Posted on 11/08/2015 7:12:45 PM PST by VinL
Ted Cruz is leading the most ambitious national campaign no one sees coming.
Ted Cruz could be president.
This sounds like a gag, or at least, the lead to a truism: Anyone could be president, if they run. But it’s serious. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the accomplished, theatrical avatar of grassroots conservatives, has a real shot at winning the presidency of the United States.
In the sprawling race for the 2016 Republican nomination, just a few candidates stand as “plausible†nominees—people who could win the primary, and thus, could stand against the Democratic Party nominee in a general election. At the “most plausible†end are Jeb ush and Sen. Marco Rubio, who fit the mold of the kinds of people that parties, and the GOP in particular, nominate. After a series of poor, listless debate performances, Bush has almost collapsed, with shrinking support from voters and increasingly, donors. By contrast, Rubio—pushed along by his own skill as well as Bush’s failure—is surging into pole position as the front-runner. He’s moved forward in the polls, won new attention from GOP billionairies, and scored endorsements from fellow Republican lawmakers.
At the other end are the vanity and factional candidates—people running to represent an interest group, a constituency, or just because they can. Celebrity mogul Donald Trump and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson are still leading the national Republican polls, but given their problems—everything from extreme views to scant political experience—it’s difficult to see how they consolidate the GOP behind their campaigns for the nomination. Carly Fiorina, Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Rand Paul, Gov. Chris Christie, and Mike Huckabee have supporters, but in the face of stronger competitors with more cash and resources, it’s hard to see how they pull to the front.
And then there’s Cruz, who (snip)
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Ted Cruz, on the other hand, is one of those Polar Vortex frigid cold fronts. It's coming down from the Arctic, slow and steady, but inexorable--- nothing can be done to stop it.
I liken it to Slate pumping a candidate they know they can beat.
“inexorable” Great word, used it last in a college paper. Thank you.
Ping
How’s about this little jewel?
Under darkness, dead of night, Cruz proceeds to gather flight. He has a formed a mass grass roots organization. Perhaps, perhaps he does have an opportunity!! Hooray! Slate, thanks for making my day!
I can only live with Trump or Cruz as the nominee. Just thinking bout it, what a leap in galaxies compared to those clowns Romney and McLame.
When the left writes a piece that both praises and castigates you then we know who it is they fear.
Funny, I was just exoring some guys last night. Hate to think I might run into someone I couldn't exor.
Are you sure that's the reaction? I'd rather they hate hate hated him, and then committed suicide.
Cruz cannot and will not win. We lose with a martyr and that is all that Cruz is at the moment. He has zero traction. His positions on H1B are simply unacceptable.
Cruz cannot and will not win. We lose with a martyr and that is all that Cruz is at the moment. He has zero traction. His positions on H1B are simply unacceptable.
Certified ignore.
Eh, well, I met him, and he is impressive and candid about the corruption in Washington, centered on Hillary.
Legal immigration is fine, he supports it.
Flame away.
Like a Texas Blue Norther?
Just like! -:)
I read an article where one of his former college debate opponents said:
“He [Cruz] seemed to be the presumptive winner,†says Niblock. “This might be my biggest problem with him: He took all the fun out of it. He prepared and prepared, came to the tournament on the weekend, executed his plan, and then went back to Princeton to take the fun out of something else.
Actually, the latest Monmouth University poll has Ted Cruz beating Hilary Clinton. The only one losing to Hilary is Donald Trump.
Is that why the latest poll has Ted Cruz beating Hilary Clinton even as Donald Trump loses to Hilary? Nominating Donald Trump will be suicide. Trump is a bigger RINO than Mitt Romney ever was.
Cruz or lose.
“......In which case, we have a grinding, difficult Republican primary. And, like Obama was, it’s one Cruz is prepared to win. I said, at the beginning, that Ted Cruz could become president. The calculation is straightforward: If Cruz can fight to a matchup with Rubio, he has a strong shot at the nomination. If he wins that, then-by definition-the White House is possible. And before you assure yourself that Cruz could never beat the eventual Democratic nominee, consider this: Only one candidate in 50 years has won a third consecutive term for their party. If the economy is a little weak, and people are unhappy, then yes: Ted Cruz could be president.”
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