“But would Cruz be as erratic, would he be as explosive, would he be as unsettling as Trump? I doubt it.”
After last night’s debate performance, I disagree. Cruz seemed unable to make a cogent point on his own without going after Trump, and he tried the same ‘fiery preacher’ manner without success in almost every answer.
Do you know why there’s a stereotype of evangelicals as unlikeable, Bible-thumping conservatives? It’s because of “explosive,” “unsettling” incidents like that. Nobody wants to be lectured to by an angry preacher, least of all the Independent and Democrat crossover voters in the general.
Trump appeals to people’s common ideas, which is why people will remember more of what he said. They’ll remember him talking about Islam and globalization in such stark terms.
The intelligentsia just can’t seem to understand why people aren’t falling on themselves to vote for another bought-and-paid-for policy wonk.
Yeah, that’s why he’s the United States Senator from arguably the most important state in the Union and only slightly trailing the frontrunner for the Republican nomination after only three years in office. Do you folks even read your posts before you hit the button?
The proper word for such is "staff."