Cruz inordinately sees himself as Reagan in 1976. He wants to repeat that even to the floor fight and the 1980 coronation and win.
However, the field of battle is different this time. Cruz is not fighting the Establishment Liberals (Ford). Trump is a different animal calling for a different strategy.
Trump may or may not beat Hillary. But Cruz cannot beat Trump without it being a pyric victory. So Ted needs to back off, let Trump win and the chips fall, score some points, and still be the guy all the TRUMP supporters want next time. The only way to do that is to JOIN HANDS.
Cruz should pursue the nomination through the convention Trump is a liberal like Jerry Ford, he Claims he will build a wall, fine that would be nice.
However he hasn’t proposed any entitlement reforms, he has proposed no spending cuts, or getting rid of any government programs, he has proposed a touch and go amnesty. He has proposed continued funding of the “good work” Planned Parenthood does.
Mr Trump’s campaign has been a wrecking ball of personal attacks against many candidates. He should apologize to Cruz if he wants to ask for Cruz’s support he should renounce his vile referencing of Cruz as Lying Ted.
Hold Trump short of 1237 and try to win on a second ballot this is what your supporters want.
But that would be the end of Cruz’s Presidential aspirations forever. I don’t want that.
Trump people are necessary for Cruz to ever win the Presidency. Stuffing them by arriving with fewer delegates and winning will make them permanently opposed to you. Cruz will never win the nomination ever again. And, he’ll lose the general because the Trump people will at best sit on their hands and not vote. Look around FR. Have you ever seen a more unhinged emotional lot?
So, while you and I may like our ideological purity and to have someone (Cruz) pursue it, doing so in this instance will cause a loss for the rest of our lives.
Cruz is the right guy. 2016 is the wrong year. He has another 25 years to get it right. Use 2016 as the year a Cruz candidacy becomes a coronation in 2020.
When your house if burning, your first worry isn’t fixing the plumbing-it should be putting out the fire.
Trump’s focus is on immigration, trade, and terrorism. That’s where it should stay.
Yea, I’d love to tackle entitlement reform, the tax system, and a dozen other things now, but they aren’t the top priority TODAY. Immigration, trade, and terrorism are burning out national house down as we speak. Once we put out the fire, we can turn to fixing the plumbing.