GOP Descends Into Madness As Ted Cruz Vaults Into Top Tier Of 2016 GOP Candidates

[Panich52]

PoliticusUSA

A Public Policy Polling (PPP) national survey conducted from March 26-31, 2015 shows Ted Cruz pulling into contention with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, for the GOP presidential nomination. The survey, released on April 1st, but apparently not as an April Fool’s joke, shows Ted Cruz gaining ground on the leaders, and sitting in a strong third place position for the Republican nomination. His presidential announcement speech at Liberty University appears to have resonated with Republican voters.

Cruz has surged from 5 percent support a little over a month ago, to 16 percent now. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker still leads with 20 percent support. Jeb Bush is in second at 17 percent and Ted Cruz is at 16 percent. Ben Carson and Rand Paul sit at 10 percent each. Four other candidates (Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and Rick Perry) remain mired in the single digits.

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[marym625]

1. Anyone of these idiots in the white house

And we might as well hang it up. We would be doomed

[BrotherIvan]

11. Yes, the article presumes Walker and Bush III

aren't the worst of all possible worlds. The field for 2012 was bad, but this just makes me want to chew off my own arm.

[marym625]

12. I'm with you there. eom

[sharp_stick]

2. I wish these early polls

actually meant something. Imagine how easy it would be to get Democrats to the polls if this lunatic won the GOP nomination.

I remember Michelle Bachmann and Herman Cain were also leading for awhile early in the contest.

[Andy823]

20. Yes

I think all the clowns in 2012 took turns being the leader, then crashed and burned until only Mittens was in the running. Same thing this time around, but which idiot will be left is still the question?

[Cosmocat]

25. This is how I think it plays out, too

This happened the last two times, and the more "moderate" and name candidate in McCain and Romney was what was left standing.

I think this points to Jeb here.

If it is a smaller field, less than half a dozen, Cruz COULD win.

But,the more completely off the hook clown show candidates that come in, the more they take votes from one another.

Walker sort of has that milquetoast veneer of being a moderate, so maybe he takes votes from Jeb.

But, still just think Jeb will have the name and money to ride it out while the fringe candidates take votes from one another.

[still_one]

3. so if the republican ticket of bush and scott doesn't scare you, nothing will

[Faux pas]

4. We're at the tipping point...

the insane outnumbering the sane. Yikes!

[Teamster Jeff]

5. The GOP is led by nutjobs no doubt. Sadly the question is how far right the Dems will chase them. nm

[BillZBubb]

6. Or worse, how far a majority of the public will follow them.

A lot of voters are buying what the republicons are selling.

[busterbrown]

7. Ignorance is Bliss...

Most voters have no idea what Citizen”s United is...and how it’s eventually going to destroy the middle class..

[Teamster Jeff]

8. Then the Dems should start selling something instead of Third Way corporate bullshit. nm

[BillZBubb]

10. I don't disagree. But the Democrats feel forced to appeal to the people with big money.

The republicans have virtually unlimited campaign money. The Democrats have to counter that somehow.

[workinclasszero]

9. A Cruz/Walker insanity ticket

Should be good enough to scare the shit out of most Americans, even the Hillary haters on this board, so they will get off their comfy couch, put down the remote and go vote to save their country from the neo nazi scourge of koch republicanism.

[Katashi_itto]

13. I don't hate Hillary. I just wont vote for her. A threat of a lunatic in office is the

best selling point you have?

I will vote dem down ticket from Hillary and then it's WAFFLES!

[RBInMaine]

16. If you don't vote for the Dem then you ARE voting for the Republican. Period.

[Katashi_itto]

17. Lol. Get a better candidate. Screams of disloyalty arent going to cut it.

[cheapdate]

19. That is inescapably true.

The election is effectively a forced choice -- if you don't choose someone will choose for you. Furthermore, it's effectively a choice between 2 candidates.

[MBS]

24. . . . . n/t

[DFW]

14. 16% for the ONLY declared candidate?

Even Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich were frontrunners at some point 3 years ago.

Relax.

[Renew Deal]

27. That's a good point about him being the only declared candidate

[RBInMaine]

15. May the Clown Car's gas tank runneth over ! bwahahahahahaha...

[cheapdate]

18. I think Ted Cruz stands the greatest chance of winning the GOP primary.

The argument has been made by others, and I agree with the premise, that among all of the GOP candidates on stage only Cruz can stand up and say that he alone stood firm against Barack Obama and the liberal agenda to destroy America. All of the other GOP candidates will have to equivocate. Cruz could win this.

I also think that the phenomenon of the GOP pushing the Democratic Party to the right ends with Ted Cruz. His philosophy and politics are so illiberal, harmful, and extreme that he just might finally push Democrats to the left.

[blkmusclmachine]

21. President Pastor Ted Cruz:

[blkmusclmachine]

22. Pic URL: www.veteranstoday.com/

Comments are my own.

[craigmatic]

23. Walker, Bush, and Cruz will be top 3. and they'll split the first primary contests.

Walker will win Iowa, Bush will take NH, and Cruz will take SC.

[Renew Deal]

26. Herman Cain lead when he jumped in the race in 2012

Everybody gets to drive the clown car for a little while.

[GOLGO 13]

28. Oh, sweet Jesus let it be Cruz

Ted is everything that's right about the GOP. We could put up a cardboard box and we'd still win in a landslide.

[drray23]

29. what happened last time

is that all the extreme RW candidates had the lead for a short time until they opened their mouth and spewed nonsense.They would then go down and be replaced by the next one until Mitt was the one left standing.

This time, this pattern will probably repeat with one caveat. Ted Cruz is insane but he is also very smart. I am not sure he will be so easy to unseat by a more moderate republican (like Jeb who passes for a moderate these days).

I am worried that most the american public being uninformed and frankly not too bright would fall for his bombastic deilvery and actually vote for him over the democrat. To us who follow politics closely, it is pretty obvious Cruz would be a disaster. However, many people will just go to the polls and vote for the GOP guy no matter what without thinking about the consequences.

[Nitram]

30. If you can remember the last GOP primary, it was the same story.

GOP long-shots took turns taking the lead, but Romney won, as we all knew he would. It's Jeb, guys. This is just the exciting horse-race puppet show to keep the masses entertained.

[apnu]

31. Any one remember when Michael Steele lead the pack?

Enjoy this time. The clown car is just filling up.