Posted on 01/22/2016 1:25:03 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Via NRO, the key bit comes at 1:22. I think what he says is half true: Establishmentarians are "lining up behind Trump," as Cruz claims, only if you accept Cruz's self-serving premise that this is already a two-man race and he's the sole alternative to Trumpmania. Rubio doesn't accept it. In reality, the GOP leadership and most Republicans in Congress would probably prefer any Republican candidate except Cruz to Trump, starting with Jeb Bush and Rubio himself and on downward to Kasich, Christie, and the rest.
The reason Rubio seems to be giving Trump some political cover here is because he thinks he still has more to fear from Cruz than Trump, both in New Hampshire and beyond. If Trump wins Iowa and New Hampshire but Rubio finishes a strong second in NH, that's just fine. Cruz will have been effectively vanquished and Rubio will zoom into South Carolina as the only non-Trump game in town. Rightly or wrongly, every man in the field (starting with Jeb) thinks he'll beat Trump head-to-head in a long race on the theory that the 65 percent or so of Republicans who aren't supporting Trump right now have already made up their minds against him and will accept any alternative. So Rubio's trying to do here to Cruz what Cruz has been doing to him -- kill him early by blunting Cruz's populist talking points against Trump.
The truth, says Rubio (in so many words), is that Ted Cruz is a snake, a guy who puts his own political interests above all other considerations, starting with his party's. If it helps him to push for work permits in 2013 and then claim now that that was just a poison pill, that's what he'll do.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
I don’t trust Cruz either.
If the Establishment doesn’t trust him, that is a good endorsement for him.
I don’t trust Rubio.
I don’t trust Trump.
Do you trust Jeb or Rubio?
Sarah Palin trusts Trump.
I don’t trust any of them, bit Trump and Cruz seem to be the least bothersome of the bunch.
Nope.
Never place your trust in a politician.
Any particular reason why you didn’t attribute this article to its author, allahpundit?
I don’t trust any of them. Our choices are limited as usual.
The bottom line here is CRUZ is BOUGHT AND PAID FOR just like the rest of them!!! K street WILL come to collect same ole, same ole!!!! DOES ANYONE here remember Obammies promise NO LOBBYISTS ANYWHERE same ole, same ole!!!!!
Anyone suggesting they are, are FOS.
Taht’s a mistake on Sarah’s part.
Remember, she trusted McCain too.
I don’t trust that pompous blowhard Trump.
The pot calling the kettle black or It takes one to know one. Take your pick.
That makes 3 of us.
Trump or Cruz, the rest all work for The Cheap Labor Express.
I don’t trust any of them to deport the illegal aliens and stop the flow until I see it happening.
Yep. He talks and walks like a duck. When I see Cruz talk I get that “something ain’t right” feeling.
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