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Cruz Suspends Presidential Campaign
Published in GeneralTed Cruz is quitting the presidential race, according to campaign manager Jeff Roe, ending one of the best-organized campaigns of 2016 after a series of stinging defeats left Donald Trump as the only candidate capable of clinching the nomination outright.
Cruz had appeared likely to go all the way to the Republican convention, but a string of massive losses in the Northeast, and his subsequent defeat in Indiana, appear to have convinced him there’s no way forward.
John Kasich, however, pledged on Tuesday night to stay in the race until a candidate reaches 1,237 bound delegates.
Time to get an independent (but actually a true conservative) on the ballot NOW and start campaigning. How about Mitch Daniels?
Lily: Trumpublicans – fantastic.
with a hat tip to jay nordlinger, the choice before us is between rodham and gommorah
The Republican Party has its Ceausescu speech moment.
Perry and Walker pulled out so early. I never really understood why.
I am absolutely indifferent. Both of them are horrible people. I hope God is gentle with his smiting.
James Lileks? Rob? Peter? This is the week y’all choose to go on vacation from the Flagship Podcast?!
“Mr. and Mrs. America, my nominee for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court is…Lyin Ted!”
A Partial list of scandals involving
Hillary Clinton
Watergate Committee
Travel gate
Hilarycare Secrecy
Whitewater
Filegate
Vince Fosters files
Rose Law firm Files
Commerce Dept “pay to play”
Renting Lincoln Bedroom
John Huang
Charlie Trie
Johnny Chung
No Controlling Legal Authority
Monica Lewinsky
Pardongate
Looting the Whitehouse
Bosnia Sniper lie
Email scandal
Clinton Foundation
Benghazi
My Romanian wife did say that Kasich’s gestures did remind her of her former dictator.
I shall be changing parties to “unaffliated,” as we lack a conservative party in NC. Long overdue, really.
I think the people voting for Trump know he’s not a conservative. They don’t care. Some of them are not conservative either. Some of them hope Trump will be influenced by conservative advisors. (Ha!) Some of them don’t care because they just want to burn it down.
We are so screwed.
Because all the nasty talk came from Trump, NOBODY else ever said a nasty word.
Remember when Reagan picked “Voodoo Economics” Bush for VPOTUS? I do.
If you’ll indulge me, allow me to imagine a dream scenario in which Trump does not have the right amount of people to vote for him on the first ballot. And, things get interesting on the floor. Rule 40b is still in force, and the Cruz votes grow in the second ballot beyond the first.
And, finally, as I like to say: more interesting things begin to happen.
I’ll be doing this for a couple days.
Talk amongst yourselves.
This conversation has been surprisingly civil so far.
Be prepared to take a break from any particular Ricochet thread if you need one. Tempers will be hard kept this week. See y’all on the other side.
Kozac, ill take the steady and committed crook over the mentally ill loose cannon. But you shouldnt have made me choose.
It’s not over yet. I live in California and I will be voting for Cruz in the primary next month. As of right this minute, a contested convention is still possible.
Which is what usually happens to the terminally ill.
Ted Cruz is a decent, honorable man, which is why I voted for him in this year’s Texas primary. I believe that he made the right decision tonight. Ted Cruz has fought the good fight, kept the faith, and has nothing to regret.
I didn’t. I voted for Cruz.
Thing is I know Hillary is a serial liar, thief, corrupt, enabling, blood stained, sociopath who has a 30 year history of putting herself ahead of country sometimes for the most trivial of reasons. There is no such record on Trump. I’ll take that chance.
The problem is Darth actually stood for something other than Darth.
I’m pretty much “Never Trump!” if not #NEVERTRUMP. In November, if the race is close nationally and in my state, and Trump gives me some reason to prefer him to Clinton, like promising to name someone like Cruz or Janice Rogers Brown to SCotUS, I might vote for him. But I’ll probably just leave that line blank.
Kozac, that paragraph perfectly describes trump. Where have you been, do you only watch hannity and read breitbart? My god you are in for a surprise.
I’m generally pretty cheerful, if not always optimistic. Given the Indiana results tonight, this video pretty accurately tracks my mood…
So the 1970s hair and the 1990s NAFTA debate?
I live in VA which I am assuming will go blue in this election full force. My votes will be for the down ballot Republicans, I may just not vote for the top of the ticket. IMHO I simply cannot countenance voting or the presumed nominee of either party.
I like that – that’ll be my position too. Hope you don’t mind if I copy you ;) .
Thanks to Ricochet and all the Ricochetti for giving me this place to repair in my shock and despair. I’m going to need this kind of support in the days ahead to deal with the loss of my party and, I believe, my country. (Remember the magazine cover with Obama as Louis XIV? Well, here comes the deluge.)
I live in WA state, and I will be voting for Cruz in our primary. Shortly afterwards, I will change my party to Independent. Since they are so important to the right people.