Ted Cruz

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

A leading Republican pollster privately told Speaker Paul Ryan and his leadership team Sen. Ted Cruz would be the biggest drag on House Republicans should he win his party’s nomination. ... More than a dozen House Republicans have endorsed Cruz, most notably Iowa conservative Rep. Steve King. None of Cruz’s Senate GOP colleagues have endorsed him.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/gop-pollster-tells-leadership-cruz-is-bad-for-them-217653

Although Politico didn’t mention whether Sackett thought Cruz could negatively impact the party’s chances at holding the Senate, one doesn’t need a paid pollster to know that the upper chamber—and perhaps everyone in Congress outside of his weird Tortilla Coast Caucus—overwhelmingly hates Ted Cruz.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/ted-cruz-congress-gop

Not very much intellectual heft or real power in the Tortilla Coast Caucus: Steve King, Gohmert, Labrador, Mo Brooks, Amash, Huelskamp, etc. More akin to the Land of Misfit Toys Caucus. And what self-respecting Cuban-Canuck-Texan would subject themselves to this abomination of crappy Tex-Mex fare?

Good ole Louie G. was calling for the US Navy to start sinking Iranian vessels last night.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No GOP Senator has endorsed Cruz. That is telling.

Has any GOP senator endorsed anyone for president? Other than McCain's love affair with Lindsey Graham?

Handy counter here - http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

Jeb and Marco have 4 Senate endorsements each so far. Huckabee has 2. Rand and Kasich each have 1. None for Cruz, Christie, or Fiorina. Cruz is a sitting senator, so the lack of any support from the Senate is telling.

FWIW, Hillary currently has endorsements from 38 senators, out of a total of 44 Democrats. No senators have endorsed either O'Malley or Sanders. Just like Cruz, it's interesting that no senators have endorsed Sanders, given that he's a sitting senator and presumably has relationships with several of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No GOP Senator has endorsed Cruz. That is telling.

Has any GOP senator endorsed anyone for president? Other than McCain's love affair with Lindsey Graham?

Handy counter here - http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

Jeb and Marco have 4 Senate endorsements each so far. Huckabee has 2. Rand and Kasich each have 1. None for Cruz, Christie, or Fiorina. Cruz is a sitting senator, so the lack of any support from the Senate is telling.

FWIW, Hillary currently has endorsements from 38 senators, out of a total of 44 Democrats. No senators have endorsed either O'Malley or Sanders. Just like Cruz, it's interesting that no senators have endorsed Sanders, given that he's a sitting senator and presumably has relationships with several of them.

Thanks to both of you for the info!
- PP who asked

[Anonymous]

Ted Cruz's secret million-dollar loans from Goldman Sachs and Citibank. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/us/politics/ted-cruz-wall-street-loan-senate-bid-2012.html?_r=0

Huckabee joins the Republicans with questions about Cruz’s eligibility. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/13/huckabee-joins-the-republicans-with-questions-about-cruzs-eligibility/

And, here's the Cruz picture from page 1, because it's just so despicable.

Anonymous wrote:Scene from Sen. Ted Cruz’s New Hampshire headquarters: a college student in a Confederate flag T-shirt watches a silent feed of Fox News as she makes calls to voters,” via Robert Costa:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

A leading Republican pollster privately told Speaker Paul Ryan and his leadership team Sen. Ted Cruz would be the biggest drag on House Republicans should he win his party’s nomination. ... More than a dozen House Republicans have endorsed Cruz, most notably Iowa conservative Rep. Steve King. None of Cruz’s Senate GOP colleagues have endorsed him.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/gop-pollster-tells-leadership-cruz-is-bad-for-them-217653

Although Politico didn’t mention whether Sackett thought Cruz could negatively impact the party’s chances at holding the Senate, one doesn’t need a paid pollster to know that the upper chamber—and perhaps everyone in Congress outside of his weird Tortilla Coast Caucus—overwhelmingly hates Ted Cruz.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/ted-cruz-congress-gop

"With the two outsider candidates leading in the polls, [GOP leaders] no longer dismiss the probability that either could be their standard bearer this fall. But the overwhelming majority of establishment figures still do not think that either the billionaire businessman or the Texas senator can defeat Hillary Clinton in the fall. What most worry about is losing the Senate or even the House in a 1964-like debacle."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/01/14/the-daily-202-should-the-republican-establishment-worry-more-about-trump-or-cruz-winning-the-nomination/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

A leading Republican pollster privately told Speaker Paul Ryan and his leadership team Sen. Ted Cruz would be the biggest drag on House Republicans should he win his party’s nomination. ... More than a dozen House Republicans have endorsed Cruz, most notably Iowa conservative Rep. Steve King. None of Cruz’s Senate GOP colleagues have endorsed him.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/gop-pollster-tells-leadership-cruz-is-bad-for-them-217653

Although Politico didn’t mention whether Sackett thought Cruz could negatively impact the party’s chances at holding the Senate, one doesn’t need a paid pollster to know that the upper chamber—and perhaps everyone in Congress outside of his weird Tortilla Coast Caucus—overwhelmingly hates Ted Cruz.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/ted-cruz-congress-gop

"With the two outsider candidates leading in the polls, [GOP leaders] no longer dismiss the probability that either could be their standard bearer this fall. But the overwhelming majority of establishment figures still do not think that either the billionaire businessman or the Texas senator can defeat Hillary Clinton in the fall. What most worry about is losing the Senate or even the House in a 1964-like debacle."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/01/14/the-daily-202-should-the-republican-establishment-worry-more-about-trump-or-cruz-winning-the-nomination/

Feel the Schadenfreude.

[Anonymous]

O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee;
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scene from Sen. Ted Cruz’s New Hampshire headquarters: a college student in a Confederate flag T-shirt watches a silent feed of Fox News as she makes calls to voters,” via Robert Costa:

I'm sure the frontal view isn't any more flattering.

Maybe s/he comes from Middle Earth?

[Anonymous]

He wasn't born here so how is he running for president?????

[Anonymous]

Land of the silver birch
Home of the beaver
Where still the mighty moose
Wanders at wil

[Anonymous]

Mighty Moose is the code name assigned to Cruz by the Secret Service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mighty Moose is the code name assigned to Cruz by the Secret Service.

LOL!



But sadly Cruz is nowhere near as lovable as Bullwinkle. He's just through-and-through creepy and sleazy.

[Anonymous]

Marco Rubio: "Ted Cruz, you used to say you supported doubling the number of green cards, now you say that you’re against it. You used to support a 500 percent increase in the number of guest workers, now you say that you’re against it. You used to support legalizing people that were here illegally, now you say you’re against it. You used to say that you were in favor of birthright citizenship, now you say that you are against it."

[Anonymous]

I intensely dislike Cruz and Trump but I'm getting a kick out of Cruz being a thorn in Trump's side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No GOP Senator has endorsed Cruz. That is telling.

Has any GOP senator endorsed anyone for president? Other than McCain's love affair with Lindsey Graham?

Handy counter here - http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

Jeb and Marco have 4 Senate endorsements each so far. Huckabee has 2. Rand and Kasich each have 1. None for Cruz, Christie, or Fiorina. Cruz is a sitting senator, so the lack of any support from the Senate is telling.

FWIW, Hillary currently has endorsements from 38 senators, out of a total of 44 Democrats. No senators have endorsed either O'Malley or Sanders. Just like Cruz, it's interesting that no senators have endorsed Sanders, given that he's a sitting senator and presumably has relationships with several of them.

Cruz's Senate colleagues cannot stand him.