NR is RINO central anymore.
I have posted ad nauseam to Cruz supporters that Ted Cruz is too conservative for the average GOP voter. The average GOP voter is middle of the road or slightly right of center. Much more into Trump territory. This is why in many national polls Cruz is still at 7%-8.5%.
Same goes for independents. Cruz is iffy in a general election. Trump is much more likely to win and win big in the general election.
A conservative is the GOPs only hope. The only other choices are Bush and Rubio.
“If they were the party, it would be looking pretty good for Ted. But they are not, and therein lies Cruz’s challenge.”
You’re right Henry (whoever you are). “They” aren’t the “party”. “They” are Americans who are seriously pissed off at the direction our country has taken. And if you think only GOP primary voters are pissed, you’re badly mistaken. I know many registered Democrats (I live in Western PA, where there are a lot of conservatives who think they’re Democrats) who wouldn’t piss on Obama if he was on fire.
Uh..... I think they are talking about us,
I would love to see a President Ted Cruz—but—right now it is about who has the best chance of beating Hillary. For some reason, the RNC is not thinking that way.
Trump/Cruz 2016!!!
What I say privately or on the forum, is not something a (supposedly Conservative) writer should say from a publication.
Curz deserves to be heard and let the voters make up their own minds. This nimnal (my word for low brain capacity) writer for National Review should stick to addressing issues if he has one he disagrees with.
Other than that, he should be talking down the other team and not members of our own.
Ted Cruz is the only candidate who’s successfully argued cases before the Supreme Court. He’s head and shoulders above the other candidates. Can anyone imagine Donald Trump convincing learned judges like Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, and Clarence Thomas to see things his way? A Donald Trump performance before the justices would be laughable, like a ‘’Saturday Night Live’’ skit.
Ted Cruz’s problem so far in running for President is that Republicans are not as wise and knowledgeable about the issues facing America as the Supreme Court is about legal issues. So most Republicans are not yet supporting Ted Cruz’s arguments that he would make the best president.
Yet the more Ted Cruz speaks, the more he enlightens Republicans about the policies needed to turn America around. And the more enlightened Republican voters become, the more they will support Ted Cruz — which is what’s happening now as Ted Cruz’s numbers rise.
It’s like ninth-grade algebra class — every few minutes another student finally get’s it.
By the time the primaries begin, Ted Cruz could well be leading the pack and be on his way to the White House.
Trump people jump on National Review every time they post an article that questions Democrat Don.
Irony. Sometimes it’s so ... ironic.