I try to be as realistic as possible in my posts.
Personally I favor Cruz as president by 2:1 over any other candidate.
But 40 years of engineering career behind me has taught me to be brutally realistic in my conclusions.
And sadly, Cruz is perceived as more polarizing than many other GOP contenders. Perception is everything in politics.
“And sadly, Cruz is perceived as more polarizing than many other GOP contenders. Perception is everything in politics.”
I agree with you.
Cruz plays for his base but there isn’t enough of his base to carry him to the end.
Outside of his base he doesn’t do well.
He doesn’t have much potential to grow his base.
I realize the rallying cry here at FR is that a real conservative will win but really the facts don’t support that.
There were more conservative options in 2008 and 2012.
The voters didn’t go for them though.