After disasterous RNC Speech who will challenge Ted Cruz in Senate GOP Primary?
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« on: July 21, 2016, 06:57:58 PM »
Who do y'all think will challenge a maybe fatally weakened Ted Cruz in the Republican Senate Primaries in 2018? Two names who i think could challenge him and beat him would be Former Texas Governor Rick Perry and Representative Jeb Hensarling.
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2016, 07:19:48 PM »
Jeb Hensarling is quite well-positioned in the House and Perry is damaged.
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2016, 07:33:06 PM »
Henry Bonilla or Anthony Villalba would be my picks. Perot, Jr., would be very interesting.
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2016, 07:39:19 PM »
I've noticed that Steve Stockman has been pretty pro-Trump.
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2016, 09:00:14 PM »
What makes you so sure the speech was disastrous? Heck, if trump loses, he's all the better for jumping ship.
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2016, 09:16:12 PM »
L.D., Disloyalty to the GOP will cost him and it could cost him his Senate seat.
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2016, 09:33:53 PM »
Quote from: Dave1 on July 21, 2016, 09:16:12 PM
L.D., Disloyalty to the GOP will cost him and it could cost him his Senate seat.

Cruz did the right thing. Trump isn't a Republican.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2016, 09:55:32 PM »
Quote from: Rep. JCL on July 21, 2016, 09:33:53 PM
Quote from: Dave1 on July 21, 2016, 09:16:12 PM
L.D., Disloyalty to the GOP will cost him and it could cost him his Senate seat.

Cruz did the right thing. Trump isn't a Republican.

Then why did he get the Republican nomination? I know that you have some sort of strange dictionary that defines the words "Republican" and "anti-establishment" as "something that JCL likes", but please, get a grip.
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2016, 10:24:14 PM »
He's gonna be fine.

Nobody in the establishment is going to have it out for him, and when Trump loses he'll be one of the rallying points in DC.

To any constituents  that take offense, I suspect his "Trump attacked my wife" defense is probably going to work.
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2016, 10:27:49 PM »
« Edited: July 21, 2016, 10:42:26 PM by Dave1 »
Cruz attacked Donald Trump's wife Melania first. People in the Cruz Campaign sent nude photos around from when she was a model.
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2016, 11:23:39 PM »
Mike McCaul.
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2016, 09:25:49 AM »
Such challenge would go nowhere.

Interesting random question: Would the Trumpster back a primary challenger if he somehow ends up as prez? Honestly, if I where Trump, I would probably do it (as president).
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2016, 09:37:30 AM »
Mohamed,I would if I were Donald Trump.
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2016, 09:42:54 AM »
Quote from: Dave1 on July 22, 2016, 09:37:30 AM
Mohamed,I would if I were Donald Trump.

I'd take a look at polls first (though early polls don't mean that much; nobody expected Eric Cantor to lose his primary back in 2014) to avoid the risk of losing.
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« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2016, 12:06:18 PM »
Quote from: Dave1 on July 21, 2016, 10:27:49 PM
Cruz attacked Donald Trump's wife Melania first. People in the Cruz Campaign sent nude photos around from when she was a model.
It wasn't the Cruz campaign.
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« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2016, 12:10:03 PM »
I doubt Cruz has much to worry about.

A sitting congressman would have to lose a seat  in order to challenge Cruz, and most individuals would have low name recognition. Stockman ran against Cornyn in the 2014 senate primary, and managed 20 percent of the vote.

Cruz beat Trump in the Texas presidential primary, so it wasn't that significant a Trump state.

Then there's the factor of Trump's reputation in 2018. He'd have to remain well-regarded by a significant chunk of Senate primary voters. In the current election his appeal in the presidential primaries hasn't extended to congressional primaries.
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« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2016, 12:48:48 PM »
If Cruz was to be primaried over this, it certainly wouldn't be by Rick Perry, let alone George P. Bush.
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« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2016, 07:33:13 PM »
According to Alex Jones, Rep. John Carter says Cruz is finished and Perry will run.
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« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2016, 08:05:44 PM »
Quote from: Miles on July 23, 2016, 07:33:13 PM
According to Alex Jones, Rep. John Carter says Cruz is finished and Perry will run.

I kind of doubt this is legit considering the source, but if true, get ready for Cruz's re-election. He would disembowel moron Perry without breaking a sweat.
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« Reply #19 on: July 24, 2016, 01:11:45 PM »
IceSpear,Alex Jones gives out a lot of correct information so i would have no trouble at all believing him.
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« Reply #20 on: July 24, 2016, 01:19:20 PM »
Quote from: Dave1 on July 24, 2016, 01:11:45 PM
IceSpear,Alex Jones gives out a lot of correct information so i would have no trouble at all believing him.

not quite
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« Reply #21 on: July 24, 2016, 02:23:22 PM »
Quote from: MohamedChalid on July 22, 2016, 09:25:49 AM
Such challenge would go nowhere.

Interesting random question: Would the Trumpster back a primary challenger if he somehow ends up as prez? Honestly, if I where Trump, I would probably do it (as president).

I'd do it too.
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« Reply #22 on: July 24, 2016, 02:42:59 PM »
I'd hate to see all the money sucked up in safe-R Texas instead of going to competitive states, but Cruz vs. Perry would be such a fun race. Seeing Cruz murder Perry would be a satisfying conclusion, as well.

Wonder who (probably 'who' and not 'if' at this point) will challenge Flake. I would think he'd be much more vulnerable to a Trump-revanchist challenge. Maybe Jan Brewer, continuing the theme of hilarious has-been Governors?
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« Reply #23 on: July 24, 2016, 05:29:46 PM »
Hopefully no one, but the Trump wing of the party is so utterly braindead I wouldn't be surprised to see a joke like Steve Stockman run and lose.
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« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2016, 10:06:54 AM »
Saw this in the most recent CNN/ORC poll (the one with Trump +3):

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