Who will you be voting for & Why?

[bonusweb]

Thank you for that. A friend of mine, who also was supporting Rand Paul, also says he is now for Trump. FYI, Rand Paul was my 2nd choice behind Cruz.

Trump scares me, in that he is such an unknown. As I have stated, I want someone who will uphold the constitution, who has integrity, and who is for the free market. I have no idea what he would do about healthcare - which I think the government should stay out of completely. I have no idea where he truly stands on the free market - I know he has used what I consider unjust laws to his advantage. He seems to me like a very pragmatic person, which to me means to me he doesn't have strong principles.

It seems you are against Cruz for various reasons. I have been a strong supporter of his from the beginning - not just recently. As I have stated, he is too religious for me, as I am an atheist, but, as he stated, he is not running as the theocratic leader. For those issues that he and I disagree on, I don't think he can do much to change. From what I've seen in his record as a lawyer and politician, he has acted in line with his stated beliefs, which is a sign of integrity.

Thanks for listening.

Well if it's any consolation, I would take Cruz over the rest of the field beyond trump. Mainly for immigration reasons as long term there will not be any conservatives elected ever again, if we allow in millions of Mexicans voters. Simple as that.

That said I fully expect Cruz to burn everybody big time. But I doubt he could get elected, as he has the charisma of Bob Dole, probably less. He is very easy to dislike as a person. A certain percentage of people votes on this factor.

[gsparesa]

Trump 2016

1)I'm sick of Political Correctness.
2)I'm in favor of a leader who is not afraid to address the problem of radical islam by name.
3)It's refreshing to hear a candidate say what I'm thinking.
4)It's nice that he doesn't back down and apologize the next day after someone tells him what he said wasn't nice.
5)He created a successful multi-billion dollar business and can fund his own campaign without taking money from special interest groups.
6)Doesn't need to use a teleprompter whenever he gets in front of a camera.
7)He states that fair trade is not fair when, for example, we have over a 500 billion dollar trade deficit a year with China.
8)He called out Zuckerberg and the validity of the entire H1B visa program when the zuck tried to say we don't have enough qualified workers in this country, telling him he just wants to take advantage of cheap labor..... How many folks on this site have been screwed over when their company replaced them with lower paid foreign H1B's?
9)His children are well spoken and do not suffer from the rich, spoiled, daddy never gave me responsibility syndrome.
10) He packs a gun.
11) He's not a career politician. They haven't done that great of a job thus far.
12) Having a large family and business to me indicates that he has a vested interest in keeping this country strong.
13)Has done more for the Christian community then any other pastor or church by speaking out against the mass genocide of Christians.
14) Has won the last 2 primaries with a healthy lead and didn't do all that badly in IA either.
15)Has raised more money in a single night for Veterans groups than all the other candidates put together, Republican or Democrat. He didn't just rely on others, he also gave a million of his own money. By his deeds you shall know them.
16)Has made a stand against unlimited immigration and has said there is nothing wrong with deciding who is allowed in your country.
17) Wants to "Make America Great again".

Agreed. True...True...True.

[Gonumber24]

[Nodaedul]

Trump because he's beholden to no man and all the negatives about his character being blasted all over the media have no actual foundation in Trumps words or action and are just opponents feigning outrage and offense through a bull horn.

[Gonumber24]

[Marinerman]

Cruz hunts; Trump doesn't. Cruz has always fought hard for the 2nd amendment. Hell, Trump donated to Hillarys presidential campaign 4 times. Trump just became a conservative, Cruz has always been one..and even then Trump moved left on illegal immigration in Saturdays debate. I'm going with Cruz

[El Trollo Mejor]

Gary Johnson is the candidate I'd love to see in office. The rest are corporate shills and career frauds. That being said, I'd take Rand second, then any other Republican third, hopefully to nullify a garbage Democrat vote.

Edit: I hope to God we don't get stuck with a neoconservative or neoliberal. That would be the end of this nation.

[faris1984]

Any Republican who runs against Hitlary.

[Gonumber24]

Hilaryous!

[kmas]

[bonusweb]

Op should be who will the GOP vote for?

http://rinf.com/alt-news/newswire/popular-vote-doesnt-count-in-us-gop-official/

[gsparesa]

"IF" the GOP is going to play the "Contested Convention" card after Mr. Trump wins significantly more of the peoples (popular) vote then the GOP party needs a revolution. This is how "TYRANNY" creeps it's ugly head into our government, the government of the people and for the people. How dare the " party establishment" take away the vote of the people. Mr. Trump might be right that this would spark riots. If the "unbound delegates" decide the election and not the vote of the people, what does that say about the GOP? Is this a dictatorship? Where is the democracy?

[sfvpool]

"IF" the GOP is going to play the "Contested Convention" card after Mr. Trump wins significantly more of the peoples (popular) vote then the GOP party needs a revolution. This is how "TYRANNY" creeps it's ugly head into our government, the government of the people and for the people. How dare the " party establishment" take away the vote of the people. Mr. Trump might be right that this would spark riots. If the "unbound delegates" decide the election and not the vote of the people, what does that say about the GOP? Is this a dictatorship? Where is the democracy?

If Trump or Cruz don't get the 1237 required delegates, a contested convention would result in a vote between Trump and Cruz, right? I don't see that as unfair, since neither one of them would have gained over 50% of the votes, which means that neither one of them are the "people's" choice. And, given the choice between Trump and Cruz only, the "people's" choice may not have been the same if there were only two in the race. (I realize that if in the 1st vote no one gets the 1237 votes, it becomes a brokered convention, which could result in someone other than Trump or Cruz winning, which would be terrible - agreed. And I also realize that if Kaisch is still in the race during a contested convention, some of the "establishment" have been advocating supporting him, which would also be terrible. But, I don't think Kaisch has a chance in that situation either).

I hope that one of them (Trump or Cruz) gets the 1237 delegates before the convention.

Vote Cruz!

[Mopar Guy]

Anyone who is running against a D.

[cyberfish2]

Trump could conceivably be the first president in history to ever win by write-in votes..
I'm beginning to understand that the term, "We, the People". is meaningless to the politicians.