Cruz: Establishment Has Abandoned Rubio for Trump

[mystery-ak]

http://www.nationalreview.com/node/430078/print

 Cruz: Establishment Has Abandoned Rubio for Trump
By Eliana Johnson — January 20, 2016

Hollis, N.H. – Yes, you read that right. According to Ted Cruz, the so-called Republican establishment is abandoning Florida senator Marco Rubio and uniting behind real-estate mogul Donald Trump. Cruz has long said the Republican primary would come down to two candidates, one a conservative, the other an establishment moderate. Now that Cruz and Trump are leading the polls, he’s trying his hardest to paint Trump as the latter. 

“We’re seeing something remarkable happening in this Republican primary,” the Texas senator told reporters on Wednesday. “Right now, the Washington establishment is abandoning Marco Rubio, they’ve made the assessment that Marco can’t win this race, and the Washington establishment is rushing over to support Donald Trump. We’re seeing that happen every day, and Mr. Trump is welcoming that support.”

Cruz and Trump have been trading barbs since last week’s Republican debate in Charleston, and Cruz’s latest broadside is in part a response to Trump’s claim that Cruz is incapable of getting along with his colleagues and, if elected, he’ll be unable to cut the sorts of deals with Congress essential to governance.

“Well,” Cruz said, “I don’t think there are a whole lot of Republicans who think the problem with Republican leadership is that they’re unwilling to make deals with Democrats … and Mr. Trump’s pitch to the Washington establishment is he’s a dealmaker. He’ll go and cut a deal with Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and those deals will do exactly what John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have done, continue the failed big-government policies of this administration, continue the cronyism, continue the corporate welfare, continue Washington picking winners and losers.”

So much for Ted Cruz and his friend Donald.

[Longiron]

If true they are trying to protect their future losses with TRUMP as POTUS. He knows there game and what CRUZ does not get he has no DONORS like him. Why did CRUZ vote for TPP? Donors told him to. People do not realize how important having NO Donors is in politics. Having donors you are nothing more than a puppet waiting to get a string pulled by the donor.  They OWN you and if you want to stay do what we tell you to do.

[truth_seeker]

Boo hoo

Cruz R-Alberta

[Longiron]

Trump is in trouble in NH. Must be the Lindsey Graham effect? 



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[EC]

Looking at just the headlines on here today, Cruz isn't wrong. The establishment IS looking more towards Trump. 

[Scottftlc]

It is an interesting tack for Cruz to take.  In a way it also goes after Rubio (protecting from behind, attacking forward). Will be interesting if it's a trial balloon sort of thing or if he'll try to push it as a main line of attack.  A new way of running to the right...I don't know if anything can move the needle much, momentum seems to be set pretty solidly now.  The race is forming up.