I have made my decision, for Republicans, I prefer Trump to Cruz.

[Agnosticsherbet]

Trump is out for himself, and i doubt he believes in anything but Trump.

Cruz is a holy warrior. I you think living in an Oligarchy is bad, you don't want to live in a Theocracy.
With one Supreme Court Justice waiting to be appointed by the next President, and the two most liberal members of the court being among the oldest, I do not want to see Roy Moore and his clones on the bench.

[w4rma]

1. I think I'd rather be hit by a bus than burn in a fire, too. (nt)

[yeoman6987]

8. Horrible but I hate to say it. Trump at least has some democratic leanings

[w4rma]

9. I'm not sure that I've ever heard him say anything positive about voting rights and democracy.

The only thing he's got going for him is his potential to kill the TPP.

[840high]

13. And I like that.

[w4rma]

14. That's nothing to like about any candidate for any party. (nt)

[valerief]

2. I feel the same way, although they're all horrendous. nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. I think horrendous is an understatement, but I agree.

[ladjf]

3. IMO, you made the better of two bad choices. You could just slide over

and give Bernie some support. In your mind, what would be the differences pro con between the two?

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. I will vote for Sanders in the General, if he wins.

I would rather Republicans nominate Trump than Cruz.
I think either candidate will beat them both, but every election has an element of risk. I think Cruz is too big of a risk.

[ladjf]

7. Great! Cruz is very dangerous. He has a combination

of life experiences and philosophies that could wreck America if elected.

[Wounded Bear]

6. I use a different analogy...

I would say the difference between Trump and Cruz is like the difference between having your throat cut and your head chopped off.

No matter what happens on our side, I'm voting Dem in the general.

[joeybee12]

10. Yes, if someone held a gun to my head and those were my choices...

That's who I'd pick, and cry while doing it.

[WhiteHat]

11. Yeah, Holy Warrior, my hairy ass. SC nomination waiting for the next Pres?

Ain't gonna happen.

Obama and the Dems will work the political wires with this message: "Do Your Job."

After that, they'll bring the issue to the SC itself. The court would obviously vote for the Republicans to "do their job." There's no precedent for anything else.

After that, the Dems will trot out all the past GOP presidents and any other surviving big shots to encourage Republicans to "Do Your Job." Bob Dole, Coleman Powell, even all the Bushes, for example.

After that, Republicans in Congress will find themselves in an election crisis.

After that, Obama could legally make a recess assignment.

There is NO WAY IN HELL that Obama won't push through a Supreme Court nominee.

[FLPanhandle]

12. +1000

Well said even if some here are so caught up in the Trump hype they can't see the greater evil.

[brettdale]

15. Ive always said

Cruz is far far far more dangerous than Trump or any republican in history.

If he gets woman and gay rights will be back to that of the middle ages.

[LeftishBrit]

16. For the sake of the world in general, both are as dangerous as each other!

In general I agree that unprincipled panderers are not quite as dangerous as ideologues; but once they sell their souls to the ideologues they become as dangerous.

From what one can gather: Cruz is a bigot, very crazy, and strongly believes in the right of the mighty to trample on the less mighty whether the rich over the poor, the majority groups over the minorities, the well-armed countries over the less well-armed, etc. Trump is unprincipled, very stupid, believes in the right of the rich to trample on the poor because it suits his selfish interests, and in other respects has sold his soul (for fame and power, not money which he has already) to bigots, who strongly believe in the right of the mighty to trample on the less mighty.

In terms of their policies, it will come to the same thing.

If either of them gets elected, it will convince me that there is no intelligent life on Earth, let alone anywhere else!

[pampango]

17. "If either of them gets elected, it will convince me that there is no intelligent life on Earth, let

alone anywhere else!"

Extremely well said.

[Agnosticsherbet]

20. Because they control a majority of states, I would blame it on a fixed election.

As we learned in 2000, if you can control who counts the votes, that makes all the differences.

[yellowcanine]

18. Like saying you prefer Mussolini to Hitler.

Just sayin.'

[Agnosticsherbet]

19. No, I would rather they try to elect Mussolini than run the Spanish Inquisition.

Trump only believes in Trump.
Cruz is a religious fanatic and dominionist.

In a fair election, I think Democrats will kick their ass. However, elections are not always fair. If I have to take the risk, I'd rather it be Trump.