2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat do you think of Bernie Sanders V Ted Cruz ?
right now i'm feeling like Ted Cruz will be the republican nominee if Trump can't get enough delegates.
can you imagine that debate ?
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Frankly I think Cruz would be easier to beat than Trump. The more people see him the less they like him.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Beloved (if occasionally cantankerous) grandpa vs. that uncle your parents didn't like you being alone with.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Enthusiasm and energy beat smirk and spite any day of the week.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Republican side will be Trump (70%), whoever emerges as the anti-Trump, probably Kasich (10%), or brokered convention, probably Romney (20%). Cruz's chances at the nom are zero. He has nothing to offer outside the Christianist fanatic demographic and is only winning about half of that.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)To motivate volunteers and sway change-minded voters in a change election with Bernie as our candidate no matter who they run.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)for way too many reasons.
longship
(40,416 posts)And yup! He was pissed! And he was likely right!
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)He can easily pull an independent run because contrary to popular belief there are very few sore loser laws for Presidential candidates. His problem will be ballot access since a lot of states close it down in September and August, but that's plenty of time to get signatures.
There's no way they broker the thing and give it to Cruz.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)But I don't see him getting the nomination. And I feel that the Republicans have no one that is going to be Bernie. Rubio if they were smart could come close, but he is no where near being able to pull off enough delegates for that. Or Kasich he might do pretty well against Bernie. The problem for Republicans is that their only viable candidates for the nomination are so vile they scare most normal people.