[2ndDivisionVet]

"Though Cruz is not considered a favorite to win the GOP nomination..."

Don't you love the media?

[Politicalkiddo]

From what I’ve heard, he’s managing to garner support from people who don’t typically vote Republican. That, to me, is a major step in the right direction. The media can shove off.

[Catsrus]

And I’m sick of the rhetoric that he was responsible for shutting down the government. It sure wouldn’t hurt to shut most of it down for months each year.

[Usagi_yo]

He can win, though he’s unlikely to win.

[Still Thinking]

That could have a big impact on the rest of the field: In the 2012 presidential race, conservative candidates similar to Cruz often pulled the GOP primary field along with them.

Yeah right, that's how we got Weasel Boy as the nominee.

[DaxtonBrown]

There is a concerted effort to ignore Cruz and hope he goes away. Maybe it will work, but I think Ted can debate the best of the field. It will be hard to dismiss him.

[AmericanInTokyo]

"Though [REAGAN] is not considered a favorite to win the GOP nomination, he will undoubtedly play a huge role in the [1980] campaign by catering to conservative voters, who tend to dominate primaries, with his knack for articulating the most conservative position on key issues."

There. FIXED IT. /sarc

[OneWingedShark]

One huge problem is that the GOP has shown that it's all talk and no action — the new congress's actions prove this to be the case.
Now I realize that Cruz is what we might call an anomaly, but we should seriously question whether the candidates in this pulled right primary are the real deal, or just full of it… I think that most are the latter, but I fear that the general populous will be taken in again by the republican brand like they were in Nov.

Secondly there's the primaries and RNC to consider: remember the retroactive rule-changes to deprive Ron Paul supporters [in favor of Romney] and the RNC bus-shenanigans that prevented a delegation's vote on matters? — This is to say: should we trust the RNC, the Republican-Party-as-an-Organization?

These are all considerations independent of who wins the primaries.

[SECURE AMERICA]

No center left Republican will win a Presidential election this next time.
No spineless Republican will win the next election.
You better show up with a pair or you had better just stay home.....

[BobL]

“Though Cruz is not considered a favorite to win the GOP nomination...”

I caught that too...done reading the article. Of course he’s not leading in the polls, he hasn’t been a candidate, dammit.

Check back in a month.