Trump has the highest unfavorability ratings of any candidate in history and is trailing Hillary in most of the head to head polls. Cruz has a much better chance than Trump against Hillary.
Trump is about the only guy who could lose to Hillary in an orange jumpsuit. Most people across the country can’t stand the guy and are disgusted by him. And the Dems will have 70 years of his outrageous, boorish antics to unload on him.
Has Trump gotten over 50% of the cote in any state yet?
Has Trump gotten over 50% of the vote in any state yet?
As we move into the head to head contests, Cruz will beat Trump like a rented mule. You obviously have not been paying attention.
This is the long game, and the trophies have not yet been awarded, contrary to what the Trumpettes would have us believe.
Huh if he’s the nominee then he will have beaten trump.
How would you respond if I asked if trump can’t win the nomination then how can he beat Hillary?
I am a Cruz supporter, and I believe that Trump is a democrat—a Truman democrat.
It is why he will win the general election if he is nominated: he will get the votes of Americans who can’t stand what has happened to the Democrat Party since George McGovern to today, and who despise Hillary (who reminds women of their mother-in-law and men of their ex), but would never ever ever ever ever vote for a Rich Republican Who Doesn’t Care About the Little Guy.
The absurdity of the present situation is that Trump, who is both rich and has spent his life not caring about the Little Guy, has been able to parlay his brand into being the one person on the debate stage who isn’t a Rich Republican, and who Cares About the Little Guy.
Cruz’s brand is the man who cares about the Constitution, Rubio’s is the man who was (supposed to be) the gateway to the Conservative Future, and Kasich’s is What Republicans Used to Be Before the Rich Republicans took over. Cruz’s brand is selling this year, but it is playing Wendy’s (”where’s the beef!”) to Trump’s Golden Arches; the others might as well be out of business.
Let’s say Trump wins out and gets the nomination and offers Cruz the VP spot and Cruz accepts. Is Trump still a Democrat?
IMO Trump says he is a conservative but he is more like a center left Republican. Trump is a Nationalist through and through. That is OK and might be enough to win the election. He is gonna build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. He loves America too. I just don’t know how enthused I am to vote for him. I will, but not happily.
* JULY 1987: Trump registers for the first time from his Fifth Avenue penthouse. The real estate developer, 41 at the time, reports having previously been registered from his boyhood home in Queens (though his prior party affiliation is unclear). Trump enrolls as a REPUBLICAN.
* OCTOBER 1999: Trump dumps the GOP and enrolls as a member of the INDEPENDENCE PARTY.
* AUGUST 2001: Trump enrolls as a DEMOCRAT.
* SEPTEMBER 2009: After eight years as a Democrat, Trump returns to the REPUBLICAN PARTY.
* DECEMBER 2011: Trump lasts two years before he again abandons the party of Ronald Reagan. He eschews the GOP in favor of siding with no party. On his registration form, The Apprentice star checks off the box marked I DO NOT WISH TO ENROLL IN A PARTY.
* APRIL 2012: Trump registers as a REPUBLICAN.
As of press time, Trump--who turned 69 on Sunday--remains registered as a Republican.
But once in the Oval office WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HECK HE WILL BE.
Trump may finally be able to pull it off. It didn't work for Romney, or McCain, but at least Trump isn't a self defeating wishy-washy type. If he's the nominee I hope it works for him. I don't want to be stuck with Hillary.
Much of the polling shows Cruz doing well against Clinton and Cruz has consistently been doing better than his poll numbers against Trump. I am confident if Cruz is the nominee that he could beat Clinton.
I see it this way. No matter who the Republican nominee is if they can't beat Hillary, America's ex, dragging a train load of baggage and scandal, then politics is useless and this country is gone.
“how in the heck do you expect him to win in the general against a real democrat?”
By being able to explain WHY conservative ideas WORK for everyone.
Better than having a personally dislikable candidate who supported DeBlasio in 2013, and Obama’s foreign policy in 2009.
Cruz has beaten Trump a few times. Trump has beaten Cruz about twice as many times. It like Trump is up 3 games to 2 in the World Series. Trump has the advantage, but it ain’t over. We’re still in the winnowing process. Each side can make its case as to whom would win mano a mano.
Hopefully, the nomination will be decided by voters, not by a back room deal. Kasich and Rubio have no path to the nomination other than a back room deal and whether or not they win their home states, they should bow out after Tuesday.
If Trump wins all five big states on Tuesday, I’d say that pretty much settles the matter. But, if its a split decision, then its cage match time. Mano a mano.
BTW Trump is in the middle of something of potentially epic proportion. It’d be disrespectful to him to just hand him the nomination. There’s something in me saying he doesn’t want it handed to him, Hillary-style, but wants to earn it.
As a Cruz supporter, but one who has Trump as my #2 pick, I'll give it a shot. I am confident that Cruz is more conservative than Trump. I know exactly how conservative Cruz is. He's not 100% consistent, but neither is anyone else in politics, and he's one of the top three in the US Senate today. I have no clue how much of Candidate Trump is real and how much is posturing, and I don't think anyone else does either. I believe Trump will at least partially deliver on what he promised, but I have no idea how his unclear ideology will interact with his (impressive) practical and (entertaining) showman sides in office.
As for the general election, I agree with Trump voters that Donald Trump is probably a stronger candidate than Cruz. Cruz would have to show a previously hidden ability to convincingly articulate why conservatism is right, the way Reagan did, to win without it being frighteningly close in November. That or trust the democrats to nominate someone shockingly unqualified (but that didn't prevent America's most dangerous enemy from winning in 2008 or 2012).
Still busy trying to stir up discord, I see.
I would like her supporters see her sputter and be revealed as the evil idiot that she is.
Reasonable question. The issue of Cruz winning will depend on when Kasich and Rubio drop out. The polls have shown Trump >10% lower than Cruz in 1 vs 1 contests.
If Rubio and Kasich drop out after next Tuesday then Cruz can do a lot of damage going forward against Trump.the people who like Trump like Trump but late decides have broken for other candidates.
So the next month will be interesting.
HUMP? Oops! I mean CHUMP? Oops, no, I mean TRUMP!?
lyin' TED?
little marco?
TRASHICH with the nervous tick?
Just once in my life before I die I would like to see/hear one political candidate in a debate say to his opponent the following: "You are a no-good, lyin', good-for-nothing, low-down, despicable, son-of-a-( female dog ).....( continual expletives deleted, questions about his ancestry, [ blah-blah-blah ], etc." )
Then he would walk over to the podium of his opponent, punch him in the mouth, break his jaw, knock out a couple of his teeth and render him unconcious! I would be forced to vote for a man who would display such intestinal fortitude!.....Kind of like in the forums of other, foreign countries!
To Trump and Cruz supporters everywhere: Calm down. I am equally enthusiastic about either of them being the nominee! I still contend that it is going to be a Trump/Cruz ticket! ;-)
I’ll go with Rush’s analysis.
Ted Cruz was on fire and once again demonstrated that there isn’t anybody with a more commanding presence and knowledge of the issues, and particularly the things that need to be fixed, the directions that need to be changed, the reasons this country’s in trouble.
Remember Rush? They guy you used to like.