Senator Cruz is looking very strong. I really like his approach to foreign policy. No more nation building (as advocated by Hillary and Rubio). Use the military only when it serves to protect our national security, but then use it overwhelmingly. Cruz is absolutely right on this.
FiveThirtyEight has an interesting article on the possibility of a brokered convention and some of the analysts give Cruz about a 35% chance of winning in such a scenario (some give him considerably less).
I think the real question is "Can Cruz become the GOP Establishment compromise candidate to stop Trump". Does their hatred of Trump trump their fear of Cruz? If Trump is winning 25% to 35% of the vote, and Cruz is winning $25%-35% of the vote and Rubio is a little below that (withe maybe another holdout or two like Christie winning delegates in the Northeast) would the GOP Establishment throw over Rubio and unite behind Cruz?
If not we are headed for a brokered convention, and it's hard to see Cruz winning there, regardless of his position in the horse race coming in.
I think Ted's secret weapon, in that case, would be his wife who has deep ties to the GOP Establishment via her time in the Bush administration, which few people here seem to remember.
Heidi Nelson Cruz ’94
Vice President
Private Wealth Management Group
Goldman Sachs, TexasCruz, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in economics and international relations from CMC in 1994, is a vice president in the Private Wealth Management Group at Goldman Sachs, Texas. She and her two partners work with clients to implement high net worth portfolios across a range of investments and asset classes, including complex derivatives products, private equity, hedge funds, single stock risk management, U.S. and international equities, and fixed income.
Ms. Cruz began her career as an investment banker with JPMorgan in New York, focusing on international structured finance and subsequently on Latin America mergers and acquisitions.
In 2000, she served on the Bush 2000 Campaign in Austin as one of President George W. Bush's three economic advisors. She also served in the Administration as the economic director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council at the White House, advising the President and then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. She also is a former director at the U.S. Treasury Department and was special policy assistant to Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, then Chief U.S. international trade negotiator.
In addition to her private-sector work, Heidi served on the Board of Directors of Living Water International, dedicated to providing clean water and sanitation equipment in the developing world. Her publications include the book chapter, "Expanding Opportunity Through Free Trade," in Thank You, President Bush; a chapter in Exchange Rate Policies for Emerging Market Economies; and a Harvard Case Study: "American International Group." She also is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
After graduating from CMC, Ms. Cruz received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a master's of European Business from Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium.
Agreed. He has the most reasoned approach to foreign policy I have seen in a candidate for several election cycles.