They told us Romney was the only one who could win the election. I’m not buying the same argument from you on Trump. Cruz fundraising is doing FANTASTIC. Romney outspent his competitors at least 5 to 1 and still lost a lot of primaries. Cruz’ money is so big that Bush can’t outspend him by even 2 to 1.
Cruz could definitely win. Bush is incredibly weak and I honestly think his chances are doomed after he went nowhere in this first debate. When multiple other candidates went up in the polls and Bush stayed flat or went down, it was a devastating result. Especially since he gave as good a performance as he’s capable of and is not likely to be able to do any better next time. His brand name is too poisonous to even the low info GOP voters.
Hillary is also an incredibly weak candidate. This is an election where we can truly write our own ticket. This is no time to settle for the second best of Trump and hope for some far-out strategy of “fixing” him later.
I'm reading Cruz's book, and he describes how Karl Rove told him he didn't have a prayer of winning his Senate race...it was just not possible. Rove also said he would never be able to raise enough money.
Ted just laughed at him.