{"id":21429,"date":"2016-04-28T13:50:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T20:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=21429"},"modified":"2016-04-28T13:50:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T20:50:41","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-28042016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/28\/squatchs-open-thread-28042016\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 28\/04\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I'm back again.  I have my course in liberal biblical studies tonight which is interesting but somewhat time intensive — 4 hours of homework in addition to 3 hours of class time plus dinner each week.  The course goes for another four weeks after tonight.  Tomorrow is teaching at Lucia's house, and then Sunday is the Alzheimer's Walk for Memories and a visit with my mother.  Once the course is done, I'll have a bit more time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

NY Times<\/span><\/a><\/strong> — <\/strong>Senator Ted Cruz of Texas often casts himself as the rightful heir to Ronald Reagan’s mantle of conservatism, and on Wednesday he took a page directly out of the former president’s playbook.<\/p>\n

By tapping Carly Fiorina to be his running mate<\/a>, Mr. Cruz becomes the first presidential candidate since Reagan to name a vice-presidential pick without having the nomination locked up. In 1976, Reagan teamed up with Richard S. Schweiker,<\/a> a Pennsylvania senator, in a desperate attempt to grab the nomination from President Gerald R. Ford as it was slipping away. At that point, Mr. Ford’s delegate lead had become virtually insurmountable.<\/p>\n

Rachel had this to say about Cruz's announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n