Posted on 05/03/2016 9:16:33 PM PDT by Strac6
There are two huge losers tonight and neither of them is Ted Cruz. The Cruz campaign was dead in the water after the New York primary, and in his heart, Cruz knew it.
One of the realities of politics is that money is the grease that enables the political engine to go forward. Due to the stunning degree of Cruzs loss in New York, and especially considering how much better than the poll expectations Trump did, Cruz fundraising was on pause after the New York primary two weeks ago.
As the election embarrassments continued for Cruz during the ACELA primaries, the fundraising stopped, DRT.
When you consider that Cruz was as much as eight points ahead of Trump in Indiana less than three weeks ago, and he suffered a blistering defeat tonight, the Cruz defeat /retreat/surrender was total, but certainly expected.
Simply put, Cruz had run out of ideas, supporters, and money simultaneously.
He will now begin to say very nice things about Donald Trump, with the hope that he can salvage something out of this campaign and not end up as nothing more than the punchline for bad standup comedians jokes.
The real losers tonight were Hillary and Kasich.
Hillarys failure to perform anywhere near her polls is a clear and convincing indication that whatever support she has, beyond the 30% labor/gay/hard left that would support any Democrat even if we had an 8 x 10 Glossy of them shooting Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, is more shallow than the Bay of Fundy at low tide. One of the worst things for Hillary is that Gods are expected not to bleed, and tonight, she leaked all over the State of Indiana.
Tonight she lost her title as the presumptive candidate, and even worse than that, even her best supporters no longer assume even if nominated she would win the General Election.
There is an old rule that most candidates who are leading the Democratic presidential primary two years before the election never make it to the finals. You only have to look back to the recent Democratic front runners who were NOT nominated such as Clinton in 2008, Ed Muskie, Gary Hart, and so many more. Scoop Jackson, the Democratic Senator from Boeing, was so sure that he was a shoo-in in 1968, his wife had done everything but pick out the new White House China.
The bottom line on Hillary now; she is the Democratic All-Star who is about to go on the 21 year disabled list, and there is no one on the Democratic bench who has a chance. Unfortunately, there is one exception to that prior sentence and that would be a Biden/Warren ticket.
Despite all his prior protestations, if Clinton gets out, Biden/Warren will be in within 72 hours.
The big loser tonight on the Republican side is not Cruz but Gov. Kasich. Prior to Trumps overwhelming win and Cruzs surrender, Kasich was a bit of a kingmaker with his hundred plus delegates. If Donald Trump had been within 80 to 100 delegate votes to get the nomination on the first ballot, Kasich would have been in a position to demand virtually anything he wanted, with the possible exception of the vice presidency. Of course, being a reasonably smart man, Kasich wouldve called for a much more visible and important post then vice president.
After tonight, if Kasich campaign officials were to ask Trump campaign officials what they should do with their hundred plus first ballot votes, Trump officials might tell them to dispose of them in an exceptionally anatomically painful way.
If tonights Indiana Republican primary was a Las Vegas high-stakes poker game, at this hour Donald Trump would be in the 26th floor penthouse celebrating his victory with the worlds finest champagne, Cruz would be in his 1993 Chevrolet headed back to Encino, and Gov. Kasich still be sitting at the table with a moderately large pile of totally worthless chips in front of them, wondering what just happened.
Strap on your seatbelts boys and girls; its going to be a hell of a next six months!
“Carly Fiorina”
I remember that name from somewhere.....
Cheetos?
Is that an Urban Legend or did he really do that?
Ah, Glen, you know, there are some Alcoholics who were more sane back when they were still drinking....
I have read he was the vice presidential nominee to McGovern for only 2 weeks after chaos at the convention briefly put him there. And of course McGovern lost.
As evidence that the Democrats would not pay a heavy price in lack of unity if Sanders somehow being snubbed by some power move, this example seems completely lacking.
“Cruz is nothing more than a bad footnote in this election.”
