Because he doesn’t flip a single state Obama won. He takes no votes from the Dems.
Hillary plays the female card and easily keeps Va, OH, PA, NM, NV, MI, NC, and just maybe even takes Arkansas.
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Then, by your logic, we need to nominate someone that is further left than the Democrats. We have nominated Dole, McCain and Romney, candidates that blurred the lines between leftists in the Democrat and Republican parties. They, obviously, didn’t work out.
Who do Republicans have that has a very leftist history and can once again blur the lines between leftists in the Democrat and Republican parties? If only we had a candidate that supported every one of Obama’s economic policies, that praised his Sec of State and that could even out-left Bernie Sanders by talk of nationalized healthcare and nationalizing banks.
Or, the Republicans could nominate someone that runs on the conservative principles of federalism and constitutional restraint and argue these tried and true principles work over socialism. Where would we find that candidate? Nah, we’ll just go with the lefty nominee again. It always works out so well.
Then, by your logic, we need to nominate someone that is further left than the Democrats”
Not really.
Those states have GOP governors, and legislators. Michigan is dominated by Republicans in fact.
But you have to be an almost larger than life personality to tip them into the red. Candidates like Romney and McCain could never get their heads above the media fog to even dare get most of them (not to mention they sucked all around). Even Bush never won Michigan.
Do I think Cruz has enough to stay out of that media fog? Not really. Is he better than McCain and Romney? Yes, but not enough to control the media narrative.