Republican Cruz to name Fiorina as his No. 2: media report

[brooklynite]

Source: Reuters

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Wednesday was expected to announce that former business executive Carly Fiorina will be his vice presidential running mate if he wins his party's nomination, ABC affiliate WMUR reported, citing unnamed sources.

The report by WMUR, an ABC station in Manchester, New Hampshire, followed a statement from Cruz that he would make a major announcement at a 4 p.m. EDT rally. He gave no further details.

Fiorina, 61, endorsed Cruz, a 45-year-old U.S. senator from Texas, for the nomination in March, one month after dropping out of the Republican race herself.

The announcement of a running mate at this point in the campaign would be unusually early. Traditionally, the winners of the Republican and Democratic nominating contests announce their running mates for November's general election at their parties' summer national conventions.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cruz-idUSKCN0XO26H

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Both are #2

[Coventina]

15. Beat me to it!!

[bigworld]

2. A desperate move to try and get GOP women behind him

... or at least steal them away from supporting John Kasich.

[Gman]

3. Isn't that against the law?

Promising a position in exchange for support? This seems no different than Trump offering Carson a cabinet position in exchange for support.

[brooklynite]

4. What support? She has one delegate.

This is an attempt to look "Presidential" going into the convention fight.

[bigworld]

6. Good point

Unfortunately, this is one of those laws on the books that never really gets applied, does it?

[Gman]

8. Because no one does it

Because no Rd against the law.

[anigbrowl]

23. No, why would you think that?

Is it sort of skeevy, yeah, but there's nothing illegal about it. You can't promise professional jobs to people in return for support because then you're spending government funds while bypassing the recruitment process, but for jobs like cabinet members etc which are political appointments anyway, there's no problem. A president has the privilege to nominate people for senior offices per the Constitution. What s/he can't do is give away jobs to supporters that would normally have to be advertised to the public and involve a normal recruitment process of job interviews and so on.

[onehandle]

5. Jackasses, both. Trump is the Republican Nominee. nt

[PoliticAverse]

7. How is that suppose to help his effort to become President? n/t

[oberliner]

9. Women hate Trump?

He might see an opening there.

[Cassiopeia]

11. Yeah, they hate Fiorina too.

possibly more than Trump.

[oberliner]

12. Cruz is flailing at this point

He just wants to get himself in the news cycle somehow.

[world wide wally]

10. A sure sign he is giving up

[Wibly]

13. This is Cruz

I can sort of understand Cruz wanting to get a high profile female in his ranks. However, picking a high profile woman who can't win the support of women, in a primary season full of men, seems a mite self defeating.
Then again, this is Cruz.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

14. I predict world class cringe ahead

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[BlueStater]

22. Ted should stop wasting his money on this sinking ship and invest in an ab roller instead. n/t

[MowCowWhoHow III]

30. Quick to deliver

[Tempest]

16. Why would he name Failorina before the California primary?

The voters in the state he needs the most think the least of her.

What a train wreck.

[Renew Deal]

18. She's a terrible choice in many ways

Can you imagine her being the next one up if something happens to Cruz? There would be nothing left of the country. We'd be in pieces.

[Herman4747]

32. It matters what the REPUBLICAN voters of that state think...

...and she did win the Republican primary for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate.
I think it was a smart move by Cruz.
The Donald does not yet have this sewn up.

[Tempest]

33. More than 1 million Republicans stayed home instead of voting for her

In 2010 there were more than 5.2 million registered Republicans in California. Only 4.2 million voted.

And if you don't think Drumpf has this sewn up, then you're not paying attention to the number of delegates he has after yesterday and the polling in the upcoming Republican primaries. He's over the top no matter how you slice it.

[sofa king]

17. Oh, shit! He's gonna bust off as 3rd party!

This could be way bigger than simply announcing a terrible former CEO as your running mate. In fact, it makes no sense at all, and might not even be legal, unless Ted is planning to run as an independent.

Doing it now avoids the bloodbath of a contested convention and provides time to gather the signatures to meet the ballot in most states.

Cruz might have just decided to run as the spoiler. For a couple of greedy sociopaths, it's a pretty good gig: run an easy-breezy campaign, go light on the spending while the billionaires throw money at you, and pocket the campaign war-chest at the end.

If you're lucky, you've given the voting machines a chance to steal a hundred-or so electoral votes from the Democratic nominee, the House protects itself by not selecting the President, and Paul Ryan inherits the White House. You're the hero, everyone owes you a favor, and you just bagged a hundred million bucks in donations.

Damn. I wonder if that's the plan?

[bigworld]

20. subscribe me to your newsletter, sofa king

I like the way you think.

He may very well be thinking just that. Attract the moneyed #NeverTrump , Republican mainstream crowd and their resources and run as the "real Republican."

Say what you will about him but I think this is clever.

By the way, the first state signature deadline (to get on the Nov ballot as an independent) is coming up next month -- and it is Texas.

[Ligyron]

29. Sounds totally passable to me.

"Oh look, I have a female too! She's just like Hillary - in a better way".

[hamsterjill]

19. I'm really not trying to be snarky here.

But who didn't already know this at 8:00 a.m. this morning when he said he would be making a major announcement this afternoon?

Cruz is so predictable. Pandering to the females here.

[spinbaby]

21. Shudder

I can't imagine a more disagreeable pair.

[Darb]

24. THUD!

That will go over huge.

[olddad56]

25. well, if there are any US citizens left at Hewlett Packard, Trump lost thoese votes.

[47of74]

26. They're both number twos.

[keithbvadu2]

27. Interesting to see them play the "woman card" after criticizing

Hillary for it.

[Paladin]

28. Second most loathsome Pres./VP candidates EVER.

First place: Trump and whoever he dredges up as a running mate.

As a Texas Democrat, I'm rejoicing at Cruz having to resort to such desperate measures.

[tanyev]

31. Slightly more qualified than McCain's Hail Sarah, but bound to be just as successful.