Cruz simply knows he has to be careful not to alienate Trump’s voters—because they are also his voters.
Cruz isn’t stupid, and he has no chance unless Trump implodes early enough for his voters to regroup around Cruz.
Now, a good chunk of Trump’s voters are also Reagan Democrats, and there’s no evidence that Cruz will be able to reel those voters in for himself.
“Now, a good chunk of Trump’s voters are also Reagan Democrats, and there’s no evidence that Cruz will be able to reel those voters in for himself.”
Bingo, and therein lies the electoral conundrum for conservatives. Willard was essentially right when he made his 47% comments. He was also stupid in couching them in the terms he did, and more importantly NOT HAVING A CLUE AS TO HOW TO CHANGE IT! He didn’t give thought one to figuring out a way to make that 47% say 35%. He was liberal, and he was incompetent to boot.
One of the things I do like about DT is that he does bring a negotiators perspective to things. He’s looking to make a deal. And sometimes you have to be very creative and bring things that no one thought about into the mix. Unfortunately very few politicians bring that perspective to things. They’re squabbling over their piece of the spoils, not looking at the bigger picture.
Clearly and probably accurately stated.
This coincides with what I have thought for some time now.
Now, a good chunk of Trump’s voters are also Reagan Democrats, and there’s no evidence that Cruz will be able to reel those voters in for himself.
You’re kidding right? Have you heard Cruz speak.
He sounds better than Reagan at this point. It obviously had to happen but he has violated Reagan’s 11th commandment. It’s resonating with all Americans that hear him, just like Trump’s message.
I believe Cruz will draw more Blue Dog Dems to his campaign.