[TChad]

I think Sowell and Charen simply underestimate Cruz's leadership potential. Cruz is doing what he must to raise his own public profile and set himself apart from a weak, unpopular Republican Party. He has to be recognizably different in order to excite the public and gain broad support for conservative positions. He's on track.

We need a leader. Do we expect John Boehner to weep us back into power?

That said, betting that Sowell is wrong about anything is risky.

[Pelham]

“That said, betting that Sowell is wrong about anything is risky. “

Sowell made a number of errors in his book on the housing bubble. He isn’t infallible. I suspect he relied on some researchers who didn’t serve him well.

More than that Sowell is 83 years old now. Not everyone remains as sharp as they once were when the years start piling up.

[ansel12]

I agree with you, and think your post captures it.

He isn’t displaying anything flaky or strange, or any flaws that I have seen, he is playing his hand well and building strength, and expanding the base.

He seems to be a sincere man who knows what he is doing, and has the mind that can handle the challenges facing a “genetic” conservative, which is what I think of as a ‘natural born’ conservative, it is who they really are.