Posted on 03/25/2016 2:36:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz is suddenly having a moment. The question is whether that moment comes too late for him to beat Donald Trump.
Cruz never managed to capitalize on winning the Iowa caucuses, which led to a streak in which Trump captured 20 states and a seemingly insurmountable lead in delegates. But now that every other candidate other than John Kasich has bit the dust, the Texas senator has emerged as the anti-Trump alternative--even among those who don't much like him.
And that has produced more positive coverage--or at least more respectful coverage--from a press corps that Cruz once told me is overwhelmingly comprised of partisan Democrats. And Cruz now says the media want Trump to win because, in their ideological fervor, they think he'd be the weakest candidate against Hillary Clinton.
Whether that's a fantasy or not, the Cruz team believes that the senator's specifics on policy are finally helping him against what they view as Trump's reality-show candidacy. They believe his superior ground game will help them in future contests (though most of the caucus states have already voted). And raising $72 million so far hasn't hurt.
The strategists recognize that the "Washington cartel" that Cruz has been running against is embracing him with hold-your-nose enthusiasm. And they are acutely aware that Cruz is highly unlikely to reach the magic number of 1,237, since he'd have to win 80 percent of the remaining delegates.
But one adviser said Cruz does best against Trump in closed primary states--those that exclude Democrats and independents--and that the convention is "like a closed primary on steroids."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
This is going to be a busy news day. I have already seen a new nickname out on Twitter:
The Canadian Mountie
The media luuvved Juan McCain until he was nominated.
Yes, they weren't "for" him six weeks ago .... when they were making liberalish noises reflecting their new liberalish editorial direction engendered by Old Man Murdoch's recessional after the London scandals -- never mind that it was one of his sons who was on the hook for the telephone-monitoring games that got the NewsCorp London operation in trouble. They wanted Murdoch's scalp for his editorial positions however they could get it, and now "they" have got the more liberal NewsCorp they wanted.
Which is why Cruz has nothing to celebrate over Fox's clammy embrace; but the news is still favorable for him, unless you think Fox is just making things up or spinning the numbers.
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