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Analysis: Regardless of 2016 Results, Texas GOP Still Enthralled by Cruz

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Sanguine:

--- Quote ---DALLAS — A funny thing happens when you pack a political convention with one personality’s supporters: That personality gets more attention.

Ted Cruz, for perfectly sound reasons, packed the Republican Party of Texas convention with his own supporters. As of last week, he’s no longer a candidate for president of the United States, but he’s still the favorite here.

One measure: Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick opened the convention with speeches, each hitting on some of their favorite issues and also trying to get conventioneers thinking about the general election fight ahead.

Ted Cruz was the biggest applause line either speaker got. You’d think he had been nominated or something.

Abbott talked first. He timed the release of his book — "Broken But Unbowed: The Fight to Fix a Broken America" — in sync with the convention. And he spoke of his proposal to call the states together to amend the U.S. Constitution, shifting power from the federal to the state governments. He also — without actually saying the word “Trump” — argued the Republican case against four more years of Democrats in the White House....

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/05/13/analysis-regardless-2016-results-texas-gop-still-t/
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geronl:

--- Quote from: Sanguine on May 14, 2016, 12:56:02 am ---

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If a Texan wanted snake-oil, we can make it ourselves.

Sanguine:

--- Quote from: geronl on May 14, 2016, 01:22:02 am ---If a Texan wanted snake-oil, we can make it ourselves.

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Hank Rearden:
If Hillary wins in November, would love to see Abbott, Cruz, Patrick, and Paxton lead the charge for Texas independence.

Ghost Bear:
Just speculation on my part, but... if Ted Cruz announced that he would run for re-election to his Senate seat as a member of a third party (such as the Constitution Party) I wonder how well he would do?  Would he in fact win the election?   :pondering:

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