Posted on 03/10/2016 8:33:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Thursday night's GOP debate at the University of Miami marked a major turning point for candidates as they look to gain not just the attention of nationwide voters but viewers in the Sunshine State. With the Florida GOP Primary less than a week away, the event was a proving ground of sorts as candidates seek to emerge victorious in an important winner take all state that boasts the most delegates to be awarded that day. It was at this debate that Ted Cruz firmly emerged as the Republicans' last hope for an establishment candidate to legitimately challenge frontrunner Donald Trump. Ted Cruz's closing statements were inspired, surprisingly lighthearted and comical, and may very well help him to win Florida and the many primaries and caucuses occurring on Super Tuesday 3.
Cruz and Trump were no strangers to the war of words they'd perpetuated onstage in Miami. The previous debate, Trump had taken to calling the Texas senator "Lyen [sic] Ted" and has been consistently mocking him since. Cruz's response has been to treat the Donald like the child he appears to be when engaging in rather infantile verbal attacks with no bearing on political views or voting records. The candidate was once again able to narrowly sidestep any mudslinging in favor of seriously stumping for himself. Cruz appeared to insinuate that the very future of the Republican party is dependent on the GOP rallying behind him, which certainly shone through in his final remarks.
To be fair, the Thursday night event appeared far more subdued than previous debates. Cruz, for his part, was especially emotional when it came to giving his final statements in what will be the last GOP debate of the primary season. He was also able to make a subtle jab against Trump, in what appeared to be the most comical moment of the night. Cruz said:
What an incredible nation we have that the son of a bartender and the son of a mailman and the son of a dishwasher and a successful businessman can all stand on this stage competing and asking for your support. In just a few months one of us is going to stand on the debate stage against Hillary Clinton. And the choice that we're making is who will best defend our values, who will best defend your values, and fight for you.
I have to tell you I cannot wait to stand on that stage with Hillary Clinton and say, 'Madame Secretary, you are asking for a third time of a failed administration. You are asking for millions more to remain in stagnant jobs. For millions more steel workers to be out of work, for wages to remain low, for young people not to have a future. We can do better. We can instead repeal Obamacare, abolish the IRS, unleash millions of jobs, defend the Bill of Rights, defend the second amendment and religious liberty, and stand with our cops and our firefighters and our soldiers and we can keep America safe.' That's the choice I will put to her this fall.
Cruz is already looking ahead towards a future in which he is leading the Republican party against a presumed Democratic nominee: Hillary Clinton. As he swiftly and emphatically detailed his policies and challenged Clinton in his closing statements, audience fervor mounted and Cruz appeared to be riding high on his last chance at addressing the American public in a debate setting. His overarching success remains to be seen. Even if Cruz fails to nab the nomination, the theatrics behind his closing statement certainly show that he's been enjoying himself on the campaign trail.
You’re full of it.
Your comment rates as one of the top five “most clueless” I have encountered in all my years here.
Mr Haney’s outsider schtick will not work after this election. He couldn’t even break 50% in TX. He may not be in the Senate after 2018.
Hillary would make Cruz mincemeat in a debate. Just a fact. That smarmy bs wouldn’t work against her and her audience. And the audience of the presidential debates wouldn’t be front-loaded with Cheap Labor lobbyists, RNC, and Rubio shriekers.
If he loses, he may bring down the party. Elections have consequences. When the British Liberal Party split in 1922, it was wrecked, and the Labour Party took its place as the second party in Britain.Now the Labour was the socialist party. After WW2, they set policies in place which were not substantially changed for thirty years, until Thatcher became prime minister, and even then only in part. If he takes the nomination, we can hope that he can bring the party together. Romney sure could not.
Have you looked at the Dem debates? I have.
Thank for the compliment.
These were mostly small businessmen, but driven to produce, to create, by passion, preferred 90 hour weeks to taking orders from someone else or putting their fate and career into someone else's hands.
Small $ compared to Trump's enterprises---but the same spirit at the core. We need a government made up of these men instead of the useless non-productive takers we have in an army of millions of worthless bureaucrats.
But I realize...that was then...this is now. The three establishment stooges we had to watch tonight who choose to spend a lifetime sucking on the taxpayer teat, producing nothing, actually being counter-productive, wasting taxpayer money on all their bs.
Gosh, I am so disappointed. I was hoping to make your top two, but I do appreciate your consideration.
Cruz needs a voice coach so we low information voters can understand his gospel. I have to shield my eyes, from his shinning brightness./s
You can say that again he is now rambling on in his PREACHER voice!!!
He doesn’t want to talk about that Goldman Sachs sweetheart loan in 2012.
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I’m not picking sides, but I have to say it wasn’t a sweetheart loan. It was a loan easily available to anyone with assets on account similar to his.
ha ha ha
Why his handlers do not tell him, his insufferable haughty arrogance is only appealing to a sheltered few is beyond me.
Only Ted Cruz has been fighting as much against the Establishment GOP as he has been fighting the Democrats these last few years.
I think the GOPee is trying to scuttle him by claiming him, because they figure they can play 'Let's Make a Deal' with Trump.
Where is MX?
Believe it or not, there are actually morons on this forum who would vote to make that possible next November. It's about principle, dontcha know.
If conservatives vote correctly, it will be Ted against Ted four years from now or Ted against Trump. Or Ted running for an open office, Trump retiring out of boredom. But Ted against Hillary? No way!
South of here, across a muddy river.
** Where is MX? **
Next to your state.
Now, the real questions would be.. Would P&G sell Pampers from MX here if there was a tariff, or just sell Pampers made in the USA w/ no tariff?
Would P&G bring in the MX made Pampers, and charge more for them, than for the Pampers made in the USA?
Common sense would say “no” to both questions. Maybe P&G would manufacturer more Pampers here to stay competitive with all the other companies which have their production facilities in the USA.
Trump loaned the money to his campaign, he could retire his campaign costs with donations at a later point. And he’s taken in a couple million in donations from the public beyond the money he himself fronted.
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