Do you honestly think that Ted Cruz could have even had a remote chance of doing this? I’m not asking to be mean, I’m asking for your honest assessment.
I , as a past Cruz supporter, really don’t know what Cruz could have done in this area, but I do believe that if Trump wants to do it, he really needs Cruz on his team in some capacity.
“Do you honestly think that Ted Cruz could have even had a remote chance of doing this? I’m not asking to be mean, I’m asking for your honest assessment.”
I’ll answer, at least. NO! People seem to forget that winning the nomination is NOT the end game - winning in November is. Cruz’s campaign was, from Day 1, targeted at winning hard-core conservatives, so as to win the nomination that way (since conservatives make up the majority of Primary voters).
That’s all good and fine, but you better have a November strategy, and if Cruz did, I certainly didn’t see it. I didn’t see Cruz in a position to offer the white, working class a damn thing. His Amnesty record was so-so (still better than all the others except Trump - which tells you a lot). His trade record was horrible’ his H1B record was bad. His wife’s career made him just another Romney. And he was hated by the party just as much as they hate Trump - but they didn’t have to fear Cruz, because they could control him - he wasn’t close to having Trump’s ability to either self-fund or connect with people directly.
Cruz was looking at this campaign the way people look at Payday Loans - give me the money now (i.e., give me the nomination now), and I’ll worry about paying it back later (i.e., I’ll come up with some way to win in November).
Sorry, but it’s not that easy. And when you look at the petulant way Cruz responded when Trump started taking him on directly, it was obvious he wasn’t up to the task.
...and this is from a Texan that voted for Cruz in his Senate Primary, and would have voted for him this year, had Trump not run. As far as I’m concerned, Cruz had me fooled and now this Texan (along with many other Texans on this site) are going to have a very difficult time supporting Cruz when he runs for re-election to the Senate in 2018, unless he cleans up his act, and really soon.
Not a chance in hell. Ted has always been sold out to so called free trade. He would advance amnesty also.