{"id":12607,"date":"2016-01-28T03:36:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T03:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=12607"},"modified":"2016-01-28T03:36:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T03:36:57","slug":"gop-fretting-like-crazy-over-trump-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=12607","title":{"rendered":"GOP fretting like crazy over Trump, Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The drama being played out in the inner circles of the Republican Party national network is among the most fascinating things I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

Two men have emerged as co-favorites for the GOP presidential nomination — and the party brass is none too happy about either of them.<\/p>\n

Donald J. Trump<\/strong> has managed to insult his way to the top of the still-large GOP heap; U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas antagonized his Senate colleagues to the point that it’s no generally understood that, well, no one on Capitol Hill likes, or even respects, the junior senator.<\/p>\n

Republican statesmen, such as Robert Dole, say a Cruz nomination would bring “cataclysmic” losses to the party; it could cost Republicans control of the Senate and bring Democrats within striking distance of getting control of the House.<\/p>\n

Aw, but today’s firebrands label the likes of former Sen. Dole as “has been,” “loser,” “RINO.”<\/p>\n

That’s their view. It’s not mine.<\/p>\n

Trump is now calling himself a conservative. His prior public statements about such things as abortion and universal health care betray his claim, according to so-called “true conservatives.”<\/p>\n

But there he is. Looking down from atop the GOP heap. He’s going after Cruz’s eligibility to run for president. He’s feuding with a broadcast journalist. He’s managed to insult Iowa voters, Hispanics, Muslims, our allies abroad, every working politician in Washington, D.C., women, reporters and editors . . . and others I can’t even think of at the moment.<\/p>\n

Hey, it’s all OK with those who think Trump is “fresh.”<\/p>\n

Wow!<\/p>\n

As for Ted Cruz<\/strong>, well, he took his senatorial oath in January 2013 and began hunting for every open microphone he could find. He had his presidential ambitions planned out even before winning a contest in his first political election . . . ever!<\/p>\n

He’s trampled over Senate colleagues, broken long-established Senate rules of decorum by calling the body ‘s majority leader a liar. He questioned whether decorated Vietnam War veterans, such as Secretary of State John Kerry and former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, had a true appreciation for the military; and this came from someone who never donned a military uniform!<\/p>\n

The Republican Party has a problem, all right.<\/p>\n

What will the GOP do? <\/a>How will it deny\u00a0either of these men its presidential nomination?<\/p>\n

Given that so few of us have ever seen such intraparty angst, I’m afraid the Grand Old Party is on its own.<\/p>\n

Good luck, ladies and gents.<\/p>\n

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