He had no chance of blunting Romney. He would have blunted Santorum, they would have split that “Santuckabee” vote and Santorum would have been done early. They’ll both run in 16 and do this to each other in Iowa is my prediction. Huckatorum is not a recipe for victory.
Agreed. Cruz has to expand his base to win. He doesn’t need to “move to the center”, but needs to make moves to expand his base. He has established himself as a strong social conservative. He can reaffirm that when asked, but probably shouldn’t press the issues else risk being stuck splitting that percentage with Santuckabee. He can run a broad based campaign and then inherit the Santuckabee vote when they drop out.