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Ex-Senator Phil Gramm, a Former Marco Rubio Supporter, Backs Ted Cruz
New York Times ^ | March 18, 2016 | Matt Flegenheimer

Posted on 03/18/2016 2:21:29 PM PDT by reaganaut1

Ted Cruz has earned a defector from the shuttered campaign of Marco Rubio: Phil Gramm, the former Texas senator once cited by Mr. Cruz as “the senator I most admire.”

Mr. Gramm, 73, who began his career in Congress as a Democrat and became a top economic adviser to John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, called Mr. Cruz “a fearless leader and fighter for conservatives.”

Mr. Cruz, a Texas senator, praised Mr. Gramm for his opposition to health care legislation during President Bill Clinton’s administration. “Phil stood firm and unequivocally with the American people,” Mr. Cruz said.

The endorsement comes as Mr. Cruz hopes to consolidate support among Republicans opposed to Donald J. Trump. In recent weeks, he has attracted the endorsements of Carly Fiorina, Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who was once a bitter foe.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; gramm
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1 posted on 03/18/2016 2:21:29 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

Are there any Washington Cartel members left who haven’t endorsed Cruz?


2 posted on 03/18/2016 2:22:24 PM PDT by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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“the former Texas senator once cited by Mr. Cruz as “the senator I most admire.””

yeah, then if phil “admired” cruz so much, then why did he endorse little rubio back when it mattered?


3 posted on 03/18/2016 2:27:21 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: reaganaut1

From one loser to another.


4 posted on 03/18/2016 2:28:51 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: catnipman

yeah, then if phil “admired” cruz so much, then why did he endorse little rubio back when it mattered?


Because he was a politician and his words mean nothing?


5 posted on 03/18/2016 2:29:17 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: reaganaut1

I always liked Phil Gramm. Haven’t heard from him in a while.


6 posted on 03/18/2016 2:31:20 PM PDT by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took control of Congress in 2006.)
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To: reaganaut1

Good, but probably too late.


7 posted on 03/18/2016 2:32:09 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: reaganaut1
He was the chief engineer of the "Cheap Labor Express."

Look up "IBP" sometime.

8 posted on 03/18/2016 2:36:03 PM PDT by x
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To: gg188

And if Trump gets the nomination, most if not all will then be backing Trump.

Can we then expect you to be here on FR condemning Trump for his GOPe backers? Yea, didn’t think so.


9 posted on 03/18/2016 2:43:30 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: reaganaut1
I seriously believe they blackmail and bribe people upon arrival to D.C.

Not EVERYONE can flip like this without threats and money.

10 posted on 03/18/2016 2:45:14 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: ChessExpert

His was the last campaign I actively worked on in ‘84.


11 posted on 03/18/2016 2:47:48 PM PDT by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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12 posted on 03/18/2016 2:54:06 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: catnipman

Because if Ted is elected, Phil will get some of “the spoils of war brought back to the priests”, if Trump wins, he gets nothing. There is a real likelihood that the “priests” are establishment hacks, not Ted’s evangelical supporters.


13 posted on 03/18/2016 2:59:08 PM PDT by TheConservativeBanker
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To: TheConservativeBanker

Phil Graham was ok. In 96’ he was most like the class of 94 Contract With America congress. Unfortunately he was self addmitedly ‘too ugly’.


14 posted on 03/18/2016 3:08:37 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: catnipman

yeah, then if phil “admired” cruz so much, then why did he endorse little rubio back when it mattered?


Lol....hey, they all meant to endorse eCRuz, first, before they endorsed the other RINO. Really.

I remember when ol Phil was a Dem....so, this will Put away the tired ....”but, but Trump was a Dem before he was Pubbie” mantra. Yay!!


15 posted on 03/18/2016 3:12:48 PM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: reaganaut1; sheik yerbouty; HarleyLady27; vette6387; SkyPilot; Albion Wilde

Doesn’t change my support or vote for Trump one tiny bit. And, my guess is none of the other Trump supporters on FR care either.


16 posted on 03/18/2016 3:12:50 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: gg188

Don Trump?


17 posted on 03/18/2016 3:15:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: gg188

Trump keep saying he is a “uniter”, and he is right - he is uniting all parts of the party against him - conservatives and GOPe alike. The cartel doesn’t want Cruz - they even tried to get him to apologize before they would support him. But here they come, on his terms not theirs. And that is because they recognize that a Trump nomination would not only result in a Hillary win - he is the ONLY GOP candidate she has consistently run ahead of, and the only one with worse ratings on honesty and favorability than she has - but the size of his loss would wipe out the GOP in Congress as well.


18 posted on 03/18/2016 3:20:07 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: reaganaut1

The GOPe is circling the wagons around Ted Cruz. My questions what price did Ted have to pay for all these endorsements? I bet he sold out the good of the country for a chance to be President. Cruz has prostituted himself.


19 posted on 03/18/2016 3:22:08 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: CA Conservative

You are DREAMING GOP-e coming to Cruz terms......ha, ha ,ha, ha, still laughing! Truth is Cruz is now bought and paid for by THEM!!! Keep on rationalizing all you want to!!!


20 posted on 03/18/2016 3:29:39 PM PDT by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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