Ted Cruz is back at it again making headlines again. Everyone believed that John Kasich would collaborate to bring down Mr. Trump. Be that as it may, to everybody's surprised Cruz formally named Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate Wednesday a last-ditch move to regain momentum after being mathematically eliminated from winning the GOP presidential nomination outright. Fiorina joined the Texas senator on stage, and Cruz's staff changed the podium in between Cruz and Fiorina's remarks to display a new logo featuring both their names. Fiorina told CNN in an interview the "real formal final conversation" between the two of them regarding the vice presidential decision happened Tuesday
All Ted Cruz is attempting to do is recapture the narrative and keep him relevant. Trump seized momentum in the 2016 race with a sweep of all five East Coast states on Tuesday. Which puts Mr. Trump closer to having enough delegates to win the Republican nomination. The odd move from the Cruz campaign also comes just hours after the billionaire businessman, who is trying to look like the presumptive …show more content…
Cruz, the drawbacks to naming Mrs. Fiorina are many: A pick designed to change momentum in a primary could prove less than optimal for a general election. Voters might find it presumptuous for a candidate to name his prospective running mate while trailing by several hundred delegates. Fiorina has been a regular -- and popular -- presence on the Cruz campaign trail in recent weeks since she endorsed the Texas senator in early March. And the Cruz campaign may see her California roots as an asset ahead of that state's primary on June 7.Mrs. Fiorina also much of her time on the trail attacking Democratic front-runner Clinton, drawing a contrast with the former secretary of state as the only woman on the Republican side. Her connections with the sort of party activists likely to vote in the primary there could give Mr. Cruz a valuable surrogate in the weeks leading up to
All Ted Cruz is attempting to do is recapture the narrative and keep him relevant. Trump seized momentum in the 2016 race with a sweep of all five East Coast states on Tuesday. Which puts Mr. Trump closer to having enough delegates to win the Republican nomination. The odd move from the Cruz campaign also comes just hours after the billionaire businessman, who is trying to look like the presumptive …show more content…
Cruz, the drawbacks to naming Mrs. Fiorina are many: A pick designed to change momentum in a primary could prove less than optimal for a general election. Voters might find it presumptuous for a candidate to name his prospective running mate while trailing by several hundred delegates. Fiorina has been a regular -- and popular -- presence on the Cruz campaign trail in recent weeks since she endorsed the Texas senator in early March. And the Cruz campaign may see her California roots as an asset ahead of that state's primary on June 7.Mrs. Fiorina also much of her time on the trail attacking Democratic front-runner Clinton, drawing a contrast with the former secretary of state as the only woman on the Republican side. Her connections with the sort of party activists likely to vote in the primary there could give Mr. Cruz a valuable surrogate in the weeks leading up to