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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTed Cruz Campaign Staffers Are Reportedly Beginning to Panic
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/ted-cruz-indiana-trumpAccording to several staffers who spoke to Politico, Cruz is nervous about the outcome of Indiana, where Trump has a significant lead. (The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll, released Sunday, has Trump a whole 15 points ahead of Cruz.) One senior aide said that while the campaign hadn't discussed dropping out before the final round of primaries, which includes California, on June 7, Cruz wouldn't be likely to stay in if there was no longer any chance for him to win. A Cruz loss in Indiana means lights out, Scott Reed, the chief political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told Politico. Game, set, match.
Recent moves made by Cruz seem to suggest hes losing steam. Tapping Carly Fiornia to be his running matedespite the fact that hes nowhere close to winning the nominationonly boosted his polls slightly, and his bitter disavowal of an alliance with the equally-unlikely John Kasich quickly collapsed, dashing hopes for a combined effort to stop Trump. A big win in Indiana would change the developing media narrative that Trump has locked up the Republican race, while a loss would likely accelerate the growing number of G.O.P. elites, like Jon Huntsman, embracing the billionaire and calling on the party to unify behind him.
If it gives Cruz some comfort, at least he has a friend on the Democratic side. Bernie Sanders, who recently lost several major states to Hillary Clinton, has indicated that he wont leave the race and also hopes to force a brokered conventioneven if he doesnt have a chance of winning enough delegates to make it past the first ballot. Last week, he began laying off hundreds of staffers, and on Sunday The Washington Post reported that his last round of fundraising only brought in $26 million in April, a massive decline from the previous month. Bernies occasional money bombs have been crucial to his ability to remain in the race, leveraging his army of die-hard, small-money donors to keep his insurgent campaign strong. With their support drying up, Sanders's prospects don't look so good. Perhaps he and Cruz have more in common than we thought.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)press,it's only a matter of time before they start bailing on the candidate. I wouldn't be surprised if some start jumping ship after tomorrow.
Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)is panicking on steroids since the chosen one won't be chosen. I hope the mega-church comes crashing down with the ousTED scumbag.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)So Far From Heaven
(354 posts)This type of panic requires some form of comprehension since this isn't a normal panic reaction to danger.
Unless they staked their entire fortune and future on this idiot, in which case they should probably panic.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Who else would you call when you had wholesale lay-offs to institute? Every staffer on the Cruz payroll should cut back on discretionary spending yesterday. No telling how toxic it will be to list "Midwest Adviser in Charge of Pizza Acquisition for Ted Cruz for President Campaign, January - May, 2016" on your resume. Might be better to just say you were serving time.
underpants
(182,829 posts)Blue Dalek
(178 posts)Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Not too swift, these guys.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)You would think that he should have done better in states like NY, PA, CT & RI than he did. Kasich has only won his own home state while Cruz has at least won several states.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)in particular, where is he getting the $$$ to stay in?