Well this is something we will never know, but I disagree. I think if Cruz had gained the nomination, he might have squeezed out the win. Hillery's negatives were just too high and if Cruz had topped the ticket, his intellect in the debates would have given the Dems a whole lot of trouble.
I was a Cruz fan, not because I thought he was saying better things than Trump, but because I thought Trump, a neophyte in the political arena, would never be able to pull it off. I was also put off by the fact that, as a born and bred New Yorker, his true views were probably far to the left from the speeches he was giving. It was my assumption that his true views would be guiding him if he won. I mean, GW Bush said he was a conservative too.
However, when Trump did win the nomination, I was four square in his corner. I put his sign in my yard, I sent a few bucks, and I tried to talk my friends and co-workers into supporting him. Why? Because the thought of a Hillery presidency scared me to death.
I still liked what Trump was saying on the stump and I just crossed my fingers and hoped he wasn't just another panderer for my vote.
Well, 15 months into Trumps first term and I'm here to tell anyone, "I was wrong during the primaries." I could not be more pleased with the job he is doing, and barring some kind of extreme turnaround, I will be pleased and excited to vote for him in 2020.
I'm also pleased with the job that Cruz is doing in the senate and I'll be more than pleased to vote for him in the 2032 election, after Mike Pence's two terms are up.
I started out heavy Cruz and sent hm over $500 in the early stages before seeing that Trump had the better track - Cruz went off the rails for a while there but seems to be back to being Cruz which is a good thing. Trump had more cross-appeal vs. the more hard core Right - I think Cruz would have lost a couple States Trump edged out. and disaster would have ensued.