Posted on 09/23/2015 7:30:33 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
The sharp and rapid rise of Carly Fiorina is, for me at least, another indicator that polling right now is volatile and flawed. I actually think if primary season started tomorrow, we’d find the last men standing would be Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 92%, with Cruz having a slight advantage — for now at least.
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Cruz and Rubio—I think both are smart, competent, conservative choices. I think Cruz is the stronger of the two, but there are things I like about Rubio in the times I have heard him so far—he’s pro-life, he’s very knowledgeable about foreign policy, etc.
Fairly certain this was posted already.
Cruz' problem is that he is not connecting with the voters. He comes across as too preachy and zealous. He lacks the charisma and presence of a Trump or Fiorina and the likability of a Carson. The MSM has effectively painted him as "far right" and an extremist. I don't know how he gets out of that box.
If it ever came down to Cruz versus Rubio, Rubio would win and next to Bush, he is the last person I want to see as the nominee.
I don’t think Trump, Carson, or Fiorina will win the nomination, much less the presidency. And history is on my side, as to persons with their particular lack of experience never winning that office. All U.S. Presidents, every single one of them, has first served in one of six positions: vice-president; governor; senator; representative; general; cabinet secretary. The presidency is not an entry-level position.
Cruz I get; Rubio...not so much.
Rubio supports amnesty and a huge infusion of guest workers. He is bought and owned by his corporate paymasters. The Rubio-Schumer Gang of 8 bill makes Rubio an enemy of conservatives.
You know better...
I put the noncon blowhard Trump down in the nether regions of Patakistan, as someone I definitely do not support.
Which is the same as saying we are heading for Rubio.
I’m not so sure.
Well, where is it? Who are his state chairs and local organizers? I haven't seen any anywhere. Have you?
Please demonstrate and persuade, don’t just assert.
Does it concern you at all that he lied on camera to get elected, just for starters?
Has not Trump expressed support for a form of amnesty? That’s what I’ve heard from him when he talks about letting the “good ones” of those who have entered illegally live here.
Tell me when and how he did that, along with evidence of same.
Who would have thought that a black, first term senator, former community organizer with a radical, leftist background and no record of achievement would be elected twice by the the highest vote totals in US history? Was there any historical precedent for that?
All U.S. Presidents, every single one of them, has first served in one of six positions: vice-president; governor; senator; representative; general; cabinet secretary.
Eisenhower? Grant? Washington? Lincoln only had two years in the House.
LOL. I gathered that. I guess if you don't support him, he has no chance.
What I've heard from Cruz so far greatly impresses me. Rubio impresses me. That's why they're my top two so far.
Did you notice I listed "general" as one of the six gateway positions?
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