“Cruz said that “as voters get more educated, study the candidates, listen to the candidates in person,” conservatives are getting behind his candidacy.”
If you do not go after the GOPe and the press like Trump has, you will not get that support.
The lay low strategy with an appeal to sophistication, assuming that the support for Trump is out of ignorance, is assuming a right to support that Trump has earned not just fallen into. That can be a recipe for a rude awakening.
Trump has the energy and the mo. Ted is putting together the origination state by state. These two could team up. Taking Ted to the two spot. If that happens the Tea party has come a long way in 5 years. Also knocked out Cantor,Boner and Kevin Mc Carthy.
I don’t think Trump ever said he is the only one going against the GOPe. But Cruz has the right to point out his own anti establishment credentials without attacking Trump.
At some point is time hopefully these two men will be the two top guys and they will have to be contrasting their views.
Only thing good for Ted doing this is the media will run with him versus Trump hoping that they will bump eachother off.
I don’t see either taking this negative.
Cruz knows he can’t get Trump voters going negative, if that worked Jindal, Walker, Paul, Fiorino, Jeb, and Perry wouldn’t have seen their polling numbers go into the toilet after attacking Trump
Ted thinks before he talks, I can’t see him making the same mistake.
People want civility and whomever attacks gets blamed.
Carson was smart to apologize and take back Trump remarks he made. Carson showed class and not only did his polling go up but his fund raising went up.
Obama has shown what mean and classless does to ones polling.
I seem to recall Jeb talking about how he was going to “educate” us about how great amnesty is. Condescension towards those voters you hope to attract is not a winning stragegy.
I used to BE for Cruz, until I got a good look at, and a good listening to, Trump. I realized that Trump’s the only one with the chops to bust up the Corrupt Bastards Club, and put us back on the right track.
So now, here comes Cruz, stating that stupid me, when I get over my stupidity and get educated, I’ll drop Trump and switch to him.
NEWS FLASH TO CRUZ: Your so-called “standing up to Washington” has netted We The People exactly WHAT? Let me tell YOU what your actions in Washington just this year have given us. One of your cutesy votes has given us JPP. And the other cutesy vote provided funding for ACA, as I understand it.
So please run your own campaign, and regarding stealing Trump’s voters; don’t count your chickens too early. You’re getting real close to p***ing me off.
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Trump has earned nothing but disdain for playing with the primary as though it were his TV show.
We need reality, and we need it now.