Republican leaders on Sunday grappled with the prospect that the best hope for stopping Donald Trump’s march to the nomination may be Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) – the only candidate who causes as much heartburn among party elites as the billionaire businessman, if not more.
The Texas senator split contests with Trump in Saturday’s voting, bolstering his argument that only he can defeat the real estate mogul. Trump and Cruz are now significantly outpacing Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the delegate count, further shrinking the Florida senator’s already narrow path to the nomination.
If Rubio’s slide continues, he would be the latest establishment candidate to fall victim to an angry, frustrated electorate that cares little about endorsements from party leaders or newspaper editorial boards. Rubio has rolled out both at warp speed in recent weeks, but his appeal with voters is not keeping pace.
Rubio did pick up a victory Sunday in Puerto Rico’s primary, his second win of the 2016 cycle. Democrats were holding a caucus Sunday in Maine.
The wary interest in Cruz from more mainstream Republicans is the latest unexpected twist in a GOP race where talk of a contested convention or third-party candidate is becoming commonplace.
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Cruz!
ReplyDeleteIt's time for the Mittster to make another speech.
ReplyDeleteCruz will do his best to turn the US into a theocracy like Iran.
ReplyDelete12:30 Seriously? How?
ReplyDeleteIt will be Christian Shiria law all the way with Cruz. He believes we should be governed by his bible, not the constitution.
ReplyDeleteTrump doesn't get caught up in all this bible thumping stuff.
2:13 the only thing that you are right about is that Trump doesn't get caught up in the bible. Too bad for him.
ReplyDeleteCruz? ? Another establishment candidate. NO THANKS! !!
ReplyDeleteTRUMP 2016
Yes, we should not be governed by any religious book. We have a Constitution and its Amendments, and it's a small book that has worked well for over 230 years.
ReplyDeleteTrump holds to this, Cruz does not.
7:01 could not be more wrong.
ReplyDelete2:13 is wrong, he is Constitutionalist.
ReplyDelete8:46 is wrong, Cruz is a Constitutionalist.
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