[Future Useless Eater]

It has probably been a mistake to think of Cruz as an "insurgent" or "outside-the-establishment" candidate.

You're right to point out all the strong Bush/Cruz ties going on right now.

PLUS, I found this on Wikipedia for Mister Cruz...

Bush administration

Cruz joined the George W. Bush presidential campaign in 1999 as a domestic policy adviser, advising then-Governor George W. Bush on a wide range of policy and legal matters, including civil justice, criminal justice, constitutional law, immigration, and government reform.

Cruz assisted in assembling the Bush legal team, devising strategy, and drafting pleadings for filing with the Supreme Court of Florida and U.S. Supreme Court, in the case Bush v. Gore, during the 2000 Florida presidential recounts, leading to two wins for the Bush team. Cruz recruited future Chief Justice John Roberts and noted attorney Mike Carvin to the Bush legal team.

[Sacajaweau]

Cruz also talks about the case he is most proud of which was before the Supreme Court. Roberts wrote the opinion and it favored Cruz's side.

There are always a lot of attorneys involved in these cases AND their researchers. I think he's taking much too much credit for himself.

Early on, I thought Cruz would make a good USSC Justice. I know longer feel that way. He's too interested in "Power". He's even said the USSC judges should be terms. Talk about Obama throwing the Constitution out the window.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

A statesman would unite his party during a convention. Someone selfish and unpatriotic puts ambition first.

It is unreasonable to oust the frontrunner with obscure delegates if the frontrunner’s support is genuine and not astroturf-establishment.

[Salgak]

Or. . . .gee, an up-and-coming Texas politician, gets brought onto the staff of a more senior Texas politician. . .

[GreyFriar]

And I’m sure that we can find that, during his childhood, that the young Mr. Cruz trimmed the bushes around his house. Thus another association of Cruz to dreaded bushes.

You missed the sarcasm that I meant with all of the diatribes of the anti-Jeb Bush people toward anyone who might have even met or seen Jeb anywhere, anytime, any reason.

[HarleyLady27]

A lot of us Trump supporters posted these things and they were scoffed at, we were called Nazis; stupid; idiots; among other things, so we stopped...

We Trump supporters do not believe in making up lies to knock our candidates opponents down, we would rather use truth and that is what we tried to do, we don't anymore, Cruz and Rubio are doing a fine job of that without our help...but we will, however, post the truth when it comes to our candidate Trump.

Thank you for your information...

[DestroyLiberalism]

Oh, wow... If something is reported in Wikipedia, then it *must* be true. </sarc>

[dangus]

Cruz recruited Roberts for Bush v Gore. not for the Supreme Court. So what’s your problem?

[SubMareener]

I could put in a Bible reference about false prophets, but it probably is not really necessary at this point.

[PhilDragoo]

[Jack Black]

I really appreciate Cruz helping prevent Gore from becoming President. Cruz has done a lot of good for America, including the Heller case, which the big guys at the NRA didn't believe was a good one to take.

Roberts was at least qualified on paper, but we know it's always hard to predict how Supreme Court justices will rule once on the bench, at least if they are not rabid leftists. I don't fault him too much for that.

I fault the Sentate leadership for not fillibustering the two Lesbians (yes, they are!) Obama got to put on the court. What part of "war for the survival of the Republic" does the GOP establishment and Mitch McConnell not understand?

Too bad Bill Kristol, NRO and the rest of the inside-the-beltway crowd didn't figure out Ted was their best shot a long time ago, now it's likely too late.

[tallyhoe]

They had a following out..