The question of the night for political junkies from coast to coast … to coast.
Will U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz endorse Donald J. Trump when he stands in front of the Republican National Convention crowd?
If I could predict anything, I’d say ain’t no way, no how, no never mind.
Cruz has called Trump everything but the Devil Himself.
Pathologist liar; narcissist “the likes of which I’ve never seen”; a whole plethora of nasty names.
He challenged Trump’s courage after the GOP frontrunner put a tweet out there that poked malicious fun at Heidi Cruz, for crying out loud.
Having declared that by any reasonable measure, Cruz wouldn’t ever endorse Donald Trump, we have the following:
Rick Perry endorsedĀ Trump after calling him a “cancer on conservatism; Chris Christie endorsed Trump after saying he is “unfit” to become president; Marco Rubio has all but endorsed Trump after calling him a “con man.”
Cruz’s speech tonight is ginning up a bunch of speculation. Some sources say there might be an endorsement forthcoming; others say there won’t be an endorsement, but that he’ll express “support” for the nominee and for the party.
Still others have suggested that given Cruz’s fervent support among many of the convention delegates that he might deliver aĀ “Dream Shall Never Die” sort of message, a la the kind of speech Ted Kennedy gave during the 1980 Democratic convention after losing that fight to President Carter.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-ted-cruz-donald-trump-endorsement-225850
Some conservatives want Cruz to endorse Trump.
I’ll tune in later tonight to see if Cruz prefers to stand by a nominee he cannot stand or will stand by the “conservative principles” that mean nothing to the guy who’s going to lead the party into the election campaign.