Which is what happened in '12. The GOPe could have run someone willing and able to take it to Obama and win the race; instead, they decided to run with Myth.
Posted on 12/13/2015 11:07:32 AM PST by NRx
Which is what happened in '12. The GOPe could have run someone willing and able to take it to Obama and win the race; instead, they decided to run with Myth.
Why are we worried about “crossover” potential? We tried that garbage with McCain and Romney. I think everyone in the base would get out hard for Cruz. Much more so than Romney.
Does Trump have crossover potential. Yes. Tons of it. But he also has the chance of blowing up badly with center and center right women.
Trump could campaign for Cruz.
Women love Trump.
He does want to abolish the IRS, that may appeal to some working class taxpayers.
I suspect It is what the GOPe wants this time also.
Not the center/center right women I’m around in suburban America. They can’t stand Trump, and while they aren’t thrilled with Hillary they all respect her whole “career thing”.
I saw Cruz’s wife the other talking about how romantic he is, always bringing her flowers and never forgetting date night.
I am middle America too. The ones I know think Cruz is a creep.
Cruz is the best choice.
I think some do. But Cruz now has a 30 day window to invent himself as a lot of voters now give him a look.
He is who is is. So is Trump. This re-invent thing is Hillary BS fail.
It's Cruz, not Trump, who looks more like favorite to win GOP nominationThat's a message to Hillary donors because if the donors know it's Trump, the money will dry up. However, the donors know Hillary can beat Cruz like a rented mule.
Because of Cruz's lack of diplomacy with his own party, Hillary can make the (maybe true) case that she would be better at working with Congress than the not so liked or respected, even by his own party, Cruz.
Trump would own Congress and the media...he already does.
WAPO and the donors know this.
In a debate, Cruz would be the adult in the room carefully laying out the changes need to save our country.
Hillary will just promise a bunch of free crap and whine about Wall Street and the banks. The sub 100 IQ'er's will lap it up. Hillary wins.
Because 94% of African-Americans APPROVE of Trump's proposed Muslim ban, and Cilliza knows Hillary can beat Cruz.
But he also has the chance of blowing up badly with center and center right women.Then I guess "center and center right women" prefer whining wussies over powerful, confident men (I don't think so).
Most likely it will be a Trump/Cruz team that will be an “old and ill” Hillary.
Rather that it will be a Trump/Cruz ticket against a “old and ill” Hillary.
Oh absolutely. Gibsmedats just don’t exist in the lower levels of society; the GOP is full of them - none more so than at the top. Their motto? “I got mine and you ain’t takin’ it away!”
Right now only a small segment if the electorate has focused on who Ted Cruz is and what he is about. He isn’t going to reinvent. He’s starting with a semi clean slate with a vast majority of the electorate (who don’t post on political websites 24/7 like we do). .
He may not pass the test. Or he may. We’ll see.
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