[url]http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/exclusive-marco-rubio-rejected-unity-ticket-with-ted-cruz-221066[/url]
[quote]Ted Cruz’s campaign has been exploring the possibility of forming a unity ticket with ex-rival Marco Rubio — going so far as to conduct polling looking into how the two would perform in upcoming primary states.
The motivation, hashed out in conversations among Cruz’s top aides and donors: to find a way to halt Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination.
It’s unclear whether Cruz’s campaign brass views a partnership with Rubio as realistic or quixotic. In Rubio’s orbit, according to three sources, it’s seen as an outright nonstarter — with Rubio telling his team he isn’t interested.
Yet in recent weeks, within Cruz’s camp, talk of a joint ticket has run rampant. Utah Republican Mike Lee, one of two senators to endorse Cruz, has emerged as an outspoken supporter of a unity ticket — and as a potential broker. The freshman, according to several sources briefed on the talks, has reached out repeatedly to Rubio to gauge his interest, but has been rebuffed.[/quote]
Respect for Rubio for sticking to it, then I guess.
only kasich would be willing to shill themselves out in this election
still fivethirtyeight's predictions show that even trump won't be able to come up with the 1237 needed to win the whole thing
Damn— Rubio is devastated. He truly believes there's no hope left anymore for American politics following his blowout in home-state Florida.
This would've been a sure fire way to beat Trump.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;49984084]Damn— Rubio is devastated. He truly believes there's no hope left anymore for American politics following his blowout in home-state Florida.[/QUOTE]
Would you have hope after that?
Besides Cruz is now more far right of Trump especially since he has adopted bits of his immigration policy.
[QUOTE=DuCT;49984205]This would've been a sure fire way to beat Trump.[/QUOTE]
Doubtful. Rubio and Cruz have always been tag-teaming to attack Trump and he's crushing them both, putting them together officially won't change anything.
I still respect Rubio's decision to leave politics. I think he realized Chris Christie was right where being a politician turns good people into robots for the political machine.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;49984433]Doubtful. Rubio and Cruz have always been tag-teaming to attack Trump and he's crushing them both, putting them together officially won't change anything.
I still respect Rubio's decision to leave politics. I think he realized Chris Christie was right where being a politician turns good people into robots for the political machine.[/QUOTE]
I honestly wonder how many of the people whose policies we view as disgusting had good intentions but slowly moved their policies towards garbage when they realized how much corporate backing and pandering to certain groups you need to do to get elected. Pretty sure on several occasions Obama tried to solve some of the insane issues plaguing the US but immediately hit a wall of opposition that would make Trump faint due all the lobbyists in power right now.
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