First off congrats on Ted doing so well. I will admit I was pretty skeptical about his ability to get into the first rank of candidates back this summer. I was wrong about that and Ted has made it to clear second place in the contest, and is far ahead of the rest, except Rubio who is finally starting to be a solid and close 3rd to Ted.
But I still wonder if he has much chance of getting elected. Just as Trump seems to have a 35% ceiling (and has bounced off it couple times) so too does Cruz seem to have a 20% ceiling. It seems like Rubio has been picking up more of the people supporting the recent drop-outs (Huckabee, Christie, Fiorina, Rand & Santorum), which is what has moved him so close to Ted.
When I look at this statement for instance, it seems like Red Meat for Team Ted, but not so persuasive for the 80% of GOP voters who are currently not backing him.
Unlike others here I'm not really interested in a mud-throwing contest. I don't view anything Ted has said as a terrible lie, and the kerfuffle with Carson was unfortunate, but hardly makes him worthy of the dissing he has received. Political hay has been made.
But I'm still left thinking that he's not really on target to win the nomination, and has even less chance of winning the general (not that that really matters much to me, because so much could happen on the other side I think it's best for us to just nominate the best candidate, and work to win from there. Things like a Hillary indictment, Bernie nomination, or either of them dropping dead mid-campaign make the chances of whoever we nominate better than average) .
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You can’t be serious.
Cruz is either first or second choice of almost everyone.
When the field clears, only Cruz will be standing.
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