Trump will clinch this - and when he does I expect Cruz to endorse him.
I for one am glad that he’s been pressuring Trump. We don’t need someone running loose without being pressured to be better.
We have a representative democracy - each state decides its own rules for primaries... the federal government doesn’t. So Cruz is going at it the way it was designed. Trump is going at it like we live in a pure democracy.
In any event, Trump will win it. Again, thanks to Cruz for keeping Trump accountable.
flame away
Cruz is crashing in the polls now. What happens to his momentum after he loses the next 6 contests, often placing 3rd?
He is done.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 15, 2016
If Cruz destroys the Party at the Convention then loses to Hillary, he is finished politically - BUT if he quits, he has a bright future.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 15, 2016
Yes, Cruz is a narcissistic jerk - and exactly why he will likely quit before Cleveland. Narcissists don't often commit suicide.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 15, 2016
I'm going on record as predicting CRUZ QUITS BEFORE CLEVELAND in a magnanimous gesture to save the Party gaining future leverage & goodwill.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 15, 2016
Does narcissistic Cruz at age 45 seem like the kind of man to destroy his career just to stop a man with whom he largely agrees on policy?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 15, 2016
People say Cruz will stay in to the end out of ambition - but political suicide is not ambitious. Being the guy who "savedthe Party" is.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 15, 2016
Cruz going to Cleveland would be the equivalent of a Kamikaze pilot diving into an enemy ship. Bad for the boat, worse for the pilot.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 15, 2016
After seeing Cruz on Meet the Press yesterday talking to Chuck Todd I wonder of Cruz will ever allow himself to endorse and support Trump. He seems entrenched in his mind that he will get the nomination and beat Hillary. I think at this point is he delusional and needs someone to explain things to him.
“Trump will clinch this - and when he does I expect Cruz to endorse him.”
“flame away”
I used to be a Cruz supporter...until I started looking at his positions on immigration and trade vs. Trump’s. No, Trump is certainly not an ideological conservative by any measure, but he is a practical conservative - in conserving our nation’s strength and protecting its (which is to say, OUR) foreign policy and trade interests. His willingness to take on PC in all of its forms, and to REALLY go after Hillary and the Dems, plus his mastery of the media, are huge (”Yuuuuuuge”) pluses. I am, frankly, not too thrilled to see all of the GOPe support for Cruz - I know that they are all whores, and will do ANYTHING to preserve their power and privileges, but this is very disconcerting...and makes Heidi Cruz’ Goldman Sachs connections look downright scary.
I was very happy to see the 2 of them getting along early on, thinking that if Cruz didn’t win, he’d certainly be a good Veep choice (Trump would never take 2nd place to anyone for any reason, so that wouldn’t have been an option). However, as time has passed, and especially lately, I’ve become more and more disenchanted with Cruz’ methods. They don’t match his prior rhetoric, nor (especially) my expectations, as he is a very dirty player. That has been very disillusioning for me.
I’m not so sure that Cruz will endorse Trump. He’s set himself up to have a VERY difficult time walking back his comments about Trump over time (and, of course, that certainly works both ways). Cruz has an ego that is at least as big as Trump’s (and that IS saying something), and saying “I’m sorry” or “Hey, now that I lost, vote for the guy that I’ve been excoriating for the last 6 months” isn’t so easily done. I really hope, for the sake of the country, that you’re right - we need everyone possible on our side (that #NeverHillary side).
It’s going to take me a long time to forget the nasty, malicious, premeditated wholesale lies Cruz told about Trump. If Cruz apologies, ok; it’s over. But who on earth expects him to apologize?
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I believe you are 100% wrong in this assessment.
Trump has a very limited budget, it is his own money. He has never been a tax and spend other peoples money, he has been a borrow and spend and pay it back and keep the profit person. He is not borrowing for this contest, he is simply trying to do this on the cheap and I think he has been very effective. We do have a representative Democracy. I don't think there is anybody in any political office any smarter than Trump. People said George W was dumb. How silly, he was a fighter pilot. People say Trump is dumb, how silly he graduated Wharton and is a Billionaire 10 times over.
Trump is not a dummy, he accomplishes what he sets out to do, I am impressed.
He will beat Hillary like a drum.
Principled stated:
“We have a representative democracy”
This is a false statement. Our founders hated democracy considering a form of Tyranny by majority that is short lived and violent. We live in a Constitutional Republic. There is no legitimate reason in a Republic for the existence of Super and Unbound delegates other then to protect a ruling class.
But Cruz's attacks against Trump have been hysterical and his campaign one of desperation.
I don’t disagree, but he has no leverage with Trump. Trump has mentioned more than once, that he thinks Cruz is a good guy, and envisions them being friends.
I surely don’t think Trump will make any deals with the guy.