I figured out, why the best conservative candidate is failing to resonate with voters. His stance on illegals is hurting him. That is turning out to be his Achilles heel. Megyn Kelly cornered him with the question “would you deport anchor baby US citizen kids”, and Cruz could not get himself to utter the word “deport”. Of course his other agenda of increasing H1-B visa’s and doubling legal immigrant quota when 92 million American adults are without jobs is also not popular.
“We are a country of laws and this must be carried out.
We know Jean Valjean of Les Miserables was imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, perhaps at a Court hearing, he could have been granted some leniency but as things stand now, the Court Systems are overloaded. In this case, 80-90% of Illegals don’t even show up at Court hearings.”
This is the way, I’ve spoken to people who bring up emotional appeals about deportation. I’m sure there are better ways but I think this is a start.
Yes, I’m wary of Cruz’s position on expanding legal immigration and green cards.
A good response to this is “Let’s secure the border and then we talk”, quite a few have used this approach.
Sorry, mini-rant everyone.
Nope. Sorry. That ain't it.
The reason the best conservative candidate is failing to resonate with the voters is he doesn't have the skills to manage the adversarial media.
The media couldn't give a fig about "informing" the American people. Trump knows that, so he doesn't even try. He turns the interview into a WWE match between himself and the "journalist," such that he gets his sound-byte while bitch slapping the "heel" (term for the bad guy in pro wrestling).
People love that.
The sad truth is a non-leftist candidate's media presence, and policies are two very different disciplines in today's environment, and a successful candidate has to be able to manage them both separately.