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OPINION: Conservatives Must Drop Marco Rubio, Rally to Ted Cruz
Breitbart's Big Government ^ | March 9, 2016 | Jon Fleischman

Posted on 03/09/2016 7:08:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

It is time for conservatives to come together to stop Donald Trump. It is time to unify around Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) . I say this as someone who has refrained up to this point in supporting a specific Republican candidate for President.

To my friends who support Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) this is not an easy time. You supported your candidate for all of the right reasons. Conservative. An optimist. Someone who arguably is best positioned in a match-up against Hillary.

No doubt, your frustration or sorrow must be great. But the numbers are what they are, and it turns out that too many second, third and fourth place finishes have left Rubio in a position where he doesn't have a viable path to a majority of the delegates -- even if he were to win Florida, which is more unlikely now than it was before Tuesday's results.

It is time for Rubio supporters to find it within themselves to shift their support to Ted Cruz. Will that be easy? Of course not. You chose Rubio for a reason. And certainly Cruz isn't perfect -- he has his faults. And of course primaries are sharp-elbow affairs, where things are said in the heat of the moment that can create animus....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bothineligible; breitbart; cruz; florida; lol; rotflol; rubio; tds; tedcruz; trump
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Jon Fleischman is the Politics Editor of Breitbart California. A longtime participant, observer and chronicler of California and national politics, Jon is also the publisher at www.flashreport.org. His column appears weekly on this page. You can reach Jon at jon@flashreport.org or on Twitter @flashreport.
1 posted on 03/09/2016 7:08:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Run along, little Marco....

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2 posted on 03/09/2016 7:09:43 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Have you ever seen the entire US government and national media (including right-wing) unite to attack a Republican candidate? It’s beyond shameful, it’s Alinskyesque.


3 posted on 03/09/2016 7:10:34 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: Kenny

Don’t worry, Cruz can handle it.


4 posted on 03/09/2016 7:11:39 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: smoothsailing

Little Marco and Big Pee Wee Don.


5 posted on 03/09/2016 7:12:18 PM PST by sagar (3 way race; cranky populist - Trump/Sanders, establishment - Hillary/Roobio, conservative - Cruz!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rubio has zero support. If Rubio gets out and stumps for Cruz how does that help Cruz? LOL


6 posted on 03/09/2016 7:13:07 PM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
How about if we let the candidate and the American Voters decide who is going to do what, when , where, how and why?

This is a Republic after all, we do still have a Constitution, Bill of Rights, and we still are allowed to vote and voice our opinions, so media=STFU!!!

7 posted on 03/09/2016 7:15:47 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm gonna support Ted now, just like Mȇhgӳn McCain told me to!
8 posted on 03/09/2016 7:16:11 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“OPINION: Conservatives Must Drop Marco Rubio, Rally to Ted Cruz”

Well DUH!


9 posted on 03/09/2016 7:17:13 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Were you for Trump after his David Duke endorsement or was it Chris Christie?


10 posted on 03/09/2016 7:17:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just like the Bushbots are doing ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/09/jeb-bush-to-meet-with-rubio-cruz-and-kasich/


11 posted on 03/09/2016 7:18:25 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (The Bushbots are now backing Cruz . Cruz is GOPe all the way ..any questions ?)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

If he has zero support bow is he running second in the Florida polls? Florida is a good sized state.


12 posted on 03/09/2016 7:19:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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I think if Rubio drops out, then the entire establishment will join Cruz - which will destroy his candidacy.

This is not the election cycle to be “one of them”. Cruz has hidden it well, but once his insider status becomes known to the voting public at large, he’s done.

Hard to put that “Washington Cartel” toothpaste back in the tube for Cruz - we see it in here from the Bush team joining his campaign, but average voters don’t know it. Yet.

Ted can’t say no to the attention, status, or money that the establishment brings to him. And it will be his undoing.


13 posted on 03/09/2016 7:19:44 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: rockinqsranch

I have yet to encounter a conservative who wanted anything to do with Rubio. A curious title.


14 posted on 03/09/2016 7:20:02 PM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Of the 18,245,970 California voters registered for the November 6, 2012, general election:

43.7% were Democrats
29.4% were Republicans
6.0% were affiliated with other political parties
20.9% were unaffiliated (”Decline to State” or “No Party Preference”) voters

I’m not thinking California is leaning “Cruz Country”.


15 posted on 03/09/2016 7:20:34 PM PST by sarasmom (I pray for Trump's success in his endeavor to salvage the USA .)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I doubt there were many conservatives in Rubio’s camp. I would imagine most of his supporters will shuffle over to Kasich’s bungalow.


16 posted on 03/09/2016 7:20:41 PM PST by Eisenhower Republican (Queeg is gone. Keefer's next.)
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To: sarasmom

Where did I say it was?


17 posted on 03/09/2016 7:21:39 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: Kenny

It’s my opinion that conservatives should drop Micro and rally to the only executive running not sporting Bushprints. Trump 2016!


18 posted on 03/09/2016 7:21:43 PM PST by Kudsman (Restore the Republic. Repeal the 17th.)
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To: relictele

That means you still hold the old - and correct - definition of conservative instead of the “modern” one.


19 posted on 03/09/2016 7:21:56 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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20 posted on 03/09/2016 7:22:38 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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