Unsurprisingly, Pat Robertson and Carly Fiorina Chose Different Candidates For President; But Their Choices Will Surprise You

Pat Robertson to Trump: ‘You Inspire Us All’

By Greg Richter. GOP front-runner Donald Trump spoke at Regent University on Wednesday then sat down for a question-and-answer session with founder, the Rev. Pat Robertson.

“You inspire us all,” Robertson told the real estate mogul, who has secured the endorsement of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., and is bringing in evangelical voters to his camp.

Speaking of Secretary of State John Kerry, whose Iran deal Trump has criticized, Trump said, “Kerry did not read the ‘Art of the Deal,'” Trump’s own bestseller. “Probably not the Bible, either,” The Blaze reports.

Trump said he would nominate someone to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who was pro-life and who embodied the late justice’s conservative temperament. (Read more from “Pat Robertson Endorsed Trump: ‘You Inspire Us All'” HERE)

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Why Did Karl Rove’s Carly Fiorina Endorse Cruz?

By David A. Graham. It’s not just the Republican establishment that’s starting to coalesce around Ted Cruz. It’s the putative outsiders, too.

On Wednesday, former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina endorsed Cruz. “Ted Cruz is a fearless fighter for our constitutional rights,” she said in a statement. “Unlike the status-quo political class in D.C., Ted Cruz didn’t cower when he got to Washington—he stood unequivocally for the American people.”

Fiorina allying with Cruz makes some superficial sense—one outsider endorsing another. But it probably makes the most sense to see Fiorina’s endorsement of Cruz as a statement of disgust with Donald Trump, and a realization that the only candidate with any serious chance of stopping him is the Texas senator.

Throughout her presidential run, Fiorina positioned herself as an outsider—a corporate executive rather than a party creature. That wasn’t exactly true. She had run for Senate as a Republican in 2010 and been an adviser to John McCain in 2008, and as McKay Coppins notes, party insiders encouraged her to run, thinking that it would benefit the party to have a woman and business leader in the race. Running as an outsider was shrewd in a year when Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Ted Cruz were all doing the same, but it wasn’t enough, and she dropped out in early February. (Editor’s note: Karl Rove encouraged donors to pour millions into her 2010 failed senate race – which she lost badly – much to the detriment of competitive tea party races throughout the country. This led some analysts to believe that she was used by the Establishment to drain away much needed resources from real conservatives running elsewhere) (Read more from “Why Did Carly Fiorina Endorse Ted Cruz?” HERE)

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Meghan McCain: Fiorina Endorsement ‘Swayed’ My Opinion of Cruz

By Rebecca Savransky. Meghan McCain on Wednesday said Carly Fiorina’s endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has influenced her opinion of the Texas senator.

“I’ve been hesitant about Ted Cruz and the Carly Fiorina endorsement has swayed my personal opinion,” McCain, the daughter of Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain, said on Fox News, The Right Scoop reported.

McCain said she was a “huge” fan and supporter of Fiorina during her presidential campaign. She noted that Fiorina’s endorsement of Cruz could have a “major impact.”

“I think her most notable moment was when Donald Trump talked about her face and she responded so eloquently during the debate,” McCain said. (Read more from “Meghan McCain: Fiorina Endorsement ‘Swayed’ My Opinion of Cruz” HERE)

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