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At this point, I fully expect Ted Cruz to run in 2020, even if means running against an incumbent Republican president.

IMHO, Cruz is well on his way to becoming the next Ron Paul. The fringe candidate that runs every year as the "real constitutionalist," does well in caucus states, but never manages to get enough voter support to win anywhere else.

If Cruz wants to spend his career tilting at windmills (as Ron Paul did) then I hope he enjoys the limelight, because that is all he will accomplish.

1 posted on 05/29/2016 7:26:15 AM PDT by Brookhaven
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...if he ever expects my vote...he better


2 posted on 05/29/2016 7:28:27 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Cruz thinks he can use his delegates to insert a “conscience clause” for 2020, so that Cruz can win on the first ballot even if he loses the election. There was an article on the subject awhile back.


3 posted on 05/29/2016 7:29:31 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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Roger Stone is still keeping an eye on Rafael:

https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/736780018580377600


4 posted on 05/29/2016 7:30:07 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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Statistics do not apply to n=1.

Proven Liar Cruz voted FOR ObamaTRADE for his wife,
for his loans, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SECRET.

Cruz is more likely to steal VOTES than act like a man.


5 posted on 05/29/2016 7:30:52 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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If Cruz has any political brains & street samrts left,...he will not only fully endorse Donald Trump, but, he will campaign heavily for him!!! If not, his political career has ended, right now!!! End of story!!!

And.....that is the same big ditto for weak sister Paul Ryan!!!


6 posted on 05/29/2016 7:30:57 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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Ted Cruz is a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs.
They pay his household two million dollars every three years.

Ted will never endorse any candidate who would secure the borders. He and by extension all of his followers will (and already have) even side with Muslims who physically attack the supporters of any such candidate.

The short answer is no.


11 posted on 05/29/2016 7:35:34 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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Cruz’s answer to that question will reveal who he is. He took the pledge. Why does the question even have to be asked? Jeb? Exposed. Ted. We’ll see, won’t we.


12 posted on 05/29/2016 7:35:59 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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13 posted on 05/29/2016 7:36:02 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (MAGA! Make America Great Again)
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I think he will endorse Mr. (President) Trump. Thousands of us have unsubscribed from his emails and not returned his two snail mail fund raising requests since he pulled the pin.

He and others need to rally 'round Trump. We sure as hell do NOT need the Clinton crime family nor Bernie the Bolshevik in our beloved White House! Cruz was and is a strong supporter of RKBA. He is one of only four US Senators rated A PLUS by GOA. Surely he will see the need to prevent blatant gun-grabbers from taking over in Washington.

17 posted on 05/29/2016 7:39:14 AM PDT by donozark (I was cruisin' with Cruz. Now travelin' with Trump.)
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There have long been signals that careerist “grass roots conservatives” were going to withhold support from Trump. They want to fund raise off opposing Trump on this issue or that. In the end that is all this is about. Money.


18 posted on 05/29/2016 7:40:08 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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At this point Cruz seems delusional. If he thinks he can try to undercut Trump so we loss again, and that the common folks will not recognize such an effort for what it is, he is a fool.

Now for all I know he might succeed. we need every vote this season I Cruz can pull away 5 to 20 % of his supporters, which seems to be around 9 to 14 % of the republican party, well he might just succeed.

But either way I think that will be the end of his political future. The only possible path forward he has to mend fences with the 85% of republican voters that stand with Trump is to come out, endorse trump and work to reconcile those voters who like Cruz to Trump being he candidate. Work for victory in 2016. Any other path will show him to be a self centered politician with no ethical stance but the drive for personal power.

That said he still has until around June 7th to endorse Trump, after the final primaries. Might even be better for his endorsement at that later date, to give folks who really believed in him some time to settle down.


19 posted on 05/29/2016 7:41:28 AM PDT by Frederick303
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At this point I doubt anybody cares what Cruz does. He is now the pariah of the party. Reince Priebus basically told him not to bother to show up at the convention last week. He will not be missed.


20 posted on 05/29/2016 7:43:05 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Yep.


22 posted on 05/29/2016 7:43:58 AM PDT by Williams (Dear God please save us from the democrats. And the republicans.)
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I was an original Cruzer and donated to the max {much to my sorrow} but he turned out to be a political hack. I don’t care what he does in the future, he is dead to me.


24 posted on 05/29/2016 7:45:24 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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Cruz signed the pledge, didn’t he?


25 posted on 05/29/2016 7:46:15 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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I used to enjoy listening the Deace, but his show has become repetitive. Everyday the theme of his show is, "let me tell you what I don't like about Donald Trump".

That he has any listeners remaining would surprise me.

26 posted on 05/29/2016 7:46:43 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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If he doesn’t, he may as well shoot for some circuit court judgeship....


27 posted on 05/29/2016 7:48:44 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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Deace and Cruz and beck. A trio worthy of distain


29 posted on 05/29/2016 7:49:29 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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83% of cruz followers do not recognize or care that his unwillingness to concede to trump and back him will be remembered as a character flaw by a great many more people from who,he will need respect in any future national campaign

Sore loserman - always the image that will follow Al Gore
And now Romney and Cruz too


30 posted on 05/29/2016 7:52:02 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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Cruz has no political capital at this point.

He’s the next Ron Paul.


33 posted on 05/29/2016 7:52:55 AM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot
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