Thanks, what you say makes sense. But Cruz and Trump agree pretty much on the same issues. It’s just that I trust Cruz a little more than Trump at this stage. Time will tell if Cruz is able to sway more votes his way or if Trump will get them as the other candidates drop out of contention.
For now I’m sticking with Cruz. If Cruz fades, Trump is my next choice. BTW the media polls are crap. I believe Cruz is much stronger than they indicate. And Hillary is so weak any of the leading conservative candidates could beat her if the election were held today.
Cruz is better than all others running , however in 2016, it must be Trump. The situation is urgent!
Here is excerpt from Wapo today, explaining how they plan to take Cruz down should he become the nominee.
[Time magazine had one of many reports clarifying his immigration posturing:
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz declined to close the door to a potential pathway to legal status for the 11 million people in the U.S. illegally Friday, saying he wouldn’t elaborate on his plans for them until after the border is secure.
Seeking to carve out a space between real estate mogul Donald Trump, who is calling for the forcible deportation of those in the U.S. illegally, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who co-authored the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill that included a pathway to citizenship, Cruz would not explicitly rule out a pathway to legal status for the undocumented.
That, plus his previous support for a huge increase in H1B visas, stymied him as he tried to launch an attack on Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who was a co-author and major mover on the Gang of 8 immigration bill that passed the Senate overwhelmingly. On one level, Rubio’s team is simply pointing out that if anti-immigration types want the real deal, Cruz is not the one. Rubio, of course, benefits if Cruz cannot capture the anti-immigration segment of the electorate to whom Donald Trump panders. On another level, however, what is at stake is a larger argument about Cruz’s character. Essentially. the argument goes: He is not a hard-liner; he’s an opportunist whose positions are no different, and in some cases worse, than those of other Republicans.
On immigration, for example, the entire anti-“amnesty†crusade is a canard unless, like Trump, you want to round people up and kick them out. Otherwise, you are exactly where other candidates are — fix the border, reform legal immigration and then regularize the 11 million here. Cruz spends his time excoriating other Republicans for squishiness, but when you get down to it, he’s exactly where they are — unwilling to undertake a massive, expensive, intrusive deportation program. In other words, he’s not an anti-immigration extremist; he’s just posturing as one.]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/11/23/cruzs-opportunism-becomes-a-liability/