Sure, Cruz will eviscerate Hillary in a debate.
But women and a good number of men will have a visceral emotional reaction to him doing so. Hillary will exploit this by playing the victim card, just like she did when Lazio walked across the stage with that piece of paper in the first Senate debate.
So Cruz will “win”, but will lose due to the perception of being an a*****e.
Good example of this would be a comparative analysis of the Palin-Biden and Ryan-Biden VP debates. Biden kept clear of anything that would generate emotional sympathy for Palin. He was MUCH rougher on Ryan.
Hillary isn’t this loveable, cherished national figure. Cruz is an Ivy League debate champion he knows how to debate and furthermore I think Americans would welcome Hillary being challenged. Remember the first Romeny/Obama debate? The first debate between Cruz and Hillary would be that on steroids and Cruz wouldn’t let up in the following debates either.
I honestly don’t think that meme would work with Hillary. She is not “feminine”, “motherly”, “matronly” or any of that. She’s a pit viper, and I for one would like to see her get pegged down in a debate. Her supporters are holding onto her because they HAVE to. Not because of love and sympathy.