GOP asks: Can Trump and Cruz be stopped? [This time the shoe is on the other foot]

The Hill ^ | February 11, 2016 | Neil Stanage

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[trebb]

"The only way for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz to be stopped is for the establishment to finally rally around one candidate ...

And the establishment never seems to rally round a candidate that excites the voters enough for them to rally round him....

GO TRUMP!!!

[Russ]

Is this picture supposed to show his determination or his arrogance? I’ve seen similar photos of Obama in that pose and it was always to show his condescending arrogance.

[JJ_Folderol]

There’s plenty of negative attack ad material right here on FR, especially since negative ads don’t require any truth behind them.

[Mr Apple]

...that means Donald Trump and Ted Cruz could be sprinting toward the presidential nomination

Wrong. Cruz has slipped on the track and it's over for him.

[Gaffer]

Even though the Palmetto State delivered vital primary victories for George W. Bush in 2000 and for George H.W. Bush in 1988, many GOP insiders think the former Florida governor will have difficulty following in their footsteps.

This insistent talk by GOPe about a glimmer of a chance for Jeb Bush is amazing. Jeb talks like he's the Clydesdale Draught horse pulling the heavy load when he's really a Mexican Burro.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"I think it's a game-changer, I really do," said David Woodard, a professor of political science at Clemson University who is also a GOP consultant in the state. "Let's just say Cruz wins: I think that's a big thing. He will have won a Southern state, a base-state for Republicans that is not going blue. That could really help him."

Cruz ad: Playing Trump

[Flick Lives]

Jeb talks like he's the Clydesdale Draught horse pulling the heavy load when he's really a Mexican Burro.

There's more burrito than burro about Jeb.

[bert]

-—far from certain-—

Code for “totally unlikely”

[Cincinatus' Wife]

FR Thread: Economic Libertarians Will Have a Friend in Ted Cruz

[Cincinatus' Wife]

FR Thread: Checking Cruz's climate science denial clangers [Left hits Cruz when Court blocks Obama's legacy]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Speaking of food:

Making Machine-Gun Bacon with Ted Cruz

[Mr Apple]

Code for "totally unlikely"

Exactly.

[COBOL2Java]

The establishment "thought it was Rubio - until last night," Woodard said Wednesday, referring to the New Hampshire result.

Marco: All the slipperiness of Bill Clinton, with none of the foresight.

[DoughtyOne]

The Hill presents an absurdity here.

35.67% Trump
11.67% Cruz

Cruz has already been stopped.

This another way of saying “the front runners”, and that simply isn’t going to fly.

If they want to discuss if Trump can be stopped, fine.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

That is a laughable assertion.

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/

[randita]

About â…” of voters in the NH GOP primary voted for other candidates besides Trump.

Who those voters gravitate to as their candidates drop out is an unknown. This is far from over.

[DoughtyOne]

...says the Free Republic Queen of laughable assertions.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I like you too.

[biff]

If I were you I wouldn’t bet the family fortune on that.