Candidates Quote by Rush Limbaugh

This is what happens in politics. The establishment doesn't like Ted Cruz either. It's not just Donald Trump. That's because he is who he…

— Rush Limbaugh

I recognize primaries are difficult things. We had a field of outstanding candidates. And primaries get a little bit rough. And it takes some…

— Mike Pence

There's a reason [Donald]Trump and [Ted] Cruz are one and two and that they take nearly 50 percent of the Republican electorate away in…

— Sean Hannity

Cruz is kind of an interesting person because he has the establishment Republican Party against him, that's what you're talking about, he also has…

— Chuck Woolery

[Ted] Cruz is not at all popular in the Senate. Republicans say he may be too disliked to be a nominee. And there is…

— Dalia Mogahed

The GOP establishment, in particular, is facing a pick-your-poison kind of decision. Many establishment Republicans dislike [Ted] Cruz personally. He has no Senate endorsements.

— Mara Liasson

As far as party primaries are concerned, both Republican - and Democratic - Party primaries are dominated by the most zealous voters, whose views…

— Thomas Sowell

It's [Ted] Cruz and [Donald] Trump until the establishment or unless the establishment figures rally around one person. I still think the best person…

— Laura Ingraham

Some people think [Ted] Cruz is just as bad of an electoral nightmare down the ballot as [Donald] Trump.

— Dalia Mogahed

Incumbents rarely face major primary challengers. Those who even get one do so because they're not beloved within at least part of their party.

— Harry Enten

I think voters are very sophisticated, very strategic. They know that Hillary Clinton can be beaten. And so they will look at Donald Trump,…

— Hugh Hewitt

I think Senator [Ted] Cruz's strategy is that there's 4.5 million, 5 million Republicans that didn't vote in 2012. This is the conventional wisdom…

— Rush Limbaugh