I am willing to vote for Cruz in the general, and I certainly anticipate that he would be a better POTUS than any of the Republican nominees (there were better candidates) since 1988.
This illustrates the greatest reservation I have about Cruz. Can sufficient ‘peer pressure’ be brought to make him crack and equivocate or compromise. This indicates to me that yes, it can. When he has something to lose, Cruz will play an excessively cautious game, IMO. He -knows- better. But does he truly have the grit? I think not. This is a question about fortitude, not intellect.
This illustrates the greatest reservation I have about Cruz. Can sufficient ‘peer pressure’ be brought to make him crack and equivocate or compromise. This indicates to me that yes, it can. When he has something to lose, Cruz will play an excessively cautious game, IMO. He -knows- better. But does he truly have the grit? I think not. This is a question about fortitude, not intellect.
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Cruz is a politician. That is something I accept. It explains his non-statement of a statement last night when commenting on Trump’s latest soundbite. After delivering a non-statement to give himself time to ponder the issue and possibly, as you say, take “peer pressure” into account, Ted fell flat on face.
The only conceivable thing I can think of is his statement, which is un-Cruz-like, plays well in Iowa where his focus has been.
In which case, he is pandering.