A Cruz candidacy would be a “back to the future” re-run of 2012’s Romney’s failure

Coach is Right ^ | 12/17/15 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

[Oldpuppymax]

Ted Cruz does not own the media. He has some very good ideas and can articulate them very well, but to get his message out as a presidential candidate, he would have to pay for virtually every minute of his coverage.

This is true because the only possible way the media can get Hillary Clinton elected is to give Cruz the same treatment they gave Mitt Romney in 2012; and they will.

All the excitement about finally taking back the White House fades away with a candidate that can’t defeat “the treatment” the media always gives Republican candidates. Cruz can’t.

When Romney talked about how 47% of voters would never vote for him: the media savaged him and never gave him a chance to explain what he meant. They used it to inflame the “offended” to increase their turnout.

Recall Romney’s “Women Book,” an honest attempt to give women a fair chance to be hired. Romney was savaged over it and never given a fair chance to explain it. The media didn’t have to and didn’t want to; so they ignored his explanation. They owned Romney; he got only the coverage they deigned to give him. They will do the...

[Hoodat]

Anyone who thinks Romney and Cruz are comparable is smoking some pretty strong weed.

Crack is more like it.

[Hoodat]

What states would Cruz add to Romney's haul?

Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, and New Mexico.