He really can’t attack Cruz. I wish he would though. It can only hurt him.
For example, Trump is tougher on immigration than Cruz. Trump wants a 15% corporate tax rate while Cruz wants 16, etc.
Nope. He can’t really without manufacturing something, and shouldn’t. He’s doing fine by leaving Ted alone.
The real question is how much will Cruz depend on leftist media attacking Trump in order to win?
His strategy the whole time has been on Trump dispatching the other candidates leaving Cruz to avoid having to confront anyone.
Now that they are all almost gone, he will either have to attack Trump himself, or keep over on the side waiting for the press to find anything on Trump to “take him down”, or for maybe enough GOPers to vote for Cruz just because he isnt him.
In the end, Cruz’s support base is going to be a motley collection of people that were there from the start, didn’t originally support him (the weak support), people that just dont like Trump, or GOPers needing a candidate to hide behind in order to stop Trump wining the nomination.
I think Trump has Cruz right where he wants him.
It’s likely Cruz will continue to stay 15-20 points down from Trump and we’ll have the forming of a Trump/Cruz ticket.
It would make no sense to attack your future running mate.
When it’s time Trump will focus on Ted’s ability (or inability) to get things done or offer policy while his strings are pulled by large donors who he will owe something to. Also Ted’s softer immigration position and conflicted votes on trade will be brought to the forefront as an example of how money will influence him. Trump can easily show that none of the topics being focused on now would be front and center if he didn’t bring them up. He can even make the argument that Cruz would be nowhere near his position if it weren’t for riding (smartly) Trump’s coat tails and it would probably be Bush or Rubio in the lead.
Baby Cruz need to be cuddle and protected from elements.
No No , he is a little baby.
I am only going to pose this as I don’t believe it. Could Trump be pulling for a Cruz presidency by sling shotting Cruz over the top? With the split vote theory to get Yeb as the candidate, could Trump be throwing a wrench into the works to negate this theory and put Cruz in place to be the republican candidate? Should Cruz come close I believe Trump might bow out and let Cruz take the reins.
Trump cannot become President without Cruz’s current supporters.
Likewise, Cruz cannot become President without Trump’s current supporters.
Either one would be insane to attack the other. Leftists in the demonic party, Big Media, and the Republican party bosses would love to see a Cruz vs Trump hate-fest. DON’T GIVE IT TO THEM.
Not at all. Cruz will make a brilliant VP.
Yawn, Trump does not need to go on the offensive against Cruz. Trump doing fine as is. Cruz is picking up the social conservatives that liked Ben Carson, Trump is picking up everyone else.
So at some point Trump will have to go on the offensive but it'll be fascinating to see how he goes about it.
I'm not tremendously worried though because the early states are looking pretty good for Cruz right now.
No.
No, I’d say it’s the other way around. Cruz needs to attack Trump if he has any hope of winning. The only problem, if he attacks Trump, he still doesn’t have any chance of winning. Cruz has boxed himself into a corner.
Not if one assumes the polling numbers are correct.
I think Cruz and Trump are each other’s second choices. I don’t want to see any attacks either way. Let the chips fall where they may, as long as the RINOs fall by the wayside as the two of them attack their competition.
What’s to attack him about? Some minor policy differences, maybe.
Not necessarily, If Trump and Cruz bicker, that leaves room for GOPe. just let the chip fall where they may.