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Posted on 12/17/2015 8:37:38 AM PST by 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...
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I’d say....nominate a real conservative, period. I don’t know if we’d win. But...we should do that anyway. We have to start progressing in the war of ideas, even if we lose in the general election. That’s far better than both losing in the general election and not contesting the ideas in any serious way like Romney and McCain.
You’re soccer wife where you get your political opinions? She sounds so smart.
she’s smart enough to know Cruz can’t win, unlike you delusional Trump haters. We will both vote for Cruz if he is on the ballot, but hillary will cream him by 10 points... at least
Exactly.
Conservative vs Liberal, a history of terms and discussion.
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If you read the article, Cruz's problem of repeating 2012 has nothing to do with the Evangelical vote, but everything to do with his inabilty to own the media.
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But they do.
Scorched earth is not a winner’s tactic, it’s used in retreat.
Totally agree. Cruz is no Romney.
And Hillary is no Obama.
It will be a whole 'nuther ball game.
Not interested. It’s an attempt to rationalize this:
“This is why I’m not bothered by people saying Trump and those who support him aren’t conservatives. “
Your words, and a viewpoint that’s shared by quite a few Trump supporters. Hell, the other day one of them said conservatism doesn’t really exist.
I’m sticking with Constitutional conservatism. If the rest of all this hocus-pocus assuages your conscience, have at it.
What states would Cruz add to Romney’s haul? What’s his path to 270 EV?
Trump has the narrative locked up tight. He OWNS the key. It’s amazing to watch Trump render a sitting president irrelevant on an issue like ISIS/Muslim extremism. The Kimmel interview last night proved it again - Trump gave a very concise lesson on true root cause analysis - something Obama and so many others don’t have a clue about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_RLOOeZtIs&feature=player_detailpage#t=633
This country is going downhill so fast I only hope Trump understands how hard we have to put the brakes on if he is in charge. If we don't kill Obamacare, Common Core, and reign in spending we will be telling American children two generations from now about what Freedom means and what America was, and they won't believe us because of what their schoolteachers say. Time will tell.
Ted Cruz could give Patrick Henry a run for his money as to who is more radical and that's why the insiders in Washington hate him. He did one deal and got burned called the John Boehner the lying weasel he is and has not tried to make any deals since. That in my mind says a lot about the character of Ted Cruz.
But what about Trump’s looks? How does you’re wifey feel about that?
Oh, and if trump gets the nomination I’ll vote for him, but not because of his face or the crease in his pants.
A better comparison would be Cruz and Reagan. Both Reagan and Cruz have executed campaigns by running to the right, advocating limited government, inspiring social, fiscal and constitutional conservatives. The three legs of Regan's conservative stool are clearly present in the Cruz campaign and were absent in Romney's.
Coach can support Trump, but this comparison is beneath him.
Cruz is the man I want in the White House, I therefore will support him and let the freighted hand-ringers and those too cowardly to fight a bloody battle for their principles - preferring a pragmatic peace with their enemy, talk of getting the moderate and minority vote. Like Reagan we get the votes when we reveal principles that inspire and transcend the color of one's skin.
Everyone else is second best.
I don’t think so.
Cruz has consistently been able to reach out directly to the American people, as he did with his brilliant use of social media during his filibuster.
right on the money!
Exactly!
This is what I have been saying for a couple of months now.
Like it or not, a Cruz campaign in the general would be business as usual for the media.
This time, though, they would have additional help from the GOPe.
Would Cruz have the conservative vote? Yes but it wouldn’t be enough.
Cruz can’t win because a fair number of independent women are voting for the President they want to be their boyfriend. That is why the heartthrob Rubio is a good choice for the general.
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