[TheRealThing]

Fox is now in full Rubio mode. This evening, I watched Greta, who I generally feel is one of the most fair interviewers left on FNC, grill Cruz over Rubio's lies about Cruz's record on the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill. Cruz's explanation of his amendment made perfect sense to me, but it seemed as if Greta was wearing earplugs.

Cruz said the amendment that he proposed was one page long and would have added language to Rubio's bill that would have barred illegal aliens from ever getting citizenship. Instead of reading the bill, Greta kept reading a single sentence from a letter that was signed by Cruz, Jeff Sessions, Mike Lee, and Steve King, all of whom opposed the Rubio-Schumer bill.

Last night, I watched Brett Baier, who was apparently working from the same script as Greta, give Cruz the same third degree and asking him virtually the same questions. Apparently FNC employees have their marching orders from Ailes and Company.

Today's FNC poll shows Hillary beating Trump by 8 points in a head-to-head match-up - with Cruz in a dead heat with her. If Cruz can win Iowa, I believe that the race will tighten up quickly.

I thought Rubio showed very bad judgment in missing the vote on the spending bill. He has also made a big mistake in attacking Cruz on immigration. The "everybody else was doing the same thing" argument is a weak one, even when it is true. I remember Cruz going on the Rush Limbaugh show to urge listeners to call Congress to urge their representatives to vote against the Gang of Eight bill.

Rubio is a fool to claim that Cruz supported amnesty just like he supported it himself. You don't win conservative votes by becoming a target of both Rush and Mark Levin and his lies about Cruz's record has placed him in their crosshairs.

I heard that back and forth between Cruz and Greta. I'm sure you caught this but Greta was incredulous with Cruz because he would enforce immigration law in deporting illegals. She just kept repeating, "you mean you're going to deport 12 million Moms, Dads and children?" Which of course means that though she is a lawyer of sorts, she is none the less all-in for amnesty. Greta is weird by most standards in my book, I just cannot stand to listen to her simplistic sidestep any longer. She is one of those people who can't seem to discern the truth from the lie. I find that she is naively prone to buy into the administration's spiel regarding the stands they have taken on so many controversial issues. When she has someone come on to refute the White House rationale, she always rejects what they have to say, erring on the side of liberalism.

At any rate, Cruz's explanation made perfect sense to me too, and let's be honest here. Rubio has engaged Cruz in the news making manner he has, because he has in my view the most to loose. He did get up close and personal with Schumer and the Dems love him for it. Every one of them give him an attaboy whenever they get the chance, it's sickeningly obvious. FOX News is so in Rubio's corner. The only ones I watch anymore are Hannity, Varney & Co, Lou Dobbs, and Judge Jeanine. Rubio did in fact show extremely poor judgment in missing the spending bill vote but, I'd bet he did it for political reasons. Overall, FOX keeps drifting further and further left.

The head to head between Hillary/Cruz and Hillary/Trump will change as soon as Iowa votes.