As much as he is hated by the GOP establishment – and its mega-donors – Rafael Edward Cruz is starting to get some serious consideration and support from his former foes. Even Sen. Lindsey Graham, a longtime critic of Cruz who famously compared the choice between Trump and Cruz “like being shot or poisoned,” has come around to his fellow senator.
“At the end of the day, I know what I’m getting with Ted Cruz,” Graham said, noting that he would still personally prefer Rubio. “If Ted is the alternative to Trump, at least he’s a conservative Republican.”
To the GOP establishment’s dismay, Marco Rubio is going nowhere fast. Some of his own advisors are counseling him to bow out of the race now before an embarrassing lose in his home state of Florida next week.
Carly Fiorina, another former rival, has also warmed to Cruz, claiming he is the only candidate who can beat Trump.
Calling Cruz a “real constitutional conservative,” Fiorina said, “he is a fearless fighter and reformer, and he didn’t care much whether he got invited to the cocktail parties in Washington, D.C.”
Billionaire GOP mega-donor Stan Hubbard, a Minnesota media mogul who has donated $10,000 to an anti-Trump super PAC, has said “He wasn’t my favorite guy, but I’ll say one thing about Cruz. I don’t think he tells lies. I don’t like liars.”
Hubbard confessed that Trump’s surprising dominance is forcing donors to consider backing candidates they might have otherwise shunned. “Yes, that’s right,” he said. “Well, that’s life.”
Yes, that’s life for today’s GOP … the unenviable choice between the “twin terrors,” Trump or Cruz. Pick your poison, or firing squad.
Unfortunately for the GOP, Graham had it right. No matter which candidate the party goes with, it is marching to its own death.
The only chance the Republican Party has of denying Trump the nomination is if he comes up short in accumulating a majority of the Republican delegates and there is a contested convention.
If that were to happen, and the guy with the most delegates (Trump) does not get the nod, watch for all hell to break loose.
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Did Graham say which is the poison and which is the firing squad?
I don’t think so. Does it really matter? But I’d guess Trump is the firing squad … a quicker, surer death.
“I don’t think he tells lies” – typical Republican. As long as Cruz doesn’t tell lies that his party hasn’t sanctioned, he’s honest. Unfortunately, Cruz is another Karl Rove in his outlook on campaigning – he will lie and use the most reprehensible approaches to win. That’s why he’s universally hated.