“I think Cruz is standing at 5 out of 9.”
How many Trump Tower’s has Ted built? How many golf courses, ice rinks, hotels, casinos has he built? How many popular TV programs has Cruz had, how many beauty pageants? How many books has Ted written (Trump is up to 16 books). How many clothing lines, vodka lines, ties lines, etc. has Cruz started? You see, two can play your game.
In a somewhat less sarcastic tone, let me say this:
I think the ability to argue the Constitutionality of public policy such as whether the Bush administration should be able to usurp capital punishment in Texas by deferring to international treaties is characteristic of the kind of political acumen Free Republic readers ought to value.
Cruz contributed to major legal arguments in Heller that bolstered and preserved second amendment gun rights.
Cruz has argumentation abilities that are vital to the kind of corrosive intellectual culture we live in. He defeated a RINO in Texas in order to become Senator and has served us well here— much better than John Cornyn.
We need someone who is deft at public argumentation. Cruz’s performance in the CNBC debate where he blistered the moderators by synthesizing a long set of hostile and ideologically bigoted questions— including those directed against Trump— is characteristic of the kind of hostility any conservative candidate will necessarily face in being President.
I do not despise trump. I don’t think he is nearly as good as Cruz and I am confident he is not nearly as conservative.