Quinnipiac: Rubio Strongest GOP Candidate, Would Defeat Hillary

[Lando Lincoln]

Yep.

And he looks like Grandpa Munster.

Mrs. Lando and I pay attention to things - at least, I like to think so.  My wife often makes interesting remarks so she startled me when she said this about Ted Cruz:

"He's creepy."

It startled me because it required no analysis and it was the most simple statement she has made about these candidates. 

Luis - he does have a square noggin, doesn't he?

But, I will adhere to my Yellow Dog Rule.  To wit; if the Republicans nominate a yellow dog, I will vote for it over any Democrat available today.

[aligncare]

Defeats Hillary? Part speculation, part wishful thinking.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Mrs. Lando and I pay attention to things - at least, I like to think so.  My wife often makes interesting remarks so she startled me when she said this about Ted Cruz:

"He's creepy."

It startled me because it required no analysis and it was the most simple statement she has made about these candidates. 

Luis - he does have a square noggin, doesn't he?

But, I will adhere to my Yellow Dog Rule.  To wit; if the Republicans nominate a yellow dog, I will vote for it over any Democrat available today.

My wife says the same thing.

[aligncare]

Oh, and the general consensus in the group I run with is: Cruz is creepy. Translation, not a devout nuns prayer he takes the nomination.

[aligncare]

Ted Cruz IS Mr. Haney!


http://youtu.be/jjPo_n5qRuA

[mystery-ak]

My husband, Mike has the same reaction to Cruz as others here...calls him a used car salesman[no offense to used car salesmen]...he supports Rubio.

I just don't share others opinion of Cruz..I like him..I like what he says...and hope he wins the nomination....but in the long run I will vote for whoever wins it as I have had to do in the last several elections.

[Bigun]

My husband, Mike has the same reaction to Cruz as others here...calls him a used car salesman[no offense to used car salesmen]...he supports Rubio.

I just don't share others opinion of Cruz..I like him..I like what he says...and hope he wins the nomination....but in the long run I will vote for whoever wins it as I have had to do in the last several elections.

As far as I know running for President is not a beauty contest!

[NavyCanDo]

Right there with you.  Might vote for Cruz in a general but not Trump.

I've stated the same, several times. Trump is the only one I would not vote for, and if he is the nominee, it will be the first time in my 40 Years of voting that I would excersize my right to write-in a candidate.  I find reason to like Rubio and Cruz. Ted being the the most  consistant conservative, but his problem is likability, and he didn't help himself out at the last debate. Cruze will make a great President and I would be glad to vote for him, but he cannot win the general election if he rubs people the wrong way like that. Leadership shouldn't be about pleasing people, but unfortunatly politics is. Being a jerk can work for Trump, but it doesn't look good on Ted. He can win the general election, but he needs to connect with potential voters better, even those who have never voted for a Republican President before. That is where Rubio shines. His speaches are very Kennedyesk, and so is his young adorable family. People will like him.

Sad to see some people here I respect very much spend so much of their time and energy attacking him, but welcome to the Primaries. If Rubio becomes our nominee, I expect to see the same shift in support as we saw with Romney, who for a season was despised my the majority on TBR.

[Luis Gonzalez]

My husband, Mike has the same reaction to Cruz as others here...calls him a used car salesman[no offense to used car salesmen]...he supports Rubio.

I just don't share others opinion of Cruz..I like him..I like what he says...and hope he wins the nomination....but in the long run I will vote for whoever wins it as I have had to do in the last several elections.

We cast votes for people based on the things they "say" and deem a candidate unelectable based on their last name in spite of a long my list of accomplishments in office.

We really need to retool how we elect politicians.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Defeats Hillary? Part speculation, part wishful thinking.

Mostly polls.

Same polls say that Trump loses to Hillary AND Sanders.

So thinking that Trump can win the GE is not only wishful thinking, but it is wishful thinking founded on wishful thinking.

[mystery-ak]

We cast votes for people based on the things they "say" and seem a candidate unelectable based on their last name in spite of a long my list of accomplishments in office.

We really need to retool how we elect politicians.

That's fair enough...then Rubio, Trump should be out of the running..

[NavyCanDo]

As far as I know running for President is not a beauty contest!

You only have to look at who the Democrats are running, to show how true that statement is.

[Luis Gonzalez]

That's fair enough...then Rubio, Trump should be out of the running..

And Jeb and Kasich should be battling for the lead.

[aligncare]

As far as I know running for President is not a beauty contest!

Love you, Big, but how wrong you are. The election of Barack Hussein Obama was a quintessential beauty contest. Not beauty in the Miss America sense. But, Barack Obama managed to tap into the intangibles of electioneering. It certainly couldn't have been his resume.

