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Delphinus

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18. I heard

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 04:00 PM

Mar 2015

Terry Gross interviewing Jeffrey Toobin this afternoon about Ted Cruz. It was kind of disheartening to hear him speak of Ted Cruz not in an admiring way, but in a way that suggests the left best be aware of what he can do. He said (not word for word) that Cruz is as far from Palin as possible - he can hold a speak cogently for 30-minutes, not need a teleprompter, and can get his point across. He was a great debater at Harvard (if I recall correctly). I don't think we can dismiss Cruz outright.

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Let�s Be Serious About Ted Cruz From The Start: He�s Too Extreme And Too Disliked To Win [View all] n2doc Mar 2015 OP

I almost hope he wins the GOP nomination Sheepshank Mar 2015 #1

"Learn"??? Cruz??? n2doc Mar 2015 #2

true...true. WTF was I thinking? n/t Sheepshank Mar 2015 #3

He won't be able to draw the big GOP money. Adrahil Mar 2015 #4

Yep, and Koch Bros already have Scott Walker emulatorloo Mar 2015 #7

Yup... Walker is perfectly willing to stooge for the monied interests.... Adrahil Mar 2015 #8

he's supposedly a smart guy... dhill926 Mar 2015 #5

His main purpose is to bring out the base and get them excited...and then bow out to Jeb Wella Mar 2015 #6

Dismissive articles like these sound a lot like those that dismissed Reagan. And Reagan wasnt as stevenleser Mar 2015 #9

I don't think so, based on the reasons given n2doc Mar 2015 #11

Remember when the guy who lied us into war was running against a multiple Purple Heart winner? Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #10

The guy who lied was an incumbent n2doc Mar 2015 #12

I didn't thing Bush had a chance of winning in 2000 herding cats Mar 2015 #13

He is a plant. mstinamotorcity2 Mar 2015 #14

The Republicans said the same thing about Obama in 2008 forthemiddle Mar 2015 #15

No. Equating Obama with Cruz is insane n2doc Mar 2015 #16

I specifically said not their ideology forthemiddle Mar 2015 #17

I heard Delphinus Mar 2015 #18