Cruz told Megyn Kelly that his 2012 race proves he can win 2016. It’s impossible to prove him wrong.

The Washington Post's The Fix Blog ^ | March 25, 2015 | Chris Cillizza

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) had a simple response to Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly when she asked him whether he could win the presidency: Look at 2012.

That was the year in which Cruz, then Texas's solicitor general, was elected to the Senate. “We brought together conservatives and libertarians and evangelicals and women and young people and Hispanics and Reagan Democrats,” Cruz said of that race.

To which I say: Who knows?

The reason for the uncertainty is that there was no exit poll in 2012 in Texas. It was one of 19 states where the broadcast networks and the Associated Press canceled exits as a cost-saving measure. Those states were chosen for exclusion because they were not considered competitive at the presidential level and also had next to no competitive gubernatorial or Senate races.

So we have no way to test Cruz's claims that he won over "women," "young people" and "Hispanics."(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

They're so EAGER to catch him out in a lie or even a slight misstatement while doing next to nothing about Hillary Clinton's egregious flouting of dozens of laws. Amazing!

[Hattie]

I’m from TX and I can tell you people were determined to get to the polls just to vote for Cruz. The dirty tricks, Dem - like elites down here are just like the Jeb Bush bunch and the people of TX had their fill of that variety. He had all kinds of voters, exit polls or not.

[napscoordinator]

Winning in a deep red state. Impressive. I would like to see him in a dirty purple state. That would be interesting.