[Timber Rattler]

Few people think Cruz has much of a shot at the Republican nomination. The Upshot's Nate Cohn makes the case against his doing so pretty concretely. We looked at the strength of his plan to ride tea party support on Wednesday: He trails among tea party voters badly.

[cripplecreek]

When this tactic no longer works they’ll move on to the ever popular “Blackout” strategy.

We the people can overcome it is we don’t just sit back and wait for Cruz to win. We’ve got to be his army to carry him to victory.