Posted on 03/25/2016 2:36:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz is suddenly having a moment. The question is whether that moment comes too late for him to beat Donald Trump.
Cruz never managed to capitalize on winning the Iowa caucuses, which led to a streak in which Trump captured 20 states and a seemingly insurmountable lead in delegates. But now that every other candidate other than John Kasich has bit the dust, the Texas senator has emerged as the anti-Trump alternative--even among those who don't much like him.
And that has produced more positive coverage--or at least more respectful coverage--from a press corps that Cruz once told me is overwhelmingly comprised of partisan Democrats. And Cruz now says the media want Trump to win because, in their ideological fervor, they think he'd be the weakest candidate against Hillary Clinton.
Whether that's a fantasy or not, the Cruz team believes that the senator's specifics on policy are finally helping him against what they view as Trump's reality-show candidacy. They believe his superior ground game will help them in future contests (though most of the caucus states have already voted). And raising $72 million so far hasn't hurt.
The strategists recognize that the "Washington cartel" that Cruz has been running against is embracing him with hold-your-nose enthusiasm. And they are acutely aware that Cruz is highly unlikely to reach the magic number of 1,237, since he'd have to win 80 percent of the remaining delegates.
But one adviser said Cruz does best against Trump in closed primary states--those that exclude Democrats and independents--and that the convention is "like a closed primary on steroids."(continued)
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Big day for Ted today
Lots of media exposure
Pulling up my chair. Big bowl of popcorn. Waiting for mainstream news to pick up on #cruzsexscandal pic.twitter.com/AplONudH7D— Mor (@MorHealy) March 25, 2016
Over a story shopped by Roger Stone several months ago?
ROTFL.
Early edition of Fox n Friends or whatever it’s called is completely ignoring Twitter World.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/CruzSexScandal?src=tren
Ping for possible interest. Exactly what you and I were discussing in the other thread. I didn’t think the GOP-E would come to Cruz, and reality I don’t think they have — they’re rallying against Trump, as you and others said they would.
My point was, Cruz won’t sell out to them as you expect. His brand is everything; it’s all he’s got. YMMV.
Fox has become the all Cruz Channel—they are in the tank for him.
Media likes anyone who will take down Trump. Its not about repsect for Cruz, but respect for anyone that is anti-Trump
Now that's funny.
Nope sorry
Can’t blame Roger Stone or Trump for this
Twitter is exploding wth people coming out
Pictures dating back 3 years maybe more
Question is why nobody in the establishment and their media said or did anything before things got this far
Or perhaps to answer my own question, they were waiting fir better timing to help the democrats
The “grudging respect” given Ted Cruz would disappear like a fart in a wind tunnel once a serious general election campaign begins.
Don’t care how far back the pictures go. Anything remotely associated with Stone is suspect, imo.
It’s not that the media likes Trump. This is no different than a baseball manager who is down to his last relief pitcher, so he calls him out of the bullpen to try to salvage the game for the GOPe.
Well, enjoy your popcorn. But unfounded fevered fantasies are not news so are highly unlikely to be covered. By the way, most mature individuals know that the sentence (It was on the Internet, so it must be true ) does not reflect reality. And when it comes to that cesspool known as Twitter, there’s an ocean of untruths floating around.
I’m waiting for the impulsive Donald Trump to make the mistress allegation/innuendo on Twitter. He likely won’t make that mistake—he’ll leave it up to his little minions to push the innuendo.
Megyn Kelly can accuse Trump of rape but she’ll pretend to be above this.
Cruz is a tool to knock Trump out, nothing more and it has been that way since Trump solidified his lead months ago.
You are delusional. When the truth is exposed, you are unable to process it.
Very sad
What pics are coming out on Twitter?
We should have known when we found out about Cruz and his Ashley Madison account.
The fact that his senate addess shows up as an Ashley Madison account is weak, could be anyone using that account
Besides, when did Ted have time to date? Seems like he was a busy guy
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