How is that a bad thing?
Cruz will have my vote.
Unfortunately, the Texas primary won’t mean much in 2016 because it is too late and the caucus voters in Iowa and the primary voters in New Hampshire could well put us well down the road to another non-electable candidate.
Which is why the GOPe will always see to it that the blue-leaning states of NH and IA will saddle us with unelectable candidates in perpetuity.
If Cruz runs, the early Republican primary debates will be key for his becoming known all over the US. Still plenty of time for him to become more widely known.
Chris Christie?!
For any number of reasons, not the least of which is his Christian daughter, he's been slowly shedding his outward signs of leftism. The silly COEXIST sticker once on his car is gone. He now flies both the flags of America and Texas on his front porch. And, back during high school football season, while attending a game where his daughter was a cheerleader, he confessed that he voted for Ted Cruz, noting that he admired his intellect and frank honesty.
Even an MSNBC host, Chris Hayes, has grudging respect for our fine senator:
In October 2007, I sat in the media gallery of the United States Supreme Court and watched the Solicitor General of Texas [Ted Cruz] argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a Mexican national who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in Houston. He won that argument and he was executed by Texas on August 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the United Nations and the International Court of Justice.
At the time, I had no idea who this man arguing on behalf of Texas was. but all I could think was holy c**p, this guy is good. It was one of his nine times arguing before the Supreme Court and he was witty, incredibly fast on his feet and clearly had a brilliant legal mind. It is to this day one of the most impressive displays I have ever seen before the Court and I have had the good fortune to spend a lot of time there.
Of course he is