Posted on 04/04/2015 8:51:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Texas Senator Ted Cruz announced his 2016 presidential campaign last month, making him the only current official Republican candidate — for now. All of that is expected to change next week as Marco Rubio and Rand Paul make their own announcements, and likely push Cruz into the presidential background.
But it’s not just me who believes that Ted Cruz has no shot of being the party nominee, much less the eventual President in 2016. Here are four pretty persuasive groups who also say that President Cruz is never going to happen.
1. His fellow Texas politicians
It’s pretty hard to fight for the party nomination when you don’t have the support of your own party members. It’s even worse when you don’t have the support of your local party leaders. Texas Republican Congressman Rep. Pete Sessions told Politico that he doesn’t think Cruz can rally the Texans behind him, saying, “We need someone who can win the state of Florida, can win the state of Pennsylvania … and can win the state of Ohio. We can have favorite sons. … There is nothing wrong with that, but Republicans want to win before we want an ideological [candidate].” Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, another fellow Texan, also said he won’t be behind Cruz, at least, not right now. “You know, we’ve got a lot of Texans who are running for president, so I’m going to watch from the sidelines,” he told Politico.
2. News outlet political pundits
It’s not just his fellow lawmakers shooting him down, either. The political pages of numerous media outlets think he’s a no-go, too. The L.A. Times called him a “Sarah Palin with a high IQ,” which is supposed to be flattering but still shows he doesn’t have a prayer, saying, “Because most Americans are not keen on going back to the 18th century, chances are reasonably good that Cruz will be no more successful in national politics than Palin has been.” U.S. News and World Report’s politics column refers to him as “The Imaginary President,” all rhetoric and no results. “While he likes to imagine himself the heir to Reagan (the good parts, anyway) Cruz’s rhetorical style seems to have served him far better than any legislative ideas he might have come up with. (Abolish the IRS? The department that collects the money that pays for roads, schools, cops and wars?) And considering he’s a member of arguably the least productive Congress in modern times, it’s not like there’s an actual record for him to run on.”
3. Policy folks who are supposed to know this sort of thing
What are Cruz’s chances, according to the Hinckley Institute of Politics? Pretty near zip. “I give him almost zero chance of winning the nomination,” said Kirk Jowers, with the Hinckley Institute of Politics, told a Utah news station, adding that Cruz is a “dangerous candidate” for the Republican Party. He said that “safe money” is on Jeb Bush, but a Marco Rubio candidacy has the best shot if Hillary Clinton ends up with the Democratic party nomination.
4. The IRS
So how do people who work in the government feel about Cruz’s chances? One agency most likely to be impacted by a President Cruz would be the Internal Revenue Service, since Cruz claims that his administration would get rid of the whole thing. Current IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says that is never going to happen – and is completely unrealistic to boot. ”Politics are politics,” he told Bloomberg News. “It is interesting to me. When you say you’re going to abolish the IRS and everybody will fill out a small card, somebody has to collect the money.” He then addressed Cruz, saying, “You could call them something other than the IRS if that made you feel better.”
So, sorry, Senator Cruz, it looks like 2016 isn’t going to be your year. Maybe you should focus on 2020 instead. Feel free to make an early announcement whenever you feel most comfortable.
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Robin Marty is a freelance writer and editor who focuses on women's rights, reproductive rights and politics. She spent the previous three years working with a national progressive online news network and currently consults for a reproductive health news organization.
Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bone....
Only new commenter in the bunch is Pete Sessions: PRIMARY his useless ass.
Somebody go ask David Dewhurst what he thinks Cruz’ chances are.
She polls a RINO, a whacko, and proven liar to Congress,
and uses MSM as a barometer.
Sound as reliable (not), fictitious, and
fabricated as NBC “news”.
She probably doesn’t need to worry about reproduction. RME
He's not very masculine-looking. All this "Cruz can't win" wailing is whistling past the [for them] graveyard. If they really thought he was an also-ran, why would they waste so much ink on him?
I think these people mean they don’t want Cruz to be president, not that he can’t win.
Gay is such a misnomer....she looks miserable.
I’d like to smack that smirk right off her ugly mug.
funny...
Robin Marty is a freelance writer and editor who focuses on women’s rights, reproductive rights and politics. She spent the previous three years working with a national progressive online news network and currently consults for a reproductive health news organization.
Don’t even have to read the article to know this is a left wing nutcase so forget about objectivity. Man, the left is absolutely petrified of Cruz. I don’t think I’ve ever seen more articles about someone where the words, “He can’t win” are constantly used. It means they fear him greatly and believe he’s got a chance to win the presidency.
I take any comment(s) given by that guy Koskinon to be from a traitor in US government. The guy should never have been eligible for US government service. He needs to be shipped to Finland and enrich that nation.
Leftist prognosticators are usually, well, wrong.
Feminazi’s are never pleasant or happy.
Marti is a she? Who knew?
At this pace we’re gonna fill every mental hospital in the country with leftists by Christmas. Wow, that Cruzophrenia is afflicting the Democrats horribly, isn’t it?
Robin Marty ? we care2 not care what you think.
For someone who’s mind is constantly on woman’s reproductive rights and in the sewer, it’s not someone’s opinion that needs to beheeded.
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