Ted Cruz To Make "Major Announcement" At 4 PM

[puppetmaster]

He gets Trump off the front page as they move into more favorable contests. It may help him in CA as well, I doubt it will help a lot though.

for a day or so for sure. He needs CA and her and his last name may get him a little support by the dumb shit Californian or which there are many. His ad could go something like this....vote for me I am a Mexican and my last name proves it......plus my bitch is ugliest

 

[Zippyjuan]

Sneak Preview:

 

[Jan2017]

It is going to make him a laughing stock. Fiorina is the last woman you pick if you going for the female votes from the left. Her record at HP will only bring Cruz down and rules out any chance of picking up independents or Democrats.

The MSM and the late night TV is going to have a field day mocking this move. Fiorina and Cruz must be living in some sort of bubble detached from reality.

I agree . . . the headlines Cruz is gonna get from this are not what he may think they will be.

A Cruz VP would be likely to assume the highest office with all the bipartisan legal battles v. Rafael

 

[CPUd]

The outlets not completely on the Trump Train are already starting to bump him:

 

[WTLaw]

The Cruz people, especially Cruz himself, are pretty bad tacticians normally. They are really good at creating a stir, but not controlling the stir as it comes back to bite them.

I'm not sure they can name anyone that would help, certainly Rubio would be the least harmful but then Trump is going to rhetorically annihilate them. "Lyin Ted and little sweaty" or some other gradeschool combination for their to be aborted ticket....

 

[Jan2017]

a $500,000 hush money "bump" that will last 5 minutes . . .
just like McCain's great decision to go for the game changer Sarah Palin -
an unwise display of an important decision that here is not based on the national interest for a suitable VP that could assume the office

The unusually early announcement of a running mate appeared to be a bid by Cruz to recover from Tuesday's crushing losses to Trump,
who swept party nominating contests in five U.S. Northeastern states.

Cruz was looking for a boost to his increasingly difficult campaign after Tuesday's drubbing by Trump in all five states that held primary elections:
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cruz-idUSKCN0XO26H

 

[nikcers]

a $500,000 hush money "bump" that will last 5 minutes . . .
just like McCain's great decision to go for the game changer Sarah Palin -
an unwise display that is not based on the national interest for a suitable VP that could assume the office


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cruz-idUSKCN0XO26H

No one sees the MSM attacking Ted Cruz every chance they get for hating women? I am not a fan of Ted Cruz at all, but that's like the lefts favorite talking point against Ted.

 

[Jan2017]

No one sees the MSM attacking Ted Cruz every chance they get for hating women? I am not a fan of Ted Cruz at all, but that's like the lefts favorite talking point against Ted.

No, it is woman that hate Cruz . . . this is just a cheap ploy by Cruz that is going to be mocked - 2008 all over, surreal

"create a dynamic moment in this campaign, or we're dead"


.

 

[jkob]

Carly is like a plastic better spoken version of Palin with a worse track record as an executive

 

[nikcers]

No, it is woman that hate Cruz . . . this is just a cheap ploy by Cruz that is going to be mocked - 2008 all over, surreal

Could be, but I see the liberal media always talking about how Cruz wants inside every girls V's. Carly Fiorina was the RNC muppet robot from the first place, I honestly think he didn't have a choice in the matter. I don't think that nominees get to pick the VP.

 

[Jan2017]

. . . I don't think that nominees get to pick the VP.

The convention votes on the VP technically . . . not always perfectly smoothly as the nominee may like.

1976 Vice Presidential

While desperately trying to secure enough delegates to be nominated, the President's campaign did not neglect the selection of a running mate,
especially with Reagan's Schweiker ploy. Among the many people considered were;

• Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois
• Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee
• Governor Kit Bond of Missouri
• Senator William Brock of Tennessee
• Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts
• Senator James Buckley of New York
• CIA Director George H.W. Bush of Texas
• Former Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally ofTexas
• Governor Daniel Evans of Washington
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Carla Anderson Hills of Wisconsin
• Governor James Holshouser of North Carolina
• Former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird ofWisconsin
• Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland
• Senator Charles Percy of Illinois
• Governor Robert Ray of Iowa
• Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California
• Secretary of Commerce Elliot Richardson ofMassachusetts
• Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York
• Former FBI Director William Ruckelshaus
• Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois
• Former Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz ofNew York
• Secretary of Treasury William E. Simon of New Jersey
• Former Governor William W. Scranton of Pennsylvania
• Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut

Ford selected Kansas Senator Robert J. Dole as his running-mate in preference to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller; Rockefeller had announced that
he did not wish to be a candidate for Vice President in 1976 the previous fall, in no small part because it was believed that Rockefeller was too far to the left
to be acceptable to the G.O.P. base.

