Posted on 09/26/2015 3:15:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
He turned down the invitation to start with. That couldn’t set too well.
I was surprised at Rubio’s numbers. I read that he is liked a whole lot better by evangelical higher ups than by the laity though and I expect they are better represented.
Saw part of Cruz’ speech on YouTube and he looked very good.
Rand Paul and the Paultards couldn’t rig it? They’re slipping ....
Conservative Republicans come out big in the primaries, not your white bread Republicans and definitely not your Republican-leaning independents (who, if they are registered Independents cannot vote in closed primaries at all).
Trump has to win over conservative Republicans to win enough primaries to be the nominee. It's not looking like those folks are buying what he is selling - at least thus far.
Thank goodness there are too few of those "purists" to make even a small ripple. The vast majority of common sense conservative voters know there is no perfect candidate. You vote for the most conservative candidate who is running, period.
Last time the estimate was four million - obviously not all FRers - who sat it out, costing, by some accounts, the election. If Trump folds, his Trumpeters will likely follow suit - judging by their general lack of maturity, and pushy, picky natures.
If this is the case - if the “real, genuine, true-blue conservatives” are that definitive, then why have we been stuck so often with Romney, McCain, Dole, etc. etc.?
I think Romney in 2012 was a result of Democrats crossing over to install the softest target for November, since Baraq was the incumbent and no need for Dems to vote there.
McLame 2008 was just a bizarro outcome, and most of his competitors were libs too.
When Rubio gets 13%, that`s some values! May as well have Yeb up there too.
Tell us all why Ted Cruz is unelectable...
Free Republic has over 400,000 registered members, which is 10% of that.
as we’re more than a year out from the election I think the admirably MATURE Ted Cruz is simply using common sense and advancing at a sensible pace..rather than running to the open window and yelling I’M AS MAD AS HELL and IM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE
that was somewhat amusing in a movie....not so much in real life
nit even Ted Cruz is Perfect
the perfect is the enemy of the good
the good remains the enemy of the thrid rate..lousy and purposefully fallacious
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