Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, so Cruz is a smart guy. He's following Bush and Graham in sliding poll numbers. Someone had better start administering mega doses of gravitas in him to get his poll numbers up, or he is done.
>> Cruz is a smart guy. He’s following Bush and Graham in sliding poll numbers. Someone had better start administering mega doses of gravitas in him <<
Sorry to disagree, but I think you’ve got things pretty close to bassackwards. Cruz has plenty of gravitas, even too much of it. But that’s about all he has — severe gravitas with an extremely high IQ.
The trouble, as I see it, is that Cruz comes across as grouchy and arrogant. He can’t seem ever to smile a genuine smile, only a strained and silly grin. He lacks good cheer and a sense of humor.
If I were a Cruz adviser, I’d be pushing him to hire an acting coach and develop some Reaganesque good cheer to balance his overweening gravitas. But it’s probably too late for that now. So maybe he should start retooling for his 2020 election run.