Posted on 07/20/2016 2:55:37 PM PDT by Mariner
CLEVELAND — For the first time in 36 years, there was a vote on the floor of a party’s nominating convention this past Monday that actually held an element of suspense.
In the hour or so ahead of a vote in which insurgents were attempting to reset the convention rules, Republican National Committee operatives circulated the floor and the back halls of Quicken Loans Arena, buttonholing delegates to argue why they should retract support for the motion, and getting them to sign their names to withdrawal forms. Trump aides, by contrast, bullied delegates with vague and ineffective threats.
In one corner of the arena floor, near CNN’s broadcast booth, delegates from the District of Columbia listened to appeals from high-ranking RNC officials.
The RNC’s argument to the D.C. delegates boiled down to this: A vote for the rules reset would open the door to Ted Cruz becoming the GOP’s nominee four years from now.
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Cruz will be lucky to hang onto his senate seat in 2 years.
Has Trump really been doing that well at fundraising?
It doesn't seem to be a priority for him.
Not compared to Hillary and other candidates.
I think the headline may be based on a misunderstanding.
Cruz thinks Trump will lose this time, so he's gearing up for his own 2020 campaign.
All the talk about "even if Trump wins" may not reflect how Cruz sees things.
IMHO
Maybe because we all knew Kasich and Jeb were worthless RINO. Many of us supported Cruz and contributed to him because we believed his phony conservative act before the facade was dropped.
Oh I know. Makes me sick.
Cruz has burned his bridges.
Yeah, that's what happened.
You Cruzlims are all beyond delusional.
Makes every American sick, or it should at any rate.
I think you may be right. Many people have had enough of him. He thinks he was ‘chosen by the gods. What a pain.
IF he does, it will be that Cruz is a glutton for punishment.
Seems he wants his political career to go down in flames.
He may not be re-elected to the Senate. They have called here twice a day for a week or more for support. Not this time!
Ted belongs in a sanitarium.
Seriously? Why will Ted not GO AWAY!
He is not a natural born citizen thus is ineligible to be president. Constitutional savior......yea I think not.
I've noticed. At least one I know of, is itching for a permanent ban.
You diehard Cruzaholics just can't seem to get past your inexplicable infatuation with Ted long enough to open your eyes to all the things that have made his name toxic sludge on this forum.
As long as you're drunk on the Cruz-Aid, you'll never be able to have a civil conversation with anyone who fully grasps the despicable nature of that cretin, and who has the fortitude to come right out and say it. You'll be perpetually offended by every negative remark you hear or read about him, eventually closing yourself off from any discourse with the mainstream of conservative/Republican voters.
Life for people with your mindset is really going to suck, here at Free Republic.
Same here. Funny how that never seemed to bother the most rabid Cruzers. Nor did dozens of other eyebrow raising things.
I tell you - cultism is some powerful stuff. Can't break the spell with truth, logic, facts, or reason.
He's already said that he'll run in 2020 regardless if Trump runs again. He says for sure he'll run 8 years as well. He seems to have forgotten about Pence, too.
So, Ted will be Cruzin' for a double-douche-bag speech!
“Constitutional scholar” didn’t know he was ineligible to run for President?
Exactly! Cruz along with Rubio were non-starters for president. Neither are eligible.
Selfish Ted needs to call it a day.
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