s seriously considering an independent bid. Even if he didn’t ultimately pull the trigger, it would guarantee another couple of months of attention for Donald Trump, which is the only thing that matters for Donald Trump.

How true.

[skeeter]

Trump may never get to that point, as its clear Cruz has decided to reserve all of his fire for the dark side.

Its one reason I love the guy.

[henkster]

Ask whose interests it would serve for Cruz and Trump to go to war.

[mrsmith]

The rest is garbage but the headline is true.

[over3Owithabrain]

Trump has already won when the narrative has changed to “he’s definitely done” to “foolish to think that anything that has transpired since Thursday will sink him”.

Lowry is calling all his Establishment buddies fools since they all were stomping on Trump’s empty grave all weekend.

[editor-surveyor]

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Ted Cruz has pledged not to attack other candidates, and to stick to his own message, most of which has actually formed Trump’s Johnny-come-lately rendition of same!
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(don’t hold your breath Donald)

[Mamzelle]

The girley boys if NR admire the bimbo. Rich wants to borrow her shoes so he can go pole dancing.

[SoFloFreeper]

He spoke about Megyn Kelly the SAME WAY he spoke about Chris Wallace.

Quit buying this BULLCRAP media meme.

The media HATES Megyn Kelly and wouldn’t run to her defense if Hillary Clinton attacked her.

I am not even a Trump supporter, and I see this for what it is: media distraction.

RECORD LOW JOB MARKET PARTICIPATION.

ISIS BEHEADING CHRISTIANS.

NATIONAL DEBT TRIPLES.

ISRAEL ABANDONED BY US GOVERNMENT.

IRAN GETTING NUKES.

GDP STAGNANT.

Media focus? A pathetic 7th grade style tit for tat over egos and who said what.

Embarrassing.

[FreeAtlanta]

Look for endless attempts by the “fair” media to get Cruz to rebuke Trump.

[9YearLurker]

RINO center NR managing editor or some such goes for the two-fer, trying to smear Trump and Cruz with one swoop.

(One of their editors, Jay Nordlinger, is actually friendly with Cruz and in some way advising him—even though Cruz is more red-meat than that crew can usually handle.

[hecticskeptic]

The widely admired Megyn Kelly is definitely a riskier target for him than John McCain was.

What a stupid thing to say…. as if it was all calculated when in fact it just was an ad hoc statement. And to precede the comment by calling Kelly ‘widely admired’ is just a tactic to try to direct the persuasion. I’ve had few people mention Trump’s comments and I usually tell them… “now quote exactly what Trump said and tell me what it means before you tell me what the problem is with it….because it seems to me that what you think is a problem is actually based on an interpretation by others of what Trump has said. Can you not think for yourself? Why would your reaction be based on an interpretation that involve Kelly’s periods?”

[lodi90]

Cruz is not attacking Trump because he is mainstreaming conservative issues.

[CodeToad]

Cruz was a coward in the debates. He didn’t stand up for himself and demand respect from the snotty bitch. He lost points with me because to stand up for America and Americans will take guts, fast thinking, and a spine.

[DoughtyOne]

I like Ted Cruz. That being said, it is silly for a writer to hinge his assessment of a competitor on the comment of his direct competitor.

Try this on for size. “I’ll know when Cruz is done when Mike Huckabee says he’s wrong.” Ah no, Cruz will be done when and if he steps out of line with Conservatism. Same with Trump right now. Until then what Cruz says about Trump will be taken into consideration, as it should be. Trump won’t be done because of it anymore than Cruz should be done if Trump says something negative about him.

Cruz needs to consider that he could very well be asked to join Trump as his vice-president. I don’t think he should sell his soul to protect his chances of that, but I don’t think he should join the Left to trash Trump unreasonably either. I don’t see Cruz doing that anyway, but it is something he should avoid. The ticket could be damaged by early negative comments.

Another concept I found troubling in this commentary was this. “...but the gentle treatment Cruz affords the mogul is especially noteworthy given how eager he usually is to attack other Republicans...” He’s not generally eager to attack other Republicans. How many months/years did he take to state the obvious concerning Mitch McConnell?

Some of these writers are very intemperate when they write. They toss out these false narratives that readers pick up on and develop beliefs based on. Some of it can’t be dismissed as simply being careless either. Some of it is crafted.

[stanne]

Lowry dragging Cruz into this...

If only the GOPe went after democrats the way the go after conservatives, trump wouldn’t HAVE to step in

[G Larry]

Ted is clever enough to know that he only needs to wait for Trump to self-destruct.

[Servant of the Cross]

I take Andy’s point about how all the other candidates are making their own calculations how to respond to Trump, too, but the gentle treatment Cruz affords the mogul is especially noteworthy given how eager he usually is to attack other Republicans ...

Aha! And there you have it. Metrosexual Rich Flowery exposes himself and his anger at Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz was the original anti-Establishment figure. He doesn't hate McConnell and isn't "eager" to attack 'Republicans'. But he is sick to death of the toothless "leadership" of an OLD and WIMPY Majority Leader and his equally spineless sidekick in the House. He is ready to fight and be a real Opposition Party to the Socialists of the Left. And he has been doing that ever since he set foot in the Senate. Which makes him a pariah to Mitchy and the Uniparty 'leaders' in DC, and their media sycophants like Lowry.

Here was brand new Senator Cruz, in September of 2013, trying to rally his Party with a filibuster over the funding 0bamacare with Rush on the EIB Network ...

Now, a number of Republicans are going to maintain that, no, no, no, no, no, their vote to cut off debate is in support of the House bill. And, Rush, that's simply not the case. It's a show vote. Now, if Harry Reid gets 60 votes, every Republican then will vote against his amendment to fund Obamacare, and so all 46 Republicans want to go home to their districts and say, "Gosh, I voted to defund Obamacare, and marvel of marvels, we lost," which to be honest is the outcome that I think more than a few of them affirmatively desire. And part of what's so problematic with Washington is how many Republicans want a show vote to pretend to their constituents they're fighting for what they say they're fighting for, rather than actually fighting for it and actually winning.

RUSH: Well, that's it. That's it in a nutshell right there. I mean that's the whole point. I mean, when you were running for Senate, you probably thought you were joining a lot of people that were like you, wanted to stop this. You get there, you find out you're one of three or four.

CRUZ: I will tell you the single biggest surprise in arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here. I mean, we don't even talk about how to win a fight. There's no discussion. We talk about, "Hey, let's get a show vote so we can go tell our constituents we're doing something." But I promise you, Rush, if you had to sit through one Senate lunch, you'd be in therapy for a month.

RUSH: (laughing).

CRUZ: I don't know that you could -- as bad as you might think it is, and, listen, these are good men and women. I respect them. I like them. Many of these are my friends, but they've been here a long time, and they're beaten down, and they don't believe we can win. They don't believe it can happen, and the answer they say on every issue is, "No, we can't do it. We can't do it."

Ted Cruz has given Mitch and Johnny butthurt from the getgo and Richie is merely trying to prop up his weaklings because he is scared to death of a real conservative like Ted Cruz upsetting the Uniparty applecart.