Nice observation.
Looks to me like Cruz cooked his own goose, bragging about beating The Donald....and using stupid Fonzie videos to be the Iowa front-runner.
Cruz needs to tone down his strategy......if he damages the Trump brand in Iowa, Cruz will be persona non grata around the globe.
IMO, the ‘jump the shark’ video was fair-game, just as Trump did not directly confront Cruz on the birther issue.
Both guys behaving themselves on that score at least.
Yep, I agree.
Cruz has managed expectations in Iowa poorly.
The story coming out of Iowa is never who won, but who exceeded expectations.
Most smart candidates play down their chances of winning Iowa for that very reason, so that the story coming out of Iowa will be how they exceeded those expectations.
This is even more important with Trump, because ALL the news coverage by the “professionals” has from day ONE been that his poll numbers will NEVER translate into votes.
This is the PERFECT set up for Trump. EVERYONE on TV is saying his supporters will NEVER turn out, that his poll numbers are meaningless, that he has no organization, no insider support, no ground game, that the size of his crowds doesn’t matter, ect, ect...
When the votes are actually tallied and Trump meets or even better possibly exceeds all expectations, you wont here a single other thing discussed in politics but Trump for weeks.