Prophecy fulfilled.

I have a feeling a lot of republicans are in danger of getting zodiac serial killed after tonight

Snake oil salesman. SLimey fuckin guy, his daughters reaction to him and the booger eat killed his campaign for me.

Now that he won't be President he is one of my favorite politicians

Comedy gold

Just about everything about him is funny to me

his plan is to run in 2020, so don't worry dracula junior aka rafael will revive his campaign then.
inb4 dog whistle

a politician that did well this cycle is going to run again?

holy moly maybe you trumpers really do have super duper iqs

I feel like Cruz is hedging his bets at this point.

He probably knows Trump is unlikely to win, so he doesn't really endorse him, but he also doesn't criticize him, and he does this so that he can make a run in 2020 without the potential baggage of endorsing Trump.

I think he's playing the long-game. It's probably the smart move. I think a lot of Republicans who endorse Trump this cycle might have some questions with that going forward as it pertains to media questions about racism.

Biggest one that comes to mind is Paul Ryan...I think his endorsement of Trump and his comments about him being a textbook racist but then still supporting him will come back to haunt him in the future.

obviously anyone can hop in or out by then and plenty can happen in between but Kasich played it better and he is more likeable and he is more sane

and republicans may actually want to win again someday

unless some obamaesque rising star pops outta the backwoods somewhere which is unlikely

I feel like the tea party killed the republican party and that as they are now they will not win an election in the near future, its a one party race.

I agree that Kasich played it better, but we aren't Conservatives.

Conservatives like Cruz more than Kasich.

We'll see if that changes in 2020, but Cruz won a lot more states than Kasich in the primaries. He's the better primary candidate.

The GOP has a big dilemma...who emerges from their primaries isn't necessarily who will perform better in a general. This year, it was undoubtedly Kasich or Rubio, but the primary voters liked Cruz and Trump more.

That speaks to a party who has lost a lot of political moderation. Essentially, they are far to extreme, especially in primaries. What the GOP advocates for no longer really resonates with most moderate voters. The Democrats have most of those people on lock right now.



The Tea Party fragmented the GOP base. It helped make their party dysfunctional by essentially only advocating for anti-Obama policies. It worked for a little while...but then Republicans realized that their representatives weren't actually doing anything and were instead just obstructionists.

Well, they haven't fully realized this, but they were angry so they voted for Trump. But yeah, I really think the Tea Party hurt the GOP. They were a stronger and more productive party before their arrival on the scene around 2008 with Sarah Palin. Though, weaknesses in the party began to reveal themselves long before 2008. W's presidency was a failure of Conservative politics and leadership.