N.H. GOP honcho: Ted Cruz will not darken our doorstep
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3267325/posts
He is also very smooth and relaxed with aggressive media interviewers, has a positive record of executive-level governance, has an ability to interact with common folk (since he came up as one of them, unlike Dauphin Bush), and is more battle-tested than any GOPer in recent history.
Further... he's a fearless and aggressive political fighter -- in fact he not only can do battle, he relishes the opportunity... and unlike many Repubs, is won't be awed or daunted by the likes of Hillary Clinton.
The Old Man's demise was a suicide...he looked down on all the cars with Assachusetts and New Yuck plates and gave up the ghost.