Mild attack piece? This is a sneaky deal killer. In other words, he is fakin’ it to get the nomination, then we think maybe he will be more like Bush to make us happy.
I admit these columnists and pundits are spending a lot of time being creative in their attempts to drag people down.
LOL
More Reagan like. Even RR moved more to the center as time went on. He never lost his core conservatism though.
He demonstrates remarkable "flexibility" on a large number of issues.
I'm being generous. He mentioned later in his article that "No-nobody is suggesting Cruz is "Nixonian" in the sweaty, paranoid Watergate burglary sense of the term.
not to mention the fact that Cruz doesn’t even believe the establishment bullshit that moving to the center is how you win general elections. History proves otherwise.
Yabutt only 10% of the way H->! is in those categories.
No, not faking it, but he's not going to make it on his first try. Maybe if Ted stays in the game long enough and makes enough tries he will finally get to the White House, but by then he'll have aged and ripened a bit and won't be the Ted Cruz you remember or want him to be.
It's not at all uncommon for politicians to be different from what they were at the beginning of their careers when they finally get the brass ring or golden ticket. Many politicians are in the game a long time and aren't very likeable to begin with. Nixon's the one who finally won, and that's one reason for taking him as an example here.
Of course, Nixonian has other connotations as well and the author probably intended to get the negative ones out there and make them stick to Cruz. Hillary against Cruz would in a way be a contest to see who comes across as less Nixonian, Hillary with her lying or Ted with what a lot of people see as his unlikeability.