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Ted Cruz Drops Out Of The Republican Presidential Race (washingtonpost.com)

rmdingler writes: Ted Cruz drops out of the presidential race after losing in Indiana. Donald Trump has become the presumptive nominee before Hillary has locked things up versus Bernie. This is huge. Cruz's decision to drop out came after losing significantly to Trump in the Indiana primary. "I said I would continue on as long as there is a viable path to victory. Tonight I'm sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed," Cruz told a small group of supporters Tuesday night. "Together we left it all on the field in Indiana. We gave it everything we got, but the voters chose another path." He said he would "continue to fight for liberty," but did not say whether or not he would support Trump as the nominee. The exit comes soon after he announced former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate in a desperate move to keep his candidacy afloat.

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  1. Re:"Huge" isn't what I'd say by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 1, Troll

    What do we do now?

    Watch you people lose your minds.

    That should be in past-tense for a significant portion of the population: You have watched. I assume you're comfortably ensconced in some other nation. Hopefully for your sake not one with a Putin or Berlisconi.

    When George W. Bush got elected, I took a job at a University in Norway just so that I'd have a place to run. If by some mass brain flatulence Trump gets elected, I'll need to convince Elon Musk to send me first.

  2. Re:It's a trap by FlyHelicopters · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're assuming that we'll still have a country after the Democrats are finished with it...

    Now this doesn't mean all Republican ideas are good, they aren't... but you seem to think the Democrats can't do real damage, but they can...

    Both sides have their idiots, sadly they are all running for President...