Good point, Cruz announced before Trump. He had a head start, so to speak. How come he’s not winning?
After the backhanded compliment Mitt gave Cruz yesterday, if he were a man of honor & decency, he would drop out. Because Mitt announced that they intended to USE Cruz voters to force a brokered/contested convention in order to foist a “mystery ticket” on the GOP voters. And it won’t include Cruz, btw.
And after knowing what the game plan is, any human being that goes to the polls and casts a vote for Cruz should be seeking psychiatric help this weekend. There, they can figure out why they are voting for a Jeb Bush/Lindsey Graham ticket or whatever...
Here is a thought I had the other day:
The GOPe know that most Trump supporters would (holding their nose) vote for Ted if he got the most delegates. At this point it doesn’t seem like he will though.
So, as a way to both bring Teds people along, and keep Trumps people from walking in the other direction - they make a backroom deal with Ted. In the brokered they nominate someone like Ryan, and he sez right away that Ted will be his running mate - there ya go. Teds people are not super pissed, because at the least their guy is on the ticket - so that leaves Trump people. Who have stated all along they will vote for whomever is the nom. The GOPe will claim (to Trumps supporters) that since Cruz is a CONSERVATIVE who is HATED by the establishment - yet he is on the ticket, THIS absolutely shows the GOPe is “listening to the little people”. It would be a solution which they actually could sell.
It would be a kick in the teeth to everyone who voted in the primaries and to every candidate who ran. It would be a betrayal of the people, but that won’t stop established politicians. I count Cruz as “one of them”. I think his ambition is all-consuming.
Now, would Cruz agree to it? I think if he understood that without enough delegates for a clean shot as the nominee, it was his only shot at being on the ticket ... I happen to think he would go for it.
WHY did Trump pull Four years ago? Just afraid Romney would beat him? Trump would have probably won the election. Maybe he was afraid to run against Obummer. Trump must earn this nomination. No, Cruz did not have a head start, but he has a right to stay in . Kasich has won his home state and came in second as the president of New Hampshire and is the most liberal.