Where does this leave Cruz?

“I think that I’ve got a pretty clear-eyed sense of both her strengths and her weaknesses”.

It is completely unfair to claim that his “policies” are racist because just like Melania Trump’s speech, they are written by someone else and regurgitated without understanding.

As he spoke to Republican delegates this week in Cleveland, U.S. Sen.

Democrats kick off their convention Monday under the cloud of party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s resignation and Donald Trump’s 6 point bounce coming out of last week’s GOP convention.

And throw in the master of deception Trump with his lies that Hillary Clinton as president would take your guns away, you’ve got a powder keg set to explode.

Earlier in the week, I commended Cruz for agreeing to speak at the convention.

Speaking immediately after Cruz, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich re-framed Cruz’s comments, saying as “Ted Cruz said, you can vote your conscience for anyone who will uphold the constitution”. For instance, who thought it was a good idea for campaign manager Paul Manafort to launch a blistering and needless attack on popular Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican who quietly declined to endorse Trump? The fact that he would spend any time relitigating the past struck Republicans for and against Trump as nothing short of astonishing.

Last summer and again this year, Senator Ted Cruz pledged to support the candidacy of the nominee of the Republican Party whomever that nominee might be. Second, delegates, themselves astute political animals, picked up on a pattern in which every time Cruz seemed to be winding up to say something nice about Trump – let alone endorse him – he would instead endorse “Freedom”.

Many Republicans, after all, created the toxic political environment that allowed Trump to flourish in the hard-fought primary election season.

Clinton’s campaign considered picking the liberal favorite for the job.

Other Democratic headliners, including Sens. First Lady Michelle Obama and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine talked about their families, emphasizing faith, community, and togetherness.

Clinton is expected to end the guessing game soon and could introduce her choice as soon as Friday. And not only has Donald Trump failed to clarify, it’s impossible to find him making any of these arguments in the first place.

Now Democrats are eager to step up for their own spectacle.

In their suites at the Ritz Carlton hotel, where many are staying during this week’s Democratic convention, and at its auxiliary swanky parties, the supporters of Hillary Clinton are sounding the alarm about Trump’s break with decades of presidential campaign tradition. That was not a moment too soon after shows of disharmony and assorted flubs before the closer Thursday night. Clinton is, if anything, disciplined. As has been pointed out by the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of gay conservatives, the adopted language of the Republican National Committee’s 2016 platform is chock full of discrimination. Are you ready for it?