Does anyone doubt this maneuver will backfire? I always knew Kasich was a dope but Cruz is turning out to be an even bigger idiot. I doubt he will ever hold an office outside of Texas again after this little stunt.

If I were Trump I'd be talking about this day and night. Time to wrap that "Outsider" mantle around himself like never before.

In the horrible event that Cruz knocked Trump out, who do you think would stab who in the back first, the GOPe or Ted?

Really, these tactics are SO transparent.

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This is going to be a very interesting year.

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And this "alliance" is but one more weird development in it.

Cruz on Kasich Alliance: ‘The Trump Campaign Is Scared’

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/04/2...-donald-scared/

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Monday in Indiana, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
97%
explained the alliance between himself and his opponent Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) to take on the current party front-runner Donald Trump.

Partial transcript as follows:

CRUZ: It is abundantly clear that nobody is getting to 1237. We are headed to a contested convention. And at a contested convention, Donald Trump is in real trouble. Why? Because he cannot earn the support of a majority of the delegates elected by the people. Donald has had consistently a hard ceiling of about 40% that he can’t break. Donald has been a minority candidate, a fringe candidate. Now, he’s benefited early in the race by having a multitude of opponents where the opposition to Donald was diffuse. But what we have seen happening over the last month is the Republican Party uniting behind our campaign. Indeed, of the 17 candidates who started this race, five have now endorsed our campaign. Rick Perry, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
35%
, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Carla Fiorina. We are seeing the full spectrum of the Republican Party uniting. And let me say something about the Hoosier state. There is a common sense sensibility about this great state. You’ve had leaders like governor Mitch Daniels, like governor Mike Pence, who roll up their sleeves and solve problems. Who understand that when you cut taxes and lift regulations, the result is small businesses grow and jobs expand. We need a president in the spirit of Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence. that is exact low what this campaign is based on. My number one priority as president is jobs and economic growth. If I’m elected president, we’ll repeal every word of Obamacare. We will pass a simple flat tax and abolish the IRS. We will rein in the EPA and the federal regulators, especially the EPA that is killing the coal industry, killing tens of thousands of jobs here in the state of Indiana. And we will stop amnesty and end sanctuary cities. And the effect of all of that is that we’re going to see millions and millions of new high-paying jobs coming back to America. We’re going to see wages rising again. We’re going to see manufacturing jobs coming back to Indiana, coming back from China, coming back from Mexico. We’re going to see young people coming out of school having two, three, four, five, job opportunities again. That’s what this election is all about. last question.

REPORTER: To voters who have watched you run as an outsider all these months now see you making this deal to John Kasich, how do you justify that as not collusion?

CRUZ: Listen, I have been from day one an outsider. And the proof is in the pudding — but now you’re –he proof is in the pudding. The voters can ask who has stood up and led the fight against the Washington cartel from day one. I am the only

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I don't know who I jump faster for the remote to change the channel for? Kasich or Cruz? I think Cruz.....

Quote: april wrote in post #7

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I don't know who I jump faster for the remote to change the channel for? Kasich or Cruz? I think Cruz.....

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