Right now I believe Trump is the logical choice.
When Trump started hinting that he would run I called him a fumble mouthed blowhard that couldn't speak in complete sentences, I still hold that view. However he is resonating with voters across party lines and likely could blow away the Hillary.
I have never felt that Cruz could capture the nomination even though he is a very good candidate especially to political junkies like the ones on this forum. He consistently garners less than 10% of the votes among Republicans and likely would get even fewer votes from democrats.
I mistakenly thought Carly would do much better than Trump if they appeared on stage together, because she could articulate the Trump message better than he could. Boy was I wrong because people don't seem to care how crude and rude he appears to be. Just like they don't seem to care how perfect Cruz is.
I think Cruz missed an opportunity that Trump revealed in the immigration issue. In fact I think they all did, likely because the donor class is pro amnesty.
I have never seen a crazier primary season in my 77 years.
When Trump started hinting that he would run I called him a fumble mouthed blowhard that couldn't speak in complete sentences, I still hold that view.
I tend to agree.
However he is resonating with voters across party lines and likely could blow away the Hillary.
I have never felt that Cruz could capture the nomination even though he is a very good candidate especially to political junkies like the ones on this forum. He consistently garners less than 10% of the votes among Republicans and likely would get even fewer votes from democrats.
If Trump was the only one who could beat Hillary, I might agree (or, given Trump's history of unconservative statements on a number of issues, I might say 'a pox on both their houses'). But RCP doesn't support a clear Cruz/Trump difference against Hillary: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_cruz_vs_clinton-4034.html