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Cruz certainly has some politicking skills if he's convinced this many people that he isn't establishment. There's a diference between anti establishment and being such a dickwad that no one likes you.
 
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MercyPercy said:
Cruz certainly has some politicking skills if he's convinced this many people that he isn't establishment. There's a diference between anti establishment and being such a dickwad that no one likes you.
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Cruz literally has been apart of the establishment his entire poltical career and has somehow deceived people into thinking that he's anti-establishment.
 
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Thank you to everyone who answered my post. I'll factor the info into my decision. It's going to be interesting voting for the first time.
 
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golfballs said:
He's less establishment than Rubio
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Ted Cruz establishment credentials:

He holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard; clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

Worked as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush.

Cruz recruited future Chief Justice John Roberts to the Bush legal team.

Served as an associate deputy attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department under George W Bush.

Served as the director of policy planning at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission under George W Bush.

Cruz also served as private counsel for Congressman and former Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Cruz’s 2012 campaign was successful largely because of support from organizations such as the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks, both based in that anti-establishment hotbed of Washington, D.C.
 
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Sounds like French conservatives, and the French people at large, are getting smart. Will American conservatives wake up and do the same? Sadly, it's highly unlikely.

If there are similarities between Juppé and Kasich, there is, of course, at least one major difference: Kasich, who lodged an unexpectedly strong second-place showing in New Hampshire, looks again ready to be relegated to the margins of Republican politics as the primary race continues. Juppé, on the other hand, looks poised to become the next president of France. (The news this week that Sarkozy is under investigation for illegal campaign spending seems to make Juppé’s nomination a bit more inevitable.) It may well be, as Juppé writes in his book, that Montesquieu’s spirit of moderation and “broad, open and welcoming approach to the world is a lesson for us all.”
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/19/frances-john-kasich-is-winning-alain-juppe-sarkozy-immigration/
 
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carlos86 said:
Cruz is trying to do to Rubio what he did to Ben Carson now.
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This is the point where the national level GOP needs to step in and put a stop to this. It was dirty the first time and his conduct hasn't improved since then. And I'd be saying this even if Rubio wasn't my candidate of choice.
 
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Grand Vol said:
This is the point where the national level GOP needs to step in and put a stop to this. It was dirty the first time and his conduct hasn't improved since then. And I'd be saying this even if Rubio wasn't my candidate of choice.
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Cruz knows he's in trouble if Rubio takes 2nd in SC.

I'm not sure it will turn off people already supporting him, but once things start to consolidate people will remember.
 
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volprof said:
Sounds like French conservatives, and the French people at large, are getting smart. Will American conservatives wake up and do the same? Sadly, it's highly unlikely.



https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/19/frances-john-kasich-is-winning-alain-juppe-sarkozy-immigration/
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Well I wouldn't hold your breath re: the French. They did vote in moron Hollande after all.

Very good article though, Juppe would be a welcome President of France. The 'big three' in the EU may all end up having conservative leaders in Cameron, Merkel and Juppe. All three are pretty moderate but I think Merkel is perhaps too lax on immigration.
 
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UTCVol said:
How do you think the EU referendum will go at this point?
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Could go either way. I'm voting to stay in the EU because of the single market. A stable economy is the single most important thing to me. I HATE parts of the EU, but it has economic strengths for Britain and we are shielded from the Euro problems with a national currency.
 
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Grand Vol said:
I'm not sure that word and your posting habits have ever collided in the same space-time. :)
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You know you love me, you don't have to hide it to look tough in front of the politics forum cabal.

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