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Ted Cruz Gets Carly Fiorina Endorsement
Published in Politics“The only guy who can beat #DonaldTrump is #TedCruz.” –#CarlyFiorina endorses Cruzhttps://t.co/6LCFDlqe5m
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 9, 2016
Well then America’s Sweetheart better start dealing before he just as ‘irrelevant’ as Carly.
Carly is fresh, fun, and female, all things Cruz isn’t. (They’ve both got forceful and fearless down pat, but it’s not like we don’t need as much of those as we can get.)
Romney manages to come across as both stiff and a squish. Carly is quite the opposite.
I have to laugh when people criticize candidates for trying to beat other candidates….Cruz trying to beat or knock Rubio out in Florida makes perfect sense….What should happen is pretty obvious…Rubio should drop out and join Fiorina in openly supporting Cruz.Who knows if Rubio’s voters joined with Cruz voters in Florida there might even be a chance for Cruz to throw a scare into Trump there…..
No. “Some” does not equal “all”. And honestly, I don’t think I am the one who conflated them in my post.
And my comment wasn’t even mostly directed at the “1-in-10” person on this thread. It’s all about the “prominence” of the posters. And for the record, I don’t think Ricochet comes even remotely close to “ugly”. But there is certainly a lot of talk (feelings) about it. And from the perspective of this n00b, it seems (feels) directed at those of us who “push back” on the prominent pro-Rubio/anti-Trump rhetoric.
Me being me, I can’t help but point out when I see the “man bites dog” examples appear.
Way to enable those who want to make overly-broad generalizations about Rubio supporters.
Yep. It seems like a natural if you like Cruz and you like Fiorina, but IMO Cruz projects as the “bad cop” on a ticket (that’s fine). He needs a good cop. As a pot stirrer, I’d rather see Nikki Haley. Now where’s my flak jacket?
Naw, she’s already branded “Marco.”
I nominate a more substantive VP candidate: Mitch Daniels.
Also, the WSJ staff has been working overtime to keep the word “Cruz” off of its front page. And in one of today’s articles it managed to show the photo of every current candidate except… Well, it’s gotten so you need to read that paper like you used to read Pravda and Izvestia. The most interesting information is that which is prominent by its omission.
I found it interesting that in Michigan the ratio of female to male support for Cruz was higher than for any other candidate except Rubio. Must be because he projects insincerity. Of course Rubio’s numbers were low all around.
Eh–this is politics. If Cruz sees a benefit (bringing Rubio supporters into his tent?), I don’t think that bridge was burned. I’m not aware that she went after Cruz.
Cruz was not my first choice, so I suppose that I don’t have much standing on the issue, but I’m not getting the “fun” part. I think that she’s highly impressive, and, for better or worse, shares some of Cruz’s doctrinaire characteristics. In McLuhan media-speak, they’re both “cold,” as opposed to “hot.” Sorry, I can’t be any clearer on this. JMHO.
I agree that bridges stand unburned. I’m thinking that the optics aren’t very good, but more importantly, that there are better choices.
And I get that . . . Daniels is by no means chopped liver–I’m sorry he never ran for the top spot. I’m probably overly concerned with gender in the #2 spot, considering what I expect from Clinton.
Cruz/Fiorina is a ticket I would very much like to vote for.
I suggested a Cruz/Fiorina ticket months ago.
I’m not as up on election history as many other people here – how often has a nominee chosen a former opponent as a running mate? How often has a nominee put a former opponent in any important position?
Is a good question. Usually people who are ambitious enough to run for that office aren’t interested in consolation prizes. But there are the annointed ones like GHWB.
Reagan chose Bush, who was a rival for the nomination. Same for Clinton and Gore. John Kerry chose John Edwards, who had been running for the big prize. Obama and Biden were both running for President in 2008. So it happens fairly often.
It’s normal. See for instance, Clinton/Gore and Reagan/Bush.
Dan Mclaughlin, who is urging a Cruz/Rubio ticket, has a good rundown today.
This Jennifer Rubin article is devastating for Rubio
Read it here
Eds & all,
Cruz / Fiorina would be infinitely more acceptable to me than Trump / Christie.
Regards,
Jim
Same here, but I would put the word INFINITELY in bold, all-caps, italics.
Cruz is in striking distance of Trump.
Cruz is more consistently conservative than Trump.
Cruz has a better head to head chance against Clinton than Trump according to polls now.
Cruz is comfortable in cross examination, which Clinton deserves on a public stage as opposed to the circus of a Congressional committee.
Cruz is not perfect. Cruz has not been, and is still not my personal favorite in the race. But he is the most viable conservative alternative to Trump.
Reagan chose G. H. W. Bush in the same campaign where Bush Senior called Reagan’s “trickle-down” (A. Laffer) economic theory “voodoo economics.”
Perhaps devastating for some, but I’m still waiting for the coveted endorsements of Frank Soto, Brian Watt, Could Be Anyone, and Leigh.
Mona almost got there at the Corner today.
We need to be patient. This is hard.
Kati,
Jeb! and Rick Scott have not endorsed Rubio. If there ever was a banal vindictive establishment this is it. Jeb! and his super-pack attacked Rubio for 4 months. Yet, Rubio is still getting far more support than Jeb! ever got. They couldn’t see their way clear to take a chance on Marco. Not to be overly dramatic but they stabbed Marco in the back living in a fantasy world that they were movers and shakers.
Trust me they will be marginalized from this point forward. If Cruz wanted to offer Marco VP at this point Marco could pull out. I doubt that Cruz has made the offer. Other than that Marco has no incentive to do anything but go to Florida and try to win with or without the idiot establishment. It’s the stuff of tragedy.
Jennifer Rubin is a dreamer. Nice to have steady work as a columnist. She need not worry that her ideas don’t quite measure up to reality. The paycheck will be there anyway.
Regards,
Jim
That is a sad, and depressingly accurate, assessment. sigh.
Chopped liver, perhaps, but you don’t have to wait any longer for the rico flip-flop-flip.