Texas delegation consensus: Cruz hurt himself at RNC

[skeeter]

All Trump had to do was own Cruz's words the next night. How hard could it have been?

He woulda brought the house down.

Why he didn't is anybody's guess. But I think I know why.

[Doug Loss]

He lost me ....I cannot imagine supporting him in the future should he run.....I overlooked that he lost control of his campaign along the way and botched some things.....but his refusal to support the Rep. Nominee just went way too far...and this by insulting the audience he was before.....

HE would have been mush further ahead by not showing up when Trump invited him......that would have been tough enough but understandable.  But to show and school the audience on how to vote showed he was out of touch with the people there.....who by the way cheered him coming in. It was just bad timing and and he was out sink with a people not in the mood for what he presented when he dropped his bomb.

I don't understand how Cruz didn't read the political climate .......he had to have known he'd not be well received without endorsing Trump.......and I don't understand how he justified this by using his wife and father as reason....especially since he's the one that said  from the get go everything would be coming at him.......failing terribly to see he had become his own worst enemy when all was said and done.

Well, you're right about one thing.  You don't seem to understand much at all about how conservatives think.  Cruz has only risen in our esteem.

[libertybele]

Well, you're right about one thing.  You don't seem to understand much at all about how conservatives think.  Cruz has only risen in our esteem.

 

[geronl]

Well, you're right about one thing.  You don't seem to understand much at all about how conservatives think.  Cruz has only risen in our esteem.

 

[INVAR]

He lost me ....I cannot imagine supporting him in the future should he run.....I overlooked that he lost control of his campaign along the way and botched some things.....but his refusal to support the Rep. Nominee just went way too far...and this by insulting the audience he was before.....

HE would have been mush further ahead by not showing up when Trump invited him......that would have been tough enough but understandable.  But to show and school the audience on how to vote showed he was out of touch with the people there.....who by the way cheered him coming in. It was just bad timing and and he was out sink with a people not in the mood for what he presented when he dropped his bomb.

I don't understand how Cruz didn't read the political climate .......he had to have known he'd not be well received without endorsing Trump.......and I don't understand how he justified this by using his wife and father as reason....especially since he's the one that said  from the get go everything would be coming at him.......failing terribly to see he had become his own worst enemy when all was said and done.

I do not believe you ever actually supported Cruz.

These are some kind of talking points the Trump bunches are spouting.

I read almost this same exact screed on another site from another 'former Cruz supporter' "from Texas".

"I was a Cruz supporter…. BUT" is the same kind of seminar pile-on technique I run into from rabid Atheists who insist they were devout Christians but got turned off by the church and found a more prefect truth.

[Fishrrman]

Not-so-fearless prediction:
Ted may find himself primary'd next time around.

Not-so-fearless-prediction:
He'll probably win the primary, but just barely.

Fearless prediction:
If he wins the primary, he wins the general, and remains Senator -- for now.

Fearless prediction:
Ted ain't gonna be president. He'd do better to stay in the Senate.

[Bigun]

Not-so-fearless prediction:
Ted may find himself primary'd next time around.

Not-so-fearless-prediction:
He'll probably win the primary, but just barely.

Fearless prediction:
If he wins the primary, he wins the general, and remains Senator -- for now.

Fearless prediction:
Ted ain't gonna be president. He'd do better to stay in the Senate.

I hate to tell you this but your duck is loose!

Ted Cruz will be a U.S. Senator from Texas for as long as he wants to be and, more than likely, president of the United States in 2020 IF there is such a thing left on the face of the earth at that time.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

He spoke about freedom and god given sovereignty of the individual.

What the Hell was Cruz thinking?  Espousing conservatism...CONSERVATISM...at a GOP convention!!!  What a fool.  He better get with the program and start talking about the wage disparity between men and women, or protecting the LGBTQ community from terrorism if he wants to stay in the GOP.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

All Trump had to do was own Cruz's words the next night. How hard could it have been?

He woulda brought the house down.

Why he didn't is anybody's guess. But I think I know why.

I was a little disappointed at Trump's crappy speech...but mostly relieved.