Posted on 07/06/2015 1:56:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz seems very eager to persuade voters that he's from the Donald Trump wing of the Republican Party:
Sen. Ted Cruz defended Donald Trump on immigration and called out “the Washington cartel” he says is ignoring the issue, in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I salute Donald Trump for focusing on the need to address illegal immigration,” Cruz said of his rival for the 2016 GOP nomination, adding that it “seems the favorite sport of the Washington media is to encourage some Republicans to attack other Republicans.”
“I’m not interested in Republican on Republican violence,” he told host Chuck Todd, adding that “bold … brash” Trump “has a colorful way of speaking.”
The Texas senator’s comments were similar to his defense of Trump during Fox & Friends on Tuesday.
“When it comes to Donald Trump, I like Donald Trump,” Cruz said on the show. “I think he’s terrific.”
Hey, I thought Cruz really believed he could become president. Does he just want to be Trump's running mate?
I'm joking, of course. I imagine that what Cruz is thinking is that Trump is peaking now, and that when Trump drops out of the race, probably early in the process, Cruz will be in a position to pick up his voters.
Except that Trump is nine points ahead of Cruz in the latest CNN national poll of Republicans. Trump is seven points ahead of Cruz in the two latest polls of New Hampshire, from Suffolk University and CNN/WMUR. Trump is one point ahead of Cruz in the latest Quinnipiac poll of Iowa (and they're both well behind Scott Walker). Trump is nine points ahead of Cruz in the latest PPP survey of Michigan.
If Cruz thinks he can just bide his time until Trump drops out, I think he has the wrong strategy. It looks as if Cruz will be the one to drop out first, and then Trump will get his votes.
I think Trump has, as the saying goes, limited upside potential -- a lot of Republicans still don't like him and never will. In this way, he's like Ron Paul -- and, like Ron Paul, he'll probably stay in the race way past the point at which he's mathematically eliminated, just for the adulation.
But in the meantime, he's going to make Ted Cruz irrelevant (a process Cruz is abetting with his me-too-ism). I think, in the early states, he'll help drive Cruz out of the race.
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UPDATE: Looks as if it's a mutual admiration society:
On Saturday, Trump ... praised what he considers fellow candidate and Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz’s tough immigration stance, calling him “very brave.”
I think this is a ticket.
I think if Donald burns out Ted will welcome his people in
This writer is not going to be one of the brighter political analysts.
My opinion is that Cruz knows Trump is not going to go the distance, but Trump might be willing to throw his money behind Cruz further down the road...Just a thought
16 years of presidency between the two would make the left move to Jupiter and them to commit suicide by sword lopping off their collective heads.
He thinks Ted will likely drop out. I guess he missed the news that his team is approaching $100 million in donations. People with that kind of campaign cash and grassroots support go the distance. Hell, Santorum had nowhere near that amount yet he came **this** close to beating Milt.
Even a paltry $50 or 100M would make a huge difference.
I’m a Walker guy, and I think that Trump/Cruz would be the perfect team.
Unbeatable..
No way Trump is going to bow out, does anyone think that someone so focused on winner could even CONSIDER dropping out now, and go down in history as a LOSER?
No, he burnt his ships on the shores of America, he’s now totally committed to fight to the death.
Trump’s game and his gimmickry only serves to promote Trump. Anything the Hairpiece says - good or bad - is only for his own purpose. He has - and will - turn on conservatives (liberals too) when it suits him.
I trust Ted is smart enough to know this and use Trump’s comments only when they truly support conservatism.
If the enemedia is successful and they link Ted and Trump as one and the same in the eys of most American sheeple - then its game over for Cruz.
I think it would be more like Trump being Ted’s running partner as in VP.
I’m telling you its a tsunami for CRUZ. Just my humble opinion, of course.
Cruz even has a bead on literature: he recognizes colorful speech as opposed to “hate” speech. I’m so excited about him!
I think you’re right.
The advantage of Trump/Cruz is it would give us 12 or even 16 years to save the US.
No it’s not. If Don Trump is “unpopular” why is he #1 0r #2 in most polling?
I am sticking with Cruz/Lee as the best ticket.
But there ought to be a cabinet position for Donald somewhere in there.
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I never said Trump was unpopular.
Oh yes, he’s very popular and charming with the sheeple.
And polls? Worthless and meaningless at this point.
I never understood how people were fooled in 2012 when Trump ran for presidency then, only to betray conservatives. I don’t understand them now.
Ooooh, I like that one!
I agree. I think he was playing at first, but now that it has cost him dearly he is going to do whatever it takes to win.
The authors are on drugs or something
I don’t recall Don Trump running in 2012. That would’ve been a big story, I would think.
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