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Lyin’ Ted Mulling Over Re-Launching Campaign, Moving to Commandeer RNC Platform

10 Tuesday May 2016

Posted by bydesign001 in Election 2016

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2016 Republican presidential primary, 2016 RNC convention, Glenn Beck, Nebraska, Primaries, Ted Cruz, West Virginia


“It’s important that this not appear as though we are pulling a stunt at this convention” Ken Cuccinelli to the New York Times “This is about protecting movement conservatism.”

BE FUNKY Ted Cruz Commandeering 2016 GOP Convention border cropped

 

Actually, it has nothing to do with conservatism, everything to do with winning since the voters has spoken, and Ted Cruz having suspended his campaign one week ago while in the process of siphoning off delegates is talking about unsuspending his campaign.

The Cruz crew working behind the scenes with the Senator from Texas holding on to his delegates through this summer’s Republican Party Convention this July in Cleveland, Ohio is moving to commandeer the RNC platform thereby wrestling the presidential nomination from the presumptive nominee, Donald Trump.

The latest Ted Cruz talking point is that if the senator from Texas wins the Nebraska GOP primary today, he will jump back in.

What shall we deduce from said statement? Ted Cruz only appeared to suspend his campaign, something that will please Cruz supporters…only? (Lyin’ Ted Cruz?)

The Hill by Ben Kamisar

Ted Cruz floated the possibility of restarting his presidential campaign if he wins Nebraska’s GOP primary on Tuesday and avoided saying whether he supports Donald Trump‘s bid for president.

Cruz, who suspended his White House run last week, said he does not expect to win Nebraska’s primary but is leaving the door open.

‘We launched this campaign intending to win. The reason we suspended our campaign was that with the Indiana loss, I felt there was no path to victory,’ he said Tuesday on conservative host Glenn Beck’s radio program.

‘If that changes, we will certainly respond accordingly.’

Cruz demurred on supporting Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, because the Republican National Convention and general election are still months away.

‘This is a choice every voter is going to have to make. I would note, it’s not a choice we as voters have to make today,’ Cruz said when asked about supporting Trump. …

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It is not about the voters. The voters have spoken. Cruz was obviously smarting from his exchange with Trump supporters last week; a nightmarish two weeks followed by his loss in Indiana but having regrouped its business as usual.

Now about stacking the deck against Donald Trump.

New York Times by Jonathan Martin

Senator Ted Cruz’s supporters are mounting an effort to seize control of the Republican platform and the rules governing the party’s July convention, the first indication that Mr. Cruz will not simply hand his delegates over to Donald J. Trump.

In an email sent Sunday to pro-Cruz convention delegates, a top aide to the Texas senator wrote that it was “still possible to advance a conservative agenda at the convention.”

“To do that, it is imperative that we fill the Rules and Platform Committees with strong conservative voices like yours,” wrote Ken Cuccinelli, who was the campaign’s former delegate wrangler and a former attorney general of Virginia. “That means you need to come to the national convention and support others in coming, too!”

Mr. Cruz is planning a Monday evening conference call where, as Mr. Cuccinelli writes, Mr. Cruz’s former officials plan to “discuss what we can do at the convention to protect against liberal changes to our platform, and how we can right the wrongs in the rules from 2012!”

The “wrongs” Mr. Cuccinelli was referring to are the changes pushed through at the last convention by supporters of Mitt Romney that would have made it harder for a candidate’s name to be placed in nomination.

But Mr. Cruz’s supporters and other conservative activists are also deeply concerned about Mr. Trump’s general election agenda, and want to ensure that he does not alter the party’s platform. Since locking up the nomination last week, Mr. Trump has made clear he intends to run a populist campaign against Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, indicating he is open to higher taxes and an increase in the minimum wage.

The party’s convention rules and policy platform are determined every four years by temporary committees comprised of a select group of convention delegates. The rules and platform are then ratified or rejected by all the delegates at the convention.

With the assumption that the party’s nomination would not be decided on the first convention ballot, Mr. Cruz spent considerable time this spring electing delegates favorable to him to the July convention in Cleveland. So while he is out of the race, many of his supporters will still be delegates. And while many convention delegates are bound to support Mr. Trump on the first ballot, they are free to vote their conscience on matters relating to convention rules and the platform. …

Except that Cruz is not out of the race. He merely put forth the illusion of same.

… The email, which carries the “Cruz-Fiorina” logo, was forwarded to The New York Times by a convention delegate.

Reached by telephone, Mr. Cuccinelli authenticated the message. As for Mr. Trump’s rhetorical shifts in recent days, he said, “nothing I’ve seen since a week ago has been surprising to me.”

But Mr. Cuccinelli said Mr. Cruz, who has been silent since withdrawing from the race last Tuesday, had no intention of trying to rewrite convention rules in an effort to deny Mr. Trump the nomination….

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Beck has obviously refilled his meds over the weekend. Below is this morning’s exchange between Glenn Beck and Ted Cruz.

 

No coincidence that Beck interviews Cruz on the morning of the Nebraska primary.

What about last week’s televised press conference where Cruz announced that he was suspending his campaign? Oh, that….which pretty much means that everything that has occurred since within the Republican Party can be chalked up to nothing more than a distraction and an opportunity for Ted Cruz to catch his breath while continuing to work behind the scene.

While dismissing his behavior and that of the #NeverTrumpsters these past months, Beck on today’s radio program (audio at bottom of post),Beck accused the GOP of using Alinskyite tactics (which they are but they’re not alone) against conservatives.