I totally agree. Cruz did his best to stay relevant in the GOP with his “Sea to Shining Sea” speech but it won’t be good enough. I hate to say this, but Ted was not the most likable candidate in the bunch. In his speech, he acted like the party will have to deal with his “wing” going forward.
Nothing could be further from the truth. There are already GOP politicians crafting their platform to take the best from Trump and the best from Cruz, and create a hybrid candidate for the future. Ted can’t change; he would lose his base; and he can’t grow his base because Trump stole the rest of the party.
It would not surprise me to see Ted lose his Senate seat.
Yep, that’s how you Trump types unite the party and win elections!
“Cruz is nothing more than a bad footnote in this election. A first term junior senator, a serial liar, and a Canadian natural born citizen. The losers are all of the people that ignored the Constitution and their conservative principles to support him.”
Spoken like a true Trump supporter. Good job!
The point is, if Hillary is out, at any point up until about 45 days before the election, Biden/Warren could be in.
By my count Bernie needs 63% of the remaining delegates who are actually voted on to tie Hillary in non-super delegates.
Hillary would still have 600 supers to put her ahead of him. But it would be great to see Bernie ending up winning the actual delegates and having to see her get the nomination purely by the unelected delegates.
He was a junior senator who tried to force McConnell to fight after they tried to co-opt him as they did Rubio. And what, exactly did he lie about, and as for the Canadian thing, that is a pure Trump. Take a fact and then spin it like a scandalmonger. Ever notice how far Trump got with the Obama birth thing? As soon as it failed to get him attention, he dropped it. We will see how far such tactics get him as the media closes ranks to protect the only politician in the country less deserving of the Presidency. We will see how his supporters like the boring Trump.
If we end up getting candidates that are half Ted Cruz, then that would be a big victory for his candidacy.
Most GOP nominees lose one primary before winning the next. Reagan, Dole, McCain, Romney to name a few. GOPers are conservative in bad ways as well as good ways, and prefer a familiar name they’re comfortable with than someone new.
Ted Cruz will be the presumptive nominee as soon as he enters the next Republican primary.
I don't know if it will work because I have not particular insight into the minds of Democrat super delegates, but it seems plausible from my own point of ignorance.
Eagleton had electric shock treatments!
You know, Biden has had two brain surgeries for brain aneurysms!
Reno89519, regarding your language in your post — is your “character” incapable of ending your attacks on Ted Cruz and his supporters (who, in case you didn’t know, are mostly hard-core constitutional conservatives and patriots) and uniting with them to defeat the “RATS and to take over effective control of the Republican Party?
Seriously, Cruz gave a very classy “suspension” speech tonight and Trump reciprocated with some kind words. Can you at least TRY to do things in that spirit moving forward on FR?
Trump is not a pure capitalist in any way, shape or form. He thrived on giving political donations to get crony capitalism and corporate welfare in his business career. He doesn't want a flat or fair tax. He doesn't want to reform Social Sec. or Medicare. He wants to keep in some kind of government-backed health care safety net. Time to be realistic about the candidate you nominated instead of trying to oversell him into something he's not. The most wealthy people in the country are some of the least capitalistic in general. They thrive on using their money to influence government policy to protect their elite position.
Trump is a winner, is the winner. He has what it will take to beat Clinton, to Make America Great Again.
Consider Trump's winning positions on immigration, trade, jobs, national defense, the 2nd amendment, Christian persecution, and political correctness, just to name a few. Would you prefer Clinton's?
That is the real choice: Trump or Clinton?
Your move.
Haha. :D
I like that post. A lot.
thx
One of the realities of politics is that money is the grease that enables the political engine to go forward.>>> excerpt from the article -— from my idealist view i thot it used to be ideas.. Trumps ideas seemed to have won with the republican party.
I agree with you that Trump is a pure capitalist. It’s high time we had such a person in our White House.
Trump can be an American
Not a Republican
Not a Democrat
Nor a Conservative
Nor a Regressive
Sometimes a Right Winger
Sometimes a Left Winger
Always an American First.
Its like a new political party born
Bring it on.
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