Cruz has to hope he makes the debate—he was out of the top 10 in a Reuters poll yesterday.
Cruz was actually doing quite well....conservatives were cheering him on....he seemed to have some steam going, saying and doing the right things......a real champion.
But a dumb move deflated his chances.....he made a big deal of meeting w/ Trump. Who knows why? Out of good will?
Conservatives don't like it when they're standard bearers do things that make them look dumb.
That's when he sunk to the bottom.
| Poll | Date | Trump | Walker | Bush | Rubio | Huckabee | Carson | Paul | Cruz | Kasich | Christie | Perry | Jindal | Santorum | Fiorina | Pataki | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 7/13 - 7/28 | 20.8 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Trump +7.1 |
That is a laugh and a half.
The Reuters poll was an online poll. Those aren’t in consideration. He was also in 4th in the Rasmussen poll yesterday. He’ll be at the debate. Plenty of time to get traction. Newt and Santorum were both polling worse than Cruz last go around... Santorum was polling as bad as Graham. Not saying Cruz will win, but he probably will get a look, assuming he debates as well as advertised.
Not that I’d put much stock in a Rueters poll, but that means that if Trump or Rubio or anyone else was out, Cruz would be in. I bet the establishment would prefer Trump be in the debates rather than Cruz. They’ve been trying to limit Cruz’s visibility from the getgo and Trump has certainly made that happen.