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You are working for a great cause. Keep it up. There are still a lot of Trump supporters and, unbelievably, Carson supporters in desperate need of a Cruz Control Overhaul.
Yes Ted Cruz could wipe the floors with Granny Clinton in a few counties in Iowa- then what?
I agree that Ted is the best; however, due to the polls Trump will head the ticket, but he’ll listen to Ted.
You mean the guy who vanished during the Loretta Lynch confirmation vote?
Trump collects demographics that are off limits to Cruz. I would prefer Cruz to be nominated for SCOTUS and not wasted for POTUS or VPOTUS.
This is not going to be a race of conservative FReeper voters only; the GOP nominee is going to have to be able to snag non-traditional GOP voters, in all kinds of states.
Never forget this.
Like any good republican, Trump claims to oppose Obamacare, even supporting conservatives’ attempt to defund Obamacare in the fall of 2013. Trump, however, is on record supporting “universal healthcare,” advocating for American adoption of the Canadian healthcare system. This places Trump’s policy inline with the most liberal members of the Democrat Party. Trump has also opposed free-market reforms to Medicare, arguing that growing the economy will solve the problem. To his credit, Trump supports privatizing parts of Social Security, but opposed the recent House GOP budgets citing entitlement reform as the reason for his opposition.
Trump opposes Obamacare, saying, "I will fight to end Obamacare and replace it with something that makes sense for people in business and not bankrupt the country." (USA Today)
Trump has advocated for universal healthcare in a system similar to Canada’s government-run healthcare system. “I’m a conservative on most issues but a liberal on health….We must take care of our own. We must have universal healthcare. Our objective [should be] to make reforms for the moment and, longer term, to find an equivalent of the single-payer plan that is affordable, well-administered, and provides freedom of choice.” (The America We Deserve)
Trump supports transitioning parts of Social Security to private accounts, saying, “Allow every American to dedicate some portion of their payroll taxes to a personal Social Security account that they could own and invest in stocks and bonds… Directing Social Security funds into personal accounts invested in real assets would swell national savings, pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into jobs and the economy. These investments would boost national investment, productivity, wages, and future economic growth.” (The America We Deserve)
Trump has opposed reforms to Social Security and Medicare, arguing that growing the economy will solve the entitlement program’s insolvency, but has not elaborated on his proposal. "I am going to save Social Security without any cuts. I know where to get the money from. Nobody else does." (Twitter)
Trump believes public assistance should be limited, and that religious institutions should carry the burden of caring for the poor and disadvantaged. (2012 Presidential Candidates)
Trump echoed Democrat talking points when referring to Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budgets, arguing that they were too radical. “I’m concerned about doing anything that's going to tinker too much with Medicare. I protect the senior citizens. Senior citizens are protected. They are lifeblood, as far as I’m concerned. I think Paul Ryan is too far out front with the issue. He ought to sit back and relax.” (Today)
Trump opposes reforming Medicare by transitioning to a voucher program, but he has failed to articulate how he would fix the unfunded program. “I don’t think the Republicans should be out on this ledge….I’m studying that situation very closely, and if and when I decide to run ... I’ll have a plan. The seniors have to be cherished. They have to be taken care of.” (Christian Science Monitor)
Trump supported the conservative effort to defund Obamacare, tweeting at Republican lawmakers that “Congress must defund ObamaCare. It is destroying Medicare and breaking promises to our Seniors, including veterans” (Twitter), and “NO GAMES! HOUSE @GOP MUST DEFUND OBAMACARE! IF THEY DON’T, THEN THEY OWN IT!” (Twitter)
In what sounded all too similar to Obamacare, Trump told 60 Minutes that he would replace Obamacare with a plan that "covers all Americans." That the vast majority of Americans would buy their insurance on an open market, and that the government would pay for those that couldn't afford it. (CBS News) 
Trump backed off his call for raising the Social Security retirement age to 70. He told 60 minutes that he would instead save Social Security by having "other countries pay for it." (CBS News)
If Cruz is truly off the GOPe reservation, and his Corker and TPP votes and support of expanding H-1B visas were either mistakes or expediencies that he wants to move past, if he is immune to Super Pac money and can’t be bought or leveraged by the big money donors who foot his political bills, he is a huge threat to the crooked system that runs the rigged game in Washington, D.C. and exactly what the country needs.
What is to keep the Supreme Court, a court that Cruz has stated needs to be reigned in by electoral review, a court that has shown a jaw dropping willingness to find whatever they need in penumbras and interpretation to justify homosexual marriage, forced purchase of insurance and whatever the Hell else they feel is needed for us peons, from deciding that being born in Canada to a Cuban father and American mother makes Cruz ineligible by virtue of being not a natural born citizen?
Remember, this activist court has seen fit to ignore or invent whatever precedent they need to get the result they want. When presented with the opportunity to destroy the man who has directly threatened their power, why will they not take it, if there is even an iota of justification in ruling Cruz not a natural born citizen?
I don’t trust the Supreme Court at all. What’s to stop them from pulling the rug out on Cruz?
IMHO Cruz does not have the resources to get this done. We all know the GOPe will come down hard on him and try to dry up his sources of money. That is why IMHO we need Trump to lead the way and then Cruz in 4-8 years.