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(39,379 posts)and stuff.
mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)flamingdem
(39,321 posts)mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)Rubio can beat her. I dont get why all of us dont start supporting trump.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)and young people will tend more to Clinton since Rubio is an empty suit.. well I hope
Why do you think Rubio is so strong?
One concern is that he'll have so much money from Koch etc.
TBF
(32,090 posts)he will do their bidding. He is presentable, pro-life, and will do whatever the MF owners tell him to do. All they need to add is a protestant from a swing state for VP and their base will be thrilled. Remember who we are dealing with.
Rubio will win Texas easily and not all latinos are dems - demographics are not in our corner yet for Hillary to take it even with VP Castro (although he is a good bet 10-15 years from now).
BigGLiberal
(102 posts)TBF
(32,090 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Being Cuban helps him about as much with Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, etc. as it helped him with the Czech vote in Cedar Rapids last night. Cubans are politically relevant only in Florida and NJ.
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)Both are Cuban and will win Florida. Cruz has already won Texas since he is (THOSE OTHER) texans Senator. I look for California to remain Democrat.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)are no longer Cuban but Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican. The Republicans can still count on 50% in stronghold areas though. All these trends were things that Obama carefully worked 4 years ago.
edhopper
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Any one who was here for Hillary against Lazio in the Senate race knows how well she can handle fools loike Rubio.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)edhopper
(33,615 posts)of more experience and more practice.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)We'll find out soon enough
malaise
(269,157 posts)but it won't be Cruz
Waldorf
(654 posts)he can be President or not. Trump I've always believed is just in for the entertainment. He's too used to getting his way and won't leave New York.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)the "Person Who Americans Would Like to Punch in the Face" Contest
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)backpfeifengesicht. Even more than Dudebro Pharma. Cruz's is a face that demands a pie followed by a roundhouse right. Preferably from someone the size of Andre the Giant.
3catwoman3
(24,045 posts)...else.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)We just can't let it happen.
davsand
(13,421 posts)Fox News reports that former president George W. Bush was overheard saying he "just doesn't like" Sen. Ted Cruz, during a fundraiser for his brother Jeb in Denver. Cruz, a former Bush foreign policy adviser, has been very close to Donald Trump.
Posted on October 20, 2015
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/10/20/george_w_bush_on_ted_cruz_i_just_dont_like_the_guy.html1
Rove dislikes him. Cheney dislikes him. Anybody that knows him dislikes him. There is film footage out there showing him trying to hug his own kid and SHE is backing away from him!
Tough to win an election if nobody likes you.
Laura
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)far in the primary process (see Huckabee and Santorum).
Whereas Iowa Democrats are like the rest of the democrats in the country.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)For instance the Repig establishment and all his colleagues in the Senate.
Sanctimonious, self-righteous, messianic assholes tend to irritate the fuck out of everyone in all possible ways.
malaise
(269,157 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)that evil homunculus is literally a walking encyclopedia of mental pathologies, including some they probably don't even have names for yet. He's a new and special kind of batshit nuts.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Seriously he is dangerously crazy
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)anti-social personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, delusions of grandeur/messiah complex, sadism, and possibly schizophrenia given the nature of his religulous delusions. He needs to be locked behind high, secure walls and given a horse-sized shot of Thorazine every six hours.
It's almost like someone housebroke Charlie Manson and cleaned him up.
malaise
(269,157 posts)perfectly
that about sums it up
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)I like Cruz's chances in many Southern states and think he might even have a shot at NH. I'm not even sure that Rubio will win his home state of Florida.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)you have to be likable to become President.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)by making Trump discouraged enough to take his fake billions and pouty bluster back into business and suing everybody who sasses him. Then they'll unload with everything they have on Cruz to kick him out of the race. They might fear Trump but they utterly despise Cruz.
TBF
(32,090 posts)3catwoman3
(24,045 posts)...
cwydro
(51,308 posts)He scares me more than any of the others.
Well, except for Carson.
robertgodardfromnj
(67 posts)Personally, I for one cannot wait until Bernie Sanders is elected as the 44th president of this fine country. God knows we need a man like him as a leader.
I think his campaign will fall apart within a month.