I had to look that book up, and now I understand Cruz's failure better than I did before.
I now have a factual support for my previous impression that Cruz would be Obama, part 2, if he were ever to win the presidency. He has the same education and experience as Obama. To the trial lawyer, the narrative is the crucial component of winning; facts and truth are only important if they support the narrative, but can be ignored if they don't.
Second, Democrats lapped it up. They *wanted* to believe Obama was a, not to blaspheme, ‘messiah.’ When they listened to Obama’s pedestrian, teleprompted snoozers, they didn’t exclaim that the emperor had no clothes; they dutifully fainted in turn.
Many liberal/Democrats have turned away from organized religion, and they look to men to fill the biological need for religion (yes, there is scientific evidence that we are "programmed" with a need for religiosity). That topic is worthy of much discussion in itself, but I will leave that for another time. Cruz made the mistake of thinking that conservatives are exactly the same as liberals, except that the positions we blindly hold are "conservative" rather than "liberal." The reality is that a conservative is much less likely to base an opinion on something just because it can arbitrarily be dropped into a neat ideological box; the conservative needs facts and evidence to form an opinion. Most of us are not looking for a messiah, and don't want one.
Bottom-line: The Audacity to Win tactics worked about as well for Cruz as an exploding cigar. Let’s hope he concedes while there’s time, profits from his experience, and re-emerges to a much more promising future.
Indeed. Thank you for bringing that book to my attention. I understand the Cruz campaign so much better now because of it.
ExDemMom, that was a fascinating piece of analysis. I have made a mental note of your screen name, and I plan to be on the lookout for your posts in the future. You have immanently worthwhile insights, and you express them very well. That post was a pleasure to read!