Posted on 11/25/2015 9:14:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Washington Free Beacon reporter Lachlan Markay discussed the Republican presidential field on Fox Business Network on Tuesday.
Markay predicted that Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) will become the establishment favorite for the nomination, ousting erstwhile favorite Gov. Jeb Bush.
Transcript below:
LOU DOBBS: Joining us now, Lachlan Markay, author, columnist, Fox News contributor Jedediah Bila. We’ll start Jedediah with you, looks like Cruz is making a strong move, still well behind in the national polls to front-runner Donald Trump, but making a big move in Iowa.
JEDEDIAH BILA: Yes, and we predicted this right here on the show. We talk about it a lot. Talked about the fact that conservatives are looking for someone that’s reliable. That potentially wasn’t Ben Carson or Donald Trump. Donald Trump and Ben Carson have a tendency to make a lot of mistakes, have a tendency to say things that leave people saying are they serious? Can they be president? Can we trust them if there was a hot button national security issue? The fact of the matter is Ted Cruz is probably the smartest guy of the room all the time. He gives conservatives a lot of confidence, gives evangelicals a lot of confidence. He taps into the conservative base, if you look at Twitter, talk radio. Look at Mark Levin, people who conservatives look to—
DOBBS: You go through all of that and come up with Mark Levin? How about Rush Limbaugh?
BILA: I say Mark because he’s a friend of mine. Hi, Mark. People look to reliable conservatives and say who is this person—and Ted Cruz happens to be that guy....
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Ms. Jed does not realize many of those Trump ‘mistakes’ aren’t mistakes. And as smart as Cruz is, likability is not a strong point.
I just love how they all keep telling us what we’re looking for. Notice it’s always these stupid platitudes, reliable, steady, responsible.
A Betther description of their establishment candidates would be on-the-take, bought-and-paid-for, or just plain crooked.
I think he's got a high floor of support in the sense that he's got very wide name recognition and his style appeals to a lot of people. But I think he's got a low ceiling and I think a lot of the bombastic things he said have turned off a lot of people who weren't supporting them. He wasn't their first choice to begin with but I can't see them coming around to support him. I don't know if he has broad enough appeal to lock up the delegates he's going to need.
Likabilty is a problem with Cruz. But that is the same with Trump. I know lots of people that don’t like his delivery.
We’ll see if the polls are correct eventually.
Speaks for itself. The most solid conservative in the race and one we ought to support.
Utter hogwash!
Ha,my father used the term “hogwash” all the time,as well as; don’t give that malarkey,and oh batfur.
Yep, brilliant Ted Cruz, shooting his own windshield. Wow, what a guy!
Last month's news today! Thank you, Captain Obvious!
... as smart as Cruz is, likability is not a strong point.
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Guess that depends on how conservative one might be.
We’re not going to vote for who gets the Mr. Congeniality title of the contest. ...We’re voting for which candidate would be the best as POTUS.
(Semi-off topic, but it has to be said.) Fox Business Channel is WORTHLESS. Go there any time during market hours and about all you will hear is politics. LOL i guess that they just can’t help themselves.
CNBC isn’t much better, but they do tend to focus on “business” while the markets are open.
Okay, my pre-Holiday Rant is over. :)
The internals(favorability ratings) to many of the polls tend to show Trump has a lower ceiling than some of the other candidates. We’ll see how that affects him when the number of remaining candidates drops to 2 or 3. It also wouldn’t surprise me to see Trump wake up one day and say screw you, I don’t want a pay-cut and drop out.
Trump is in it for the entire duration!
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