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Rumor: Cruz – Rubio Ticket Gaining Traction


We know that right now Donald Trump is the only man who can win the 1,237 delegates to gain the 2016 Republican nomination on the first ballot. He is expected to have a great Tuesday in five states, but he still can’t wrap up the nomination.

Meanwhile, Ted Cruz along with the “Stop Trump,” forces are doing everything they can to make sure that the 2016 GOP nominee is decided at the convention in Cleveland. Cruz is picking up delegates and making sure that he can close the deficit on Trump, with the idea of getting the nomination on a second or third ballot.

But Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is now a major factor in the Cruz plan to gain the nomination and also being a major player in the “Stop Trump,” movement. The goal now of the Cruz campaign is to persuade Rubio to be his running mate and secures the support of most of his delegates.

We are all aware that Rubio has said he is not interested in being anyone’s vice president. But with party bosses asking the junior senator from Florida may take a second look at being the number two man on the ticket.

Because of Cruz’s success in packing delegate slates at the state level, a majority of the convention delegates with Rubio on board the hope would be getting the nomination on the second ballot with Rubio as the vice president of a Cruz-Rubio ticket.

In the last open Republican convention, in 1976, Gerald Ford announced his selection of then-Senator Bob Dole only after he was formally nominated for president. Four years later, Ronald Reagan, the former California governor returned to the convention hall at midnight on the evening he was nominated to put up George H. W. Bush for vice president.

In both cases Ford vs. Dole and Reagan vs. Bush they were bitter foes during the campaign season’s only to come together as odd couple tickets but solidifying the party behind the ticket. It is only a rumor now but come convention time we could see a Cruz – Rubio ticket.

 

James Williams: Jim Williams is the Washington Bureau Chief, Digital Director as well as the Director of Special Projects for Genesis Communications. He is starting his third year as part of the team. This is Williams 40th year in the media business, and in that time he has served in a number of capacities. He is a seven time Emmy Award winning television producer, director, writer and executive. He has developed four regional sports networks, directed over 2,000 live sporting events including basketball, football, baseball hockey, soccer and even polo to name a few sports. Major events include three Olympic Games, two World Cups, two World Series, six NBA Playoffs, four Stanley Cup Playoffs, four NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship Tournaments (March Madness), two Super Bowl and over a dozen college bowl games. On the entertainment side Williams was involved s and directed over 500 concerts for Showtime, Pay Per View and MTV Networks.
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