Posted on 08/28/2015 6:54:52 AM PDT by VinL
"You keep thinking, Butch- that's what you're good at"
Cruz doesn’t have the same commitment to building the Wall. He has taken chamber of commerce money.
Cruz’s whole strategy depends on his belief that there are millions of disaffected, silenced conservative voters out there who are so marginalized that they are on the sidelines. The same ones that came out for Reagan in 76, and then in 80, and again in 84.
For a while, I questioned if that was true.
But now...it seems that Trump is actually finding those voters!
I’m not sure they are as conservative as Cruz, though.
Cruz wants to demolish the current party structure. He recognizes that Trump is the means.
“and he’s doing it in a wildly entertaining (and fact-free) way”
Well don’t let us get in the way of your snark actually being backed up.
Cruz/Trump = Crumpets
I agree. Why would Cruz nip at Trumps heels like all the rest when he can sit back and let Trump destroy Jeb Bush?
Why would any sane person bite the ankles of anyone engaged in battle (and apparently winning) with the establishment Republican Aristocracy?
Cruz hasn’t really slammed any of his opponents, however, I am leery of him riding Trump’s coattaisl, as it seems like he hopes Trump will implode and he will pick up his voters. Color me skeptical of his motives.
(Cruz is now trying out the unusual Trump strategy of attacking one of the right’s most beloved journalists, Megyn Kelly.)
Not sure that’s accurate anymore. It seems that Megyn is remaking herself into a ... Democrat! All because she hates Trump!
Cruz also knows that there will be massive tv coverage of this event and he wants to cash in on that. That must be the reason e invited him. Maybe he is a used car salesman type after all.
The idea is to keep the anti GOPe vote unified unlike previous elections. Obviously, Cruz is the superior candidate, but Trump has been more effective at generating publicity and getting under the skin of the establishment on both sides. OTOH, Rand Paul has been politically very foolish to criticize Trump especially when Paul is also an anti GOPe candidate.
I’m a Cruz supporter, but I don’t mind Trump attacking the GOPe and the establishment in general. Marginalizing jebbush and his sycophants like George III Will is what we need at this early stage.
Yeah. When the guy leading by double digits exits the race. Yeah. Sure. Got it.
It sounds pretty straight forward to me. Cruz wants to be in Trump’s good graces. Maybe VP is in the cards. It seems like everyone else except for Ben Carson has already shot themselves in the foot with snarky criticism.
Right??
That’s why we need Cruz to stay in the senate. He’d fade away in VP slot, leaving senate unguarded
He can’t get ahead in the prez race. He doesn’t have the stand on your own and attract people quality
It’s so much more obvious now against Trump
I think you hit the nail right on the head.
Or TrUz
I agree with that
Very cynical article. I sincerely doubt that Cruz has the sort of plan outlined here. Certainly he would like to win, but he is a very principled man.
Yes, they’re out there in the millions. Many of this Board have only recently become disaffected with the GOP, for this target group, that disaffection came long ago.
What’s interesting about Cruz’s approach, is that he’s identified this same group as Christian, and he’s attempting to mobilize them based on the current secular assaults on religious liberty.
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