Cruz tapped the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Fiorina as his would be vice presidential pick, without waiting – as is customary – for the end of the primary campaign.
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After crushing losses to Trump, the Republican front-runner, in five nominating contests in the Northeast on Tuesday, Cruz praised Fiorina, a former presidential rival, as a principled fighter for her conservative values. Cruz can prevail in next Tuesday’s victor take all primary in IN in which 57 delegates are at stake. “I thought it was a smart move”.
To appeal to voters in central Indiana, Cruz has also adopted a Trump talking point, highlighting Indianapolis air-conditioning manufacturer Carrier’s decision to shift its jobs to Mexico. To do that, however, they’ll need to use polling to figure out which of the two candidates is strongest in each of the state’s 53 congressional districts, and then go all out to help that candidate get the most votes and the three delegates that will be awarded in each one. However, his statement of support for Cruz was not the rebuke of Donald Trump that #NeverTrump-ers were likely hoping for.
But Cruz’s future does not look promising after being mathematically eliminated from achieving the delegates needed to win the GOP presidential nomination outright.
“We’re gonna repeal Obamacare, pass a flat tax, rein in the regulators, stop amnesty”, Cruz said.
As I noted at the time, this alliance had a relatively slim chance of succeeding with both principals totally on board.
The Texas senator tailored his speech to the California Republican Convention here, railing against environmental regulations he said were responsible for wasting more than 1 trillion gallons of freshwater amid the state’s continuing water crisis.
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By not writing those checks, they’re depriving Cruz and Kasich of as much as $39 million each in their final push to topple Trump, who has formidably deep pockets and has loaned $36 million to his own campaign. Good presidents as well as good presidential candidates resist the urge to make important commitments in order to win news cycles. “And I am prepared to give everything I have to ensure we defeat Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton”, Fiorina stated in a Facebook post. “Carly!” and said she was “very proud and very humbled and honored”. Up until Friday morning, it was not clear whether the governor, who’s in the middle of a tough re-election battle, would announce who he would back in the presidential race. But, so far he has alienated those in the middle and majority are Trump supporters who will not show up in November. “My first choice did not decide to come to Indianapolis”, she said, as the dog barked at bicycles and snatched a plastic wand from a pre-school admirer.
