Cruz appeals to evangelicals. I can see him winning a few southern states.
Cruz appeals to solid conservatives. There isn’t anyone in the race espousing a more consistently conservative series of positions.
Everyone wants to nitpick that fact. But really, nitpicking over a guy who has the right basically locked down on all positions is nitpicking, not fundamental undermining.
Social Conservative.
National Security Conservative.
Fiscal Conservative.
Border Conservative.
Economic Conservative.
I think Cruz has consciously attempted to make sure he has coherent, full on conservative positions on each. Does that mean he has been perfectly consistent throughout his career? No. There are a very few instances where he strayed. But he got back on the reservation pretty quickly.
Folks may want their populist red meat. Fine. That still means the Uniparty loses.
But I’ll take as much actual conservatism as I can find every time.
Today, that’s Cruz.
Cruz appeals to evangelicals. I can see him winning a few southern states.”
He appeals to more than just evangelicals, Sonny. But thank you for your always keen insight.
I imagine Cruz will do well among conservatives, as well.
That could add a few more Southern states.