# Ted Cruz Presidential campaign discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 23, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774 "2015-03-23T14:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1041 "2016-05-02T22:40:41Z")
Seriously. Cruz is a jerk and would be a danger to humanity as president; Fiorina a failed executive who would be unprepared to step into the presidency and who is no leader. But dang, trying to make hay over _this_, and for that matter her sharing the song she sings with the Cruz kids, is pretty weak. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1042 "2016-05-02T23:23:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Fiorina falls off stage.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/fiorina-fall-slip-stage-cruz-video-193547260.html) Cruz ignores her. > > His back was to her when she fell but he then turned, saw that Heidi was starting to assist Fiorina and goes back to greeting supporters. Not a trace of concern on his face. He knew she probably still had her golden parachute. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1043 "2016-05-03T03:27:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Republicans’ views of Cruz are now the worst in Gallup’s history of tracking the Texas senator. His image among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents is at 39% favorable and 45% unfavorable, based on April 24-30 interviewing, for a net favorable score of -6. The last few days have marked the first time we have seen Cruz’s image underwater since we began daily tracking in July… > > His current -6 net favorable rating is a far cry from where it was in late December and early January when his net favorable was +48, some 54 points higher than today. [http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/191264/cruz-image-plummets-trump-improves-among-republicans.aspx](http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/191264/cruz-image-plummets-trump-improves-among-republicans.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1044 "2016-05-03T07:33:15Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/191264/cruz-image-plummets-trump-improves-among-republicans.aspx](http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/191264/cruz-image-plummets-trump-improves-among-republicans.aspx) It’s like the more they find out about him, the less they like him. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1045 "2016-05-04T00:42:59Z")
It’s over. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1046 "2016-05-04T00:44:00Z")
Down goes Cruzifer! Down goes Cruzifer! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1047 "2016-05-04T00:48:43Z")
This is the break the Kasich campaign has been looking for! ---
**Author:** ![ultimate11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1048 "2016-05-04T00:50:00Z")
Ted Cruz has apparently quit out of the US Republican nomination. > [@CBS News](#): > > [Source Here](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-cruz-drops-out-of-presidential-race-after-indiana-loss/) > > Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is ending his campaign for the Republican nomination Tuesday night, CBS News’ Major Garrett has confirmed, effectively ensuring Donald Trump will become the GOP’s standard-bearer in 2016. > > Cruz will concede the race at an event in Indianapolis following the results of Tuesday’s Indiana primary, which Trump won handily. CBS News called the race for Trump right at 7 p.m., when the polls closed; with 59 percent of precincts reporting in Indiana, Trump led Cruz by 16 points, 53 percent to 37 percent. > > The Texas senator had focused heavily on the Hoosier State following loses to Trump in the five Northeastern primaries last week. He spent a great deal of time campaigning across the state, touted an endorsement from Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, and sought to energize his campaign by announcing former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate. > > But ultimately, Cruz got the two-man race against Trump he’d been wanting all along–and he still lost. With Trump winning the majority of delegates out of Indiana, he is on the path to reach 1,237 delegates by the end of voting in June. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1049 "2016-05-04T00:51:24Z")
The ink was barely dry on the Cruz/Fiorina signs. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1050 "2016-05-04T00:55:16Z")
Or the Cruz-kasich alliance. But those were both Hail Marys. He had to know the chances of success were slim. I wonder where Cruz goes from here. He clearly was skillful in positioning himself as the true conservative both through his time in the Senate and in his campaign for President. But it doesn’t seem like the party base is even conservative anymore in any meaningful sense of the word. Just angry. Will Cruz spend the next few years going full on populist? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1051 "2016-05-04T00:56:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > The ink was barely dry on the Cruz/Fiorina signs. The slime was barely dry on Fiorina. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1052 "2016-05-04T00:57:31Z")
To think that the GOP race was over before the Dems…shows how GOP still does fall in line, not love. And how whiny liberals are to keep peddling a communist ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1053 "2016-05-04T00:57:42Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > The ink was barely dry on the Cruz/Fiorina signs. Fortunately there’s no one more qualified to lay off the campaign’s staff. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1054 "2016-05-04T01:00:21Z")
What a relief!! I mean, I don’t want Trump to win either, but…WHEW! ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1055 "2016-05-04T01:01:32Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > To think that the GOP race was over before the Dems…shows how GOP still does fall in line, not love. And how whiny liberals are to keep peddling a communist Heh. Just like in 2008. Now predicit actually has slightly higher odds for a Democratic contested convention than a Republican contested convention. This election has been a tragicomedy. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1056 "2016-05-04T01:03:41Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > What a relief!! I mean, I don’t want Trump to win either, but…WHEW! heee, heeeheee, ha haa haaaa. Palined by Fiorina! Agree, I loathe Trump but Cruz would have been so much worse. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1057 "2016-05-04T01:17:38Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > To think that the GOP race was over before the Dems…shows how GOP still does fall in line, not love. And how whiny liberals are to keep peddling a communist You don’t understand the term _communist_. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1058 "2016-05-04T01:50:38Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > And how whiny liberals are to keep peddling a communist No one who calls Sanders that has any credibility. It is not even defensible as hyperbole. Calling Trump a fascist would be defensible as hyperbole. Calling Sanders a communist is a category error. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1059 "2016-05-04T01:55:53Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Fortunately there’s no one more qualified to lay off the campaign’s staff. 😛 Gotta say, for someone as devout as Cruz is supposed to be, finding out that God doesn’t want you to be President must sting a little. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1060 "2016-05-04T01:58:46Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I wonder where Cruz goes from here. He will return to the Abyss to slumber and feed, at least until the next Senate session. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774.md?page=54)