Go ahead underestimate Cruz...he can his own against the left and the RiNo’s even without Trump, who IMO will drop out after Jeb. Cruzust raised 12 million since Sept...like no sweat, Cruz’ game is strong like Donkey Kong.
May I remind you that Eric Cnator outspent his opponent 10-1 and lost. Jeb Bush has hundreds of millions of dollars and is slipping in the polls. I don’t know why people think that a candidate can necessarily win just by raking in big bucks.
I beg yer puddin’.....er...aahh....PARDON! I was for Cruz before Trump announced. But once Trump did, I realized that he’s the only one with the means and the chops to defeat the Corrupt Bastards Club in DC, and start turning our Country around.
I appreciate that Cruz is a Christian brother; that he’s a brilliant lawyer; that he’s a skillful debater. But it has slowly sunk in to my little six volt mind, that the latter two of those attributes may be a detriment.
On the stump or in an argument Cruz is so smooth and erudite that he comes off almost like Slick Willy. Like he could sell bagged ice to Eskimos. There’s a REASON why Cruz just hangs at around 6%. And I’m beginning to think that’s why.
There’s also the fact that he’s a sitting senator and a Washington insider. In today’s political climate, being even a little bit of a DC insider is like being a little bit pregnant. But the biggie, to my mind, is the lingering fact of those several unfortunate, ill advised, typical politician-type votes Cruz made. Votes that make him appear to be an Obama-ite, in the mold of Lindsey Graham or John McCain.
It will take one or two Trump terms, of Cruz still as a senator, or in some other capacity, studiously, consistently doing the RIGHT things, to live that down, everything else being equal. But now that Cruz has apparently tossed a turd into the punch bowl, by beating his chest about how he’s going to replace Trump at the top, all bets are off. The outcome from THAT will depend upon how Trump responds. All I know is, “You don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t spit into the wind. You don’t pull the mask off the Lone Ranger......”