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Looks like Donald got the message that going scorched earth on Cruz when he poses no threat is counterproductive. He wasn't talking about Iowa today. He was focused on his agenda at his events and in interviews.
1 posted on 02/04/2016 4:30:06 PM PST by springwater13
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.. Looks like Donald got the message that going scorched earth on Cruz when he poses no threat is counterproductive ...

Yep. Thanks for this very welcome news.

61 posted on 02/04/2016 4:43:09 PM PST by Byron_the_Aussie (Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
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yes, but can we trust Donald?


69 posted on 02/04/2016 4:45:25 PM PST by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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Trump can see all this smearing of Cruz is making him look desperate and like a sore loser.......his poll numbers are cratering.

What a con man he is.


71 posted on 02/04/2016 4:46:08 PM PST by one Lord one faith one baptism
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Oh come on.

Mister Trump already has is veep selected.

(Cindy Sheehan)

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78 posted on 02/04/2016 4:47:39 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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..... Is he going to do this after he decides on a Third Party run?


81 posted on 02/04/2016 4:48:12 PM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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“I’ve always liked him,” Trump told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show

Trump: Cruz is a ‘nasty guy’...’nobody likes him’


97 posted on 02/04/2016 4:52:03 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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Cruz would never accept such an offer. He would go back to the U.S. Senate to fight against Donald Trump’s leftist agenda.


102 posted on 02/04/2016 4:52:54 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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Smart move. Reports of him visiting Police stations etc between rallies. Somebody got in his ear.


105 posted on 02/04/2016 4:54:22 PM PST by moehoward
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This just keeps getting weirder everyday


109 posted on 02/04/2016 4:55:26 PM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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I don’t think Cruz is eligible, but he did get a ruling from the Illinois Board of Elections at least, so there’s that.


110 posted on 02/04/2016 4:55:41 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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^^^ This.


112 posted on 02/04/2016 4:56:26 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Trump/Cruz 2016 or the other way around.)
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Trump is not the one constantly lying about someone’s record, that’s Cruz. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t say Trump is pro-abortion, Trump wants to expand ObamaCare, Trump is soft on illegals and Trump wants blanket amnesty for illegals. Cruz wakes up in the morning and repeats these lies for every crowd he gets in front of. It’s really pathetic, because no one can’t be that damn stupid, or he might be. No he’s not, he knows the truth, but he takes his cue from Goebbels, who said “repeat a lie often enough and people start believing it”. He’ll come in 3rd of 4th in NH, 3rd in SC and it’ll just about over for lying Rafael.


116 posted on 02/04/2016 4:58:01 PM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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It would be shrewd of Trump to pick Cruz as a VP. It would insulate him from impeachment.

During Watergate, the establishment got rid of Agnew before they impeached Nixon. They disliked Agnew more than Nixon.

It would also be fun to see Cruz as President of the Senate! :) (I would prefer to see him as President, but you enjoy what you can.)


129 posted on 02/04/2016 5:03:08 PM PST by the_Watchman
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I’m looking forward to what Cruz has to say on this tomorrow.


131 posted on 02/04/2016 5:03:26 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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Donald declared in early December that he really liked Ted Cruz but was concerned about his poll numbers (they were about 5% at the time). And then he remarked that if Ted’s poll numbers ever approached his, that people shouldn’t be surprised that “I will have to declare war on him Ok?”.

The entire slugfest in Iowa was brought on by Ted’s strong polling. It was for show.

But I did not enjoy the show because it was lame. Birther attack was lame. Maniac in the Senate was lame. Inability to get along with scumbags like McConnell was lame.

Donald’s attacks on Ted were predictable but the substance of those attacks was D-rated. I don’t know who he had advising him on the angle of attack against Cruz, but that person is a moron. Lawrence Tribe? Disgusting!

Donald would have elevated himself if he simply distinguished how throughout his career he has been able to bring people together to get things done and that Ted, while a fine conservative and brilliant YOUNG man (Ted is only 44), hasn’t enough background at the negotiating table or a seasoned poker face to take on the world’s demons.

He could have also pointed out that trusting people is dangerous and foolish as Ted trusted McConnell. Like Reagan, one must not trust alone, one must “trust but verify”.

Finally, for the Iowa audience, he could have bonded the evangelical to him by saying that although he hasn’t always walked every step in life as pleasing to God, that he sought to always make up for it by making things better, by leaving friends and loved ones well-cared for, abandoning no one, bringing value to all his associates, that although not perfect he can be relied on for delivering on his promises and will only consider reneging if the other side shows bad faith.

For Iowa I will give Ted Cruz a C+ for a good message but an unethical organization and for Donald Trump a D for poor substance.

I never want to see Iowa 2016 again. If Iowa 2016 were a movie, I would walk out of the theatre and tell everyone I know and came in contact with to stay away and not waste their money.


138 posted on 02/04/2016 5:05:37 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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Sounds bipolar to me


140 posted on 02/04/2016 5:06:34 PM PST by SC_Republican (Has it really been THAT long??)
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" Look, I have nothing against him. It was sort of a sad thing that happened, but I've always liked him,

Oh, come ON.

How can anybody have any respect for this man? He's a total weasel. He says whatever is convenient. People actually think that he's the one who honestly speaks his mind?
144 posted on 02/04/2016 5:07:07 PM PST by Hilda
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But Cruz is nasty not liked is an anchor baby and owned by the banks...oh dear oh dear...the art of the deal


147 posted on 02/04/2016 5:08:23 PM PST by RginTN (Donald J Trump- why would the people of Ky want a rookie senator when they have Sen Mitch Mcconnell)
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Trump saying this today about Cruz, is just more of the same . Trump goes back and forth almost daily with opposing pronouncements.

What I am really interested in concerning Trump is - Will he show up for the debate with the same moderators from Fox, that he skipped this last time? Because he skipped that by saying he didn't have to do that and be insulted - and his spokesman boldly proclaimed. " He won't appear before them - His word is His Bond"

So I am interested to find out this more than anything else.

163 posted on 02/04/2016 5:14:45 PM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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Cruz won’t pick Trump as VP because Trump is psychologically imbalanced and not a conservative.


180 posted on 02/04/2016 5:23:45 PM PST by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.It suggests to me that he IS a Republican Establishment c)
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