I was just posting on this topic-—Cruz’s campaign-—to a Freeper who was excusing Trump’s statement that he would have no problem considering a Muslim for his cabinet or his ticket.
I’m not worried about Cruz. I read his book, and in it, he talked at length about his Texas Senate campaign.
He was running against a very popular, wealthy, self-funded opponent. In contrast, Ted had almost zero name recognition. According to one estimate, and allowing for the margin of error, he was at one point polling at -1. He was told over and over that he had no chance of winning.
But Cruz’s specialty is, as he puts it, the “modern, grassroots guerilla campaign”. He plays a long game, and while Trump’s tabloid thing goes on, Cruz is laying ground in every state, hiring staff, and money is rolling in.
Mark Levin said it just the other night-—next year, the polls will look nothing like they do today.
And let me add that I’m getting sick of the “Cruz has no charisma/warmth, etc.” and “women don’t like him” memes. Both are false; anyone who pays a moderate amount of attention knows that.
Cruz has a talent for connecting to people at the grassroots level. When he was introduced yesterday at the Iowa Faith and Family Coalition, the host said, “This guy is a rock star.” The audience seemed to agree.
And there was a FR article recently from some liberal source that was surprised Ted connects very well with women.
The problem I see with Cruz is that he is too intelligent. His responses come off scripted - even though I am sure they are spontaneous- because he thinks so much faster than the average Joe. His responses in the debate lacked any pauses- understandable since the moderators kept cutting him off so he had to talk while he can. But it makes it harder for the average person to follow along.
SC justices can keep up with him, but not everyone is in that category.
His strength is his conservative message and he just needs to keep at it. Others - Carson, Fiorina for 2 - will just beca flash in the pan, and as ling as he is the steady tortoise, he will bypass the RINOs. I hope.
His fundraising has been pretty spectacular so he’s impressing a lot of people.