Posted on 09/26/2015 11:01:59 AM PDT by Isara
It’s the grass roots. If Trump wasn’t in the race then someone like Carson or Cruz would be getting his support. Trump hasn’t exactly been out there in his speeches calling for the government to shut down over Planned Parenthood. It’s the very fact that Cruz put his money where his mouth was and forced the shutdown over Obamacare that the GOPe takes the conservative wing seriously.
Yes, that’s why the GOPe is taking the threat of the shutdown over Planned Parenthood seriously and also why the conservatives are willing to have the fight. Cruz is a leader and they are following his lead.
The electorate is of course a factor because the GOPe knows they are behind the conservatives in this fight. But with Trump out of the picture, that electorate wouldn’t be going to Bush, it would be going to a non-establishment candidate. The electorate would be making their voices heard one way or the other.
For every tiny nitpick of a Cruz vote you can make, we can point to Trump’s long history of supporting liberal policies and funding Democrat candidates. Somehow I doubt you’d give Cruz a pass if he had donated money to Pelosi.
Trump gave money across the board, he was not and is not a politician. No, I don’t like it but I accept it is the price of doing business in today’s political environment. Would Trump have even been allowed to play if he did not play by the rules of the power brokers, I think not. He worked within the existing system, he did not make the rules. But he beat the hell out of them and became a billionaire. When was the last time conservatives had a win of any kind? All the government shutdowns and threats of shutdowns have produced nothing but more losses. Sure, this is due mostly to the gope leadership. But Cruz is part of that gope ledership as evidenced by his votes for TPA and the corker bill. Both of these issues are directly in contradiction to everything Cruz says he stands for. And yet when push came to shove, Cruz voted the way the gope told him to. These are not nitpickey little things, these have the real probability of destroying us as well as other countries. What will happen when he is the president and the gope leans on him?
Cruz did not vote the way the GOPe told him to. He had his own reasons for his votes. And he did not vote for the final TPA.
Tell the GOPe leadership that Cruz is part of them. That would give them a good laugh.
Boehner’s resignation is a result of Cruz’ shutdown on Obamacare. That’s a win. If Cruz never gave the GOPe a real fight, Boehner would simply not be resigning now.
These ratings are based on deeds, not words.
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he needs to come out now and announce who he supports for the new leader.
Ted Cruz........Gotta rid the Senate of Mitch McConnell on Monday!!!
Fantastic. Boner’s resignation is a victory for Cruz.
This needs to stop with trumps pen and a phone!!
He needs to Build the wall
Yes it does.
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