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.
Cruz got a lower percentage of the Nov 2012 vote in his home state of Texas than Mediocre Mitt did. That’s an uncomfortable bit of info that gets me called a moron when I mention it.
That’s why I have a hard time identifying which 2012 Obama states he’ll flip to R.