Winning the presidency is about attracting the middle. Cruz was never going to win NYC in any case. It remains to be seen if he attracted more voters than he allegedly alienated.
As Todd said: “Duck Dynasty values vs Bill de Blasio values.”
“It remains to be seen if he attracted more voters than he allegedly alienated.”
His target audience are the voters in the South who are leaning Trump but may pause when they think of the lack of social conservatism, i.e. - NY values - that exist in the man.
These people are even stronger of social conservatism than they are on fiscal conservatism, and Ted knows the GOP in not fighting enough against abortion, gay marriage and the like are not conservative for them, particularly when considering who to put of the SC next.