‘We get whipped.” By way of proof, the first-term senator informs Republican crowds that in 2012, when the party nominated Mitt Romney, roughly half of all born-again Christian voters and millions of blue-collar conservatives stayed home.’
And this is inaccurate?????
We know the Economist is a lefty rag so if they’re saying Cruz is a bad choice then you know he scares the hell out of the lefties here as well.
Everyone in the world could vote and the world voted overwhemingly for 0bama. He soon would get a Nobel Prize.
The Commies in Cuba actually outvoted our military personnel at Gitmo.
These people at the Economist are first class, one-world, elitists pukes.
0bama ran as the most liberal Senator and candidate ever, and won by motivating his liberal base against a dispirited conservative base.
Cruz is Turnabout.
What a bunch of crap!
“a bully who has prospered by inciting rage.”
Is he talking about Obama who incites rioting every chance he gets. He must be talking about Obama!
We tried with McCain, who was loathe to do battle against Obama.. and failed. Then we tried with Romney, who ALSO refused to mix it up with Obama.. and — with the exception of one bright moment after the first debate — failed.
If Cruz fails, it won’t be due to an unwillingness to take the fight to the enemy.
Romney mccain dole and bush all moderates & lost
I hope “The Economist” thinks this is a harmful editorial against Sen. Cruz. Why? The Schadenfreude on election day will be glorious.
5.56mm
“Mr. Cruz is a clever and eloquent man. All the more reason to beware him.”
First off, the writer is incapable of using the English language correctly.
Second, he says of Senator Cruz, that people should, “beware him” because Cruz is intelligent and eloquent. The author is concerned that someone intelligent and eloquent would be a big problem. He also complains that Cruz earned a Supreme Court clerkship. And he is concerned that Cruz actually believes in moral values.
The Republicans must nominate someone who has no morals, is unintelligent and is unable to articulate a message according to the article. Only then will they have any chance of winning.
Econo-MISSED.................
Briar patch - don’t throw me there, etc. Meh.
The Economist is nothing more than a coffee table decoration for liberals that want to fool visitors at their next quinoa and kale themed potluck dinner that they are so really smart about monetary policy and the ways of the world.
It's garbage.
Stonewall Jackson lost his arm in the Chancellorsville campaign in Challorsville Va. Near route 3 # Germana Highway.
Brilliant leader and general by the way.
If Robert E. Lee didn’t loose Thomas Stonewall Jackson, and didn’t try to invade the North the south would or could have won the war.
On to news about Ted Cruz...
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| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE |
Clinton (D)
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Trump (R)
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Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 10/25 - 11/19 | -- | -- | 47.6 | 43.2 | Clinton +4.4 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 11/16 - 11/19 | 1016 RV | 4.0 | 41 | 46 | Trump +5 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 11/16 - 11/17 | 1360 RV | 2.7 | 45 | 44 | Clinton +1 |
| McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy | 10/29 - 11/4 | 541 RV | 4.2 | 56 | 41 | Clinton +15 |
| QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 10/29 - 11/2 | 1144 RV | 2.9 | 46 | 43 | Clinton +3 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 10/25 - 10/29 | 847 RV | 3.4 | 50 | 42 | Clinton +8 |
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE |
Clinton (D)
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Cruz (R)
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Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 10/29 - 11/19 | -- | -- | 45.8 | 44.5 | Clinton +1.3 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 11/16 - 11/19 | 1016 RV | 4.0 | 41 | 45 | Cruz +4 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 11/16 - 11/17 | 1360 RV | 2.7 | 46 | 44 | Clinton +2 |
| McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy | 10/29 - 11/4 | 541 RV | 4.2 | 53 | 43 | Clinton +10 |
| QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 10/29 - 11/2 | 1144 RV | 2.9 | 43 | 46 | Cruz +3 |
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE |
Rubio (R)
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Clinton (D)
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Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 10/25 - 11/19 | -- | -- | 46.0 | 44.6 | Rubio +1.4 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 11/16 - 11/19 | 1016 RV | 4.0 | 50 | 42 | Rubio +8 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 11/16 - 11/17 | 1360 RV | 2.7 | 45 | 43 | Rubio +2 |
| McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy | 10/29 - 11/4 | 541 RV | 4.2 | 45 | 50 | Clinton +5 |
| QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 10/29 - 11/2 | 1144 RV | 2.9 | 46 | 41 | Rubio +5 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 10/25 - 10/29 | 847 RV | 3.4 | 44 | 47 | Clinton +3 |
The euroweenies at the economist don’t like Cruz. Big surprise there.
But, of course, Hillary and the Democrats running as far left as possible is “smart politics”
What an utter waste of ink “The Economist” has become.
Your candidate is ?
Cruz got enough moderate support to win in Texas.
Doing it nationally is a bigger challenge.
We just have to see if he can.
If he hasn’t shown he can get moderate support by South Carolina I don’t think he can be a viable candidate.
But he may: he has lots of money, good skills, and a good case to make.