Bob Dole Rips Cruz; Party Will Suffer ‘Cataclysmic’ Losses if Cruz Is Nominee

SNOW: “One other note today. Bob Dole, the former Republican presidential candidate getting into it with Ted Cruz a little bit?”
JACKSON: “Yeah. And ‘The New York Times,’ telling ‘the Times’ that he believed that if Cruz were the Republican nominee, Kate, that it would signal wholesale losses for the rest of the party down ballot, questioning Cruz’s allegiance to the party, according to ‘The Times.’ This is something, Kate, we haven’t heard Ted Cruz react to this jut yet, as he mentioned he went down to Washington today, coming back up to New Hampshire tonight to finish campaigning. But, you might imagine that after a situation like this, the Cruz campaign might almost be gleeful about it, right. Because Bob Dole is sort of the old guard heart of the Republican Party the quote/unquote ‘Washington cartel’ that Ted Cruz so often rails against. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the campaign paint these comments from Dole in that light and, in fact, use that to galvanize support around Cruz and try to build up his status as this sort of so-called anti-establishment outsider candidate.”
SNOW: “All right, Hallie Jackson, up in New Hampshire. Hallie thanks, again for analysis of the Republican race —“