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To: Leaning Right
Reagan could resonate with the average American, Joe Six-Pack. Cruz, as of now, cannot.

In the GOP debate, when Cruz compared the Hillary/Sanders debate to, "a debate between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks," I assume many of his listeners didn't understand that it was a clever criticism or why. I like Cruz, and he's my first choice by a huge margin, but he needs to use more one-syllable words and remember his audience.

28 posted on 11/24/2015 10:56:01 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Pollster1
I assume many of his listeners didn't understand that it was a clever criticism or why.

A most excellent point!!! Before I got smart and switched to a Chemistry major, I was briefly a Political Science major. So I fully understood, and appreciated, Cruz's Bolshevik/Menshevik comment.

But to the average voter, Cruz sounded like some sort of wonky goof. And that's not how you get votes.

29 posted on 11/24/2015 11:03:14 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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