Some of the Reagan delegates, angry with the loss of their candidate, decided to scatter their votes among over 30 people. Jesse Helms' name was put into nomination.

• Bob Dole – 1,921 (85.04%)
• Abstaining – 103 (4.56%)
• Jesse Helms – 103 (4.56%)
• Ronald Reagan – 27 (1.20%)
• Phil Crane – 23 (1.02%)
• John Grady – 19 (0.84%)
• Louis Frey – 9 (0.40%)
• Anne Armstrong – 6 (0.27%)
• Howard Baker – 6 (0.27%)
• James L. Buckley – 4 (0.18%)
• John B. Connally – 4 (0.18%)
• David C. Treen – 4 (0.18%)
• Alan Steelman – 3 (0.13%)
• Bob Bauman – 2 (0.09%)
• Bill Brock – 2 (0.09%)
• Paul Laxalt – 2 (0.09%)
• Elliot Richardson – 2 (0.09%)
• Richard Schweiker – 2 (0.09%)
• William E. Simon – 2 (0.09%)
• Jack Wellborn – 2 (0.09%)
• James Allen – 1 (0.04%)
• Ray Barnhardt – 1 (0.04%)
• George H. W. Bush – 1 (0.04%)
• Pete Domenici – 1 (0.04%)
• James B. Edwards – 1 (0.04%)
• Frank S. Glenn – 1 (0.04%)
• David Keene – 1 (0.04%)
• James McClure – 1 (0.04%)
• Nancy Palm – 1 (0.04%)
• Donald Rumsfeld – 1 (0.04%)
• John W. Sears – 1 (0.04%)
• Roger Staubach – 1 (0.04%)
• Steve Symms – 1 (0.04%)

WATCH LIVE: Ted Cruz Formally Introduces Fiorina as VP Pick at Indianapolis Rally.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/watc...-major-announcement-at-rally-in-indianapolis/

 

[William Tell]

I'm putting my money that he's announcing Rubio as his running mate. Only thing that makes sense. he needs his delegates and support/endorsement. Rubio is still popular in many republican circles. It's a powerful coalition, if you think about it...

Rubio was already in his corner.

 

[openfire]

Rubio was already in his corner.

Link?

Rubio is a neocon.

Where do you get your information?

 

[puppetmaster]

Hey I remember when Ron was running game and everyone was screaming the you can't announce a running mate until after you were nominated , anyone else remember that?

 

[Cleaner44]

 

[Matt Collins]

lol there is no way he could name Carly as his VP choice now

Carly isn't even popular, her record is awful and without staged rehearsed debate answers she's useless.

1- the timing of this announcement was to divert attention away from Trump's landslide yesterday, and to divert attention away from his foreign policy speech today

2- Trump has a problem with women voters and this is a way to help Cruz dig in on that

3- Carly is very well connected in California, and she might have enough pull to keep Cruz competitive in Calif. If so, they might be able to prevent Trump getting to 1237.

 

[puppetmaster]

1- the timing of this announcement was to divert attention away from Trump's landslide yesterday, and to divert attention away from his foreign policy speech today

2- Trump has a problem with women voters and this is a way to help Cruz dig in on that

3- Carly is very well connected in California, and she might have enough pull to keep Cruz competitive in Calif. If so, they might be able to prevent Trump getting to 1237.

I get equal pro/con views from the women I see. May even be more pro.

 

[Cleaner44]

1- the timing of this announcement was to divert attention away from Trump's landslide yesterday, and to divert attention away from his foreign policy speech today

2- Trump has a problem with women voters and this is a way to help Cruz dig in on that

3- Carly is very well connected in California, and she might have enough pull to keep Cruz competitive in Calif. If so, they might be able to prevent Trump getting to 1237.

Good insight.

This whole thing is a perfect example of why Trump is winning. Politicians like Cruz will do and say anything to get elected and they think that the voters don't see through it. People are tired of politicians to the point that Trump with all of his flaws is the preferred choice.

It is a sad state that we find our nation in.

 

[dannno]

Good insight.

This whole thing is a perfect example of why Trump is winning. Politicians like Cruz will do and say anything to get elected and they think that the voters don't see through it. People are tired of politicians to the point that Trump with all of his flaws is the preferred choice.

It is a sad state that we find our nation in.

+rep

I fucking hate Ted Cruz so much. Smarmy little bitch.

 

[Matt Collins]

I get equal pro/con views from the women I see. May even be more pro.

That is anecdotal; what really matters is their opinions in aggregate of those who are likely Republican voters in the remaining state contests.