[Olog-hai]

Wow, the AP is trying to spin Cruz leftwards.

[katiedidit1]

What a bunch of garbage and you are right; it is left wing spin

[nopardons]

"TONE MATTERS" ?

Really Ted?

That's a nasty backhanded slam on Trump and not a "wise" thing to say.

[Balding_Eagle]

I agree with Ted on the tone matters bit.

Tone does matter, and I like Trumps tone.

[DaveyB]

Cruz is acting all mature and presidential again!

Doesn't he know? The polls don't want presidential they want entertaining.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

From the article:

"I am the son of an immigrant who came from Cuba with nothing, came here legally," Cruz

Even this I have come to doubt after doing a lot of reading on this topic, though I have not verified all of the alleged facts I have come into contact with. Rafael Cruz, after claiming he was tortured every 4 hours by Batista, beaten "half to death" or to the point where his body went numb, and then released... not to the doctor, but to his father, claims he came to America with no cash and was working full time while going to school full time, and that he got a social security card within 48 hours by just walking in and getting it.

Not only does it not work like that, but his type of student visa wouldn't have been eligible for a social security card anyway, nor were they, according to law at that time (at least according to the articles I've been reading-- I personally have NOT verified the law at that point), allowed to work during their first year of schooling.

This means either Rafael was actually an illegal alien, OR he was violating immigration law, OR he is just lying to make his story look better.

[mrsmith]

Actually the article is a vicious attack on Cruz.

Propagandistically it is designed to counter a Cruz attempt to appeal to moderate voters. Which he has to do.
The AP never missed a lesson it could learn from Goebbels...

[jpsb]

But of course, we are being invaded and Cruz is worried about tone. Maybe he should do what he good at and hand out more Teddy Bears to the illegals as they illegally cross are southern borders.

[jwalsh07]

No, the AP is painting Cruz, Trump, Carson and every other American who believes in the rule of law as it pertains to borders as xenophobes. Surprised you missed that.

[Patton@Bastogne]

[lewislynn]

Judging by Cruz's "tone" in the article I'd say he's getting a little nervous, if not desperate about his lackluster campaigning. Posting a new Ted Cruz thread every 30 minutes (with almost no replies) doesn't seem to help any.

He's not really shining above anyone else as much as they are simply failing.

He's a dud.

[Walrus]

“Ted Cruz is one of the most hated men in Washington...”

You say that like it’s a BAD thing.

[Lisbon1940]

Cruz thinks Trump is an electable liberal.

[FourPeas]

"I am not going to approach this election like a theater critic — giving my reviews of every word uttered by every other Republican," Cruz said. "I'm going to focus on my message."

Tone does matter. Absolutely. So does not playing the media game of in-fighting amongst Republicans for the press's amusement. Thankfully Cruz seems to know *and* practice this.