[mystery-ak]

And Jeb and Kasich should be battling for the lead.

LOL....I'll stick with Cruz....

[Luis Gonzalez]

As far as I know running for President is not a beauty contest!

Nixon/Kennedy

[Luis Gonzalez]

LOL....I'll stick with Cruz....

So faced with the options of supporting one of the two candidates that governed large, complex States as conservatives. Two candidates that created jobs, cut taxes, fought the unions, defended life, cut down the size of government, ended entitlements and broke the backs of teacher's unions, you pick the guy who talks a good game.

If elected and when it comes to light that he can't do all the things that he says he will do, you and he both will lay the blame on a Congress, in spite of the fact that he was obviously over promising and Congress had never agreed to acquiesce their equal standing to the Executive.

[jmyrlefuller]

So faced with the options of supporting one of the two candidates that governed large, complex States as conservatives. Two candidates that created jobs, cut taxes, fought the unions, defended life, cut down the size of government, ended entitlements and broke the backs of teacher's unions, you pick the guy who talks a good game.

If elected and when it comes to light that he can't do all the things that he says he will do, you and he both will lay the blame on a Congress, in spite of the fact that he was obviously over promising and Congress had never agreed to acquiesce their equal standing to the Executive.

Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal already left the race, Luis.

And if John Kasich's expanding Medicaid is "governing as a conservative," then what kind of a Bizarro world am I living in?

Remember, Sarah Palin was a pretty accomplished governor, too. For a little while.

[jmyrlefuller]

Nixon/Kennedy

Nixon eventually ended up serving longer than Kennedy, Luis.

[mystery-ak]

So faced with the options of supporting one of the two candidates that governed large, complex States as conservatives. Two candidates that created jobs, cut taxes, fought the unions, defended life, cut down the size of government, ended entitlements and broke the backs of teacher's unions, you pick the guy who talks a good game.

If elected and when it comes to light that he can't do all the things that he says he will do, you and he both will lay the blame on a Congress, in spite of the fact that he was obviously over promising and Congress had never agreed to acquiesce their equal standing to the Executive.

I am not a fan of Jeb...he was your Gov and I suspect you know him well...I get the impression he doesn't even want to be in this race.

Kasich....speaking of Cruz, creeps me out...don't know what it is...that aside, he is not who he was in the 90's even Rush remarked that he didn't know who Kasich was anymore.

If elected and when it comes to light that he can't do all the things that he says he will do, you and he both will lay the blame on a Congress, in spite of the fact that he was obviously over promising and Congress had never agreed to acquiesce their equal standing to the Executive.

Everyone promises the moon and it is never delivered....as long as he limits government and rebuilds the military I will be happy.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal already left the race, Luis.

And if John Kasich's expanding Medicaid is "governing as a conservative," then what kind of a Bizarro world am I living in?

Remember, Sarah Palin was a pretty accomplished governor, too. For a little while.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Cruz supported legalization on the Senate floor before he didn't. Then said that he'd never supported legalization on national TV. He flipped on Snowden, Syria, birthright citizenship, H1B visas, deportations. The list goes on.

Is he your guy?

[aligncare]

So faced with the options of supporting one of the two candidates that governed large, complex States as conservatives. Two candidates that created jobs, cut taxes, fought the unions, defended life, cut down the size of government, ended entitlements and broke the backs of teacher's unions, you pick the guy who talks a good game.

If elected and when it comes to light that he can't do all the things that he says he will do, you and he both will lay the blame on a Congress, in spite of the fact that he was obviously over promising and Congress had never agreed to acquiesce their equal standing to the Executive.

Those are the facts as they are on the ground. This has nothing to do with that. This is a presidential race: Nixon/Kennedy. If it were about resume, a thousand other people would be clearly better qualified.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Those are the facts as they are on the ground. This has nothing to do with that. This is a presidential race: Nixon/Kennedy. If it were about resume, a thousand other people would be clearly better qualified.

But there's not a thousand other people running, is there?

[aligncare]

But there's not a thousand other people running, is there?

Correct. But I will steadfastly continue to consider any presidential race--since they inevitably include democrats--part substance and part beauty contest, with the latter having more import on the outcome. That's just me being cynical and shallow. ^-^

[truth_seeker]

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Cruz supported legalization on the Senate floor before he didn't. Then said that he'd never supported legalization on national TV. He flipped on Snowden, Syria, birthright citizenship, H1B visas, deportations. The list goes on.

Is he your guy?

He wields a "silver tongue " in the manner of Richard Millhouse Nixon and William Jefferson Clinton.