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“What does a man like that do with an opening bid of $52 million and the support of both small donors and some fabulously rich men?

Aim.

Bush probably won’t be Cruz’s first target. The most pressing business for Cruz is to consolidate support on the party’s right, which will require reducing Scott Walker from Destroyer of Unions to just a guy who talks out of both sides of his mouth. Walker’s inconsistency on key issues — darned if we don’t encounter immigration and Common Core again! — is the sort of story that can be easily explained in 29.5 seconds. And Cruz’s money will buy a lot of 29.5-second blocks to tell it.

If Cruz succeeds in dispatching the unreliable Walker, he can inherit some of Walker’s support and turn either to Marco Rubio, if Rubio has gained traction, or to the main event: Bush.

The beauty of Cruz’s positioning is that it insulates him from lesser claims on his virtue — such as calls for partisan loyalty or Senate collegiality. If he annihilates Walker, Rubio and/or Bush — any of whom is likely to be more electable than Cruz — they will only be incidental casualties, the kind of sacrifices required of a true patriot. Some Republicans might wish that Cruz loved his country, or himself, just a little bit less. “

The most pressing business for Cruz is to consolidate support on the party’s right, which will require reducing Scott Walker from Destroyer of Unions to just a guy who talks out of both sides of his mouth.

A lot of us who are for Cruz first, and Walker second, with reservations about both, appreciate that Cruz has not done that. There is a lot of low hanging fruit, such as Dr. Ben Carson who was grabbing about 11% before Trump jumped into the pool. Carson also has about $10 million to stay in for a while. Huckster also still polls decently.

Walker's votes don't necessarily all go to Cruz. Like it or not, a substantial segmaent of primary voters want a governor, NOT a Senator. Walker takes votes from John Ellis Bush as well as from Cruz, Carson, Jindal, Santorum, Huckabee, etc. While the illegal alien issue and Common Core are not Walker's strong points, those of us who have lived and/or worked in Wisconsin would not even dream of categorizing him as weak or a flip-flopper in general.

....which will require reducing Scott Walker from Destroyer of Unions to just a guy who talks out of both sides of his mouth. Walker's inconsistency on key issues...is the sort of story that can be easily explained in 29.5 seconds.

I realized that a long time ago and have tried to tell people that Walker changes his stance on issues daily. The man needs some strong convictions and then, he needs to stand by them come hell or high water.
I hope I'm posting this early enough that the Walker groupies are still asleep this Saturday morning and won't excoriate me before breakfast.