I am of the opinion Cruz would crush Hillary.....55-45 with 300+ EVs....
Roger Kimball can be unfocused and rambling when he doesn’t have somebody dead to beat up on.
I don't know what measuring stick this guy is using. Cruz took 27.3% of the vote and won exactly 27.6% of the delegates while Trump took 24.3% of the vote and won 24.1% of the delegates and Marco Rubio 23.1% and 24.1% of the delegates.
I guess this was the stuff Mark Twain warned us about. Lies, damned lies and statistics.
It is the job of the conservative leader to teach and persuade. You do not give up and give in the the left’s indoctrination of the nation. YOU TELL THE PEOPLE WHY IT IS WRONG.
Reagan was the can’t win conservative, too. Then enough conservative were willing to support him in the primary to give him a chance to make his case to the American people. He did and he won big. Now so-called conservatives surrender during the primary. They have become primary-Boehners. They surrender without a fight.
America is nowhere near as conservative as the average FReeper. Opies election and re-election put to bed the myth that this is a center right country. It isn’t.
Teddy appeals to a relatively small portion of the overall electorate. Against Bernie he would be toast. Against hitlery he might do OK, but more likely he would lose by about the same margin as willard did in 2012.
Herein lies the problem. If Rubio and Bush do not drop out, its going to split the vote and I believe Trump MAY win. If they do drop out, their voters will back Cruz and then the real battle begins. Especially if Jeb and Rubio gain a lot of delegates before they drop out because both of them would give their delegates to Cruz. (Cruz supporter here) :)
Trump comes in second in Iowa and is called a loser. Cruz comes in lower and he’s a winner?
Trump comes in second in Iowa and is called a loser. Cruz comes in lower and he’s a winner?
Trump comes in second in Iowa and is called a loser. Cruz comes in lower and he’s a winner?
Sen. Cruz Files Additional Amendments to Immigration Legislation
Cruz 1324: Green Card (LPR) reform to modernize, streamline and expand legal immigration Provisions of his amendment include:
Doubling the overall worldwide green card caps from 675,000 visas per year to 1.35 million per year (not including refugees and asylees):
Employment-based green cards: Consolidates the 5 existing employment-based visas into a single high-skilled employment-based visa.
Family-based green cards: Creates a single family-based visa category that treats all immigrant families equally by redefining "immediate relatives" as "spouses, minor children, and parents of citizens or LPRs."
Treating immigrants from all countries equally by eliminating the diversity visa program and the per-country visa caps: Currently, immigrants of identical skill may experience drastically different wait times and burdens based merely on their country of origin. Not only is this inequitable, it hurts our ability to attract the best and brightest.
Reducing bureaucracy: Creates a user-friendly online portal where visa applicants can apply and obtain updates on their application.
Cruz 1325: Increase high-skilled temporary worker visas (H-1B visas) five-fold
This amendment would improve our nation’s legal immigration system by increasing the H-1B cap from 65,000 to 325,000. It would also help America retain the people it educates by authorizing dual-intent student visas and address the need for high-skilled labor by creating a block grant to promote domestic high-skilled workers.
Cruz 1326: Combines Cruz 1324 and Cruz 1325. Implements Green Card reform to streamline and expand legal immigration and increases high-skilled temporary worker visas five fold.