Interestingly enough, while sharing his newfound revelations, Beck mentioned that Rience Priebus was in negotiations with someone at Mercury in the hopes of meeting with Beck and scheduling an on-air interview. However, since Cruz suspended his campaign, Priebus backtracked and is no longer taking or returning calls from Beck’s people.

Teachable moment: While Beck never mentions it, it does seem that he was burned by his establishment collaborators.

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BREAKING: John Kasich to Suspend His Campaign

04 Wednesday May 2016

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It was not as if we did not see this coming. Ohio Governor, John Kasich, will suspend his campaign today.

Medaite by Sam Reisman

Ohio Gov. John Kasich will suspend his campaign, according to NBC News.

Ted Cruz suspended his campaign last night after a crushing defeat in Indiana. Kasich leaving the race means Donald Trump will be the only candidate heading into the RNC this July.

BREAKING: John Kasich to suspend campaign – @NBCNews • https://t.co/F56YkkcR42 pic.twitter.com/7rNP2UOGop

— CNBC (@CNBC) May 4, 2016

A senior Kasich adviser tells @mitchellreports that Kasich will be suspending his campaign

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) May 4, 2016

[…]

Continue Reading — BREAKING: John Kasich to Suspend His Campaign

 

Kasich cancels D.C. event, stoking speculation he’ll drop White House bid: https://t.co/soB0gUojHE pic.twitter.com/QitajXteEe

— The Hill (@thehill) May 4, 2016

Fox News has confirmed that Kasich is set to make his announcment at 5 p.m. Ohio time.

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It’s looking like Trump will be the GOP nominee for the White House

04 Wednesday May 2016

Posted by bydesign001 in Election 2016

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2016 Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump, Indiana primary, presumptive Republican party nominee


Canada Free Press by Dag Barkley

It’s looking like Trump will be the GOP nominee for the White House

You mean urge more mob riots, more immigrants, and more of your shady executive orders?

Don’t forget a pardon for Hillary

Continue Reading — It’s looking like Trump will be the GOP nominee for the White House

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Ex-McCain Aide Schmidt Blames Mark Levin for ‘The Demise of the Conservative Movement’

04 Wednesday May 2016

Posted by bydesign001 in Election 2016

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2016 Republican presidential primary, Conservatives, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz


Newsbusters by Chris Houck

Lacking any self-examination whatsoever, failed McCain campaign head and MSNBC political analyst Steve Schmidt lashed out late Wednesday evening on Mark Levin as the embodiment of “narcissism” and “self-aggrandizers” who have created a “cancer” that’s led “the demise of the conservative movement in the Republican Party.” If Schmidt wasn’t enough, MSNBC national correspondent Joy Reid sought to one up him by parroting false claims about Barry Goldwater being an ardent racist and the late […]

https://www.mrctv.org/embed/157701

Continue Reading — Ex-McCain Aide Schmidt Blames Mark Levin for ‘The Demise of the Conservative Movement’

Sounds like the Republican Party establishment wants to take away Mark Levin’s membership card.

Not to worry, Levin will be denigrating, shouting and spitting hate at everyone who voted for Donald Trump on his program for the next six months but this morning, it’s going to be a hell of a time on the air waves.

 

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Ted Cruz suspends his presidential campaign

04 Wednesday May 2016

Posted by bydesign001 in Election 2016

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2016 Republican presidential primary, Indiana, primary, Ted Cruz


CNN by Maeve Reston

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Ted Cruz bowed out of the Republican presidential race Tuesday following a crushing loss to Donald Trump in Indiana, clearing the path for the real estate mogul to clinch the GOP nomination.

It was a remarkable turn of events in a presidential primary race that seemed destined — just weeks ago — to end in a contested convention this summer. Even in the final hours of the race in the Hoosier State, Cruz insisted he was staying in the race until June 7 — going so far as to attack his rival during a news conference as a “pathological liar” unfit for the White House….

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The wear and tear of the past few weeks began to show on Ted Cruz and it became apparent during the exchange Monday between Cruz and Trump supporters that he was nearing the end of his rope.  Not to mention, he looks like he aged a decade since last summer.

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Plan B: John Boehner Endorses Paul Ryan for President

16 Wednesday Mar 2016

Posted by bydesign001 in Election 2016

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2016 Republican presidential primary, brokered convention, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Plan B


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“If we don’t have a nominee who can win on the first ballot, I’m for none of the above…They all had a chance to win. None of them won. So I’m for none of the above. I’m for Paul Ryan to be our nominee.” Former House Speaker John Boehner.

And so it begins. This is exactly how the GOPe will give Hillary Clinton the 2016 presidential election.

Breitbart News by Joel B. Pollak

Politico reports that Boehner, speaking at a conference in Boca Raton, Florida, said: “If we don’t have a nominee who can win on the first ballot, I’m for none of the above. They all had a chance to win. None of them won. So I’m for none of the above. I’m for Paul Ryan to be our nominee.”

Late Tuesday evening, as results from primary contests confirmed Donald Trump’s victories in four out of five states, CNBC reported that Ryan had not ruled out accepting such a nomination.

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Ryan won’t categorically rule out accepting GOP nomination
if a deadlocked convention turns to him https://t.co/kuxSyWEDZg

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) March 16, 2016

…Twice, Ryan has declined the opportunity to run for president on his own. But for Republicans frustrated with Trump’s success, and unwilling to accept Cruz as an alternative, Ryan is a possible Plan B….

Continue Reading — Plan B: John Boehner Endorses Paul Ryan for President

Should the Republican Party play chicken with the voters, they will lose.

 

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