[Travis T. OJustice]

I would love to see Cruz become president, the only problem is he hasn’t got a snowballs chance in hell of winning against the democrats.

[Norm Lenhart]

Self fulfilling prophecy.

[alstewartfan]

You are so wrong. Rotten would be defeated by any candidate who can articulate why the Democrats spell disaster for America.

[SmokingJoe]

Is that why Ted Cruz is crushing Hilary Clinton by 7 points in the latest general election matchups, even while Trump is losing to Hilary Clinton in the RCP average matchups?

[doug6352]

“I would love to see Cruz become president, the only problem is he hasn’t got a snowballs chance in hell of winning against the democrats.”

Check the stock market, Travis.

2016 is 2008 in reverse. There is already an 80% chance that whoever the Republicans nominate will be the next President. It is probably going to be a landslide.

[skeeter]

Heard the same arguments in '03 during the governors race here in CA.

As a consequence we ended up with the popular guy, this one more concerned with his own popularity than what was right for the state. Turned out he was no better than the democrat alternative.

If we'd pulled together and put the "unelectable" guy in office the state would most likely not be where it is today. I'll never compromise again.

Vote for whomever you like, but do because of where they stand on the issues only.

[ilgipper]

Why?

[JSDude1]

Sure he does they (he and Trump and frankly most Republicans running) against the corrupt Hillary C. or crazy Bernie.

[reegs]

And your assertion is based exactly on what?

[Chauncey Uppercrust]

Thats the same thinking that got us McCain Romney etc, I thought we were done with that?

Trump is about as pro life as Hillary

[Kenny]

I would love to see Cruz become president, the only problem is he hasn’t got a snowballs chance in hell of winning against the democrats.

Exactly! This is a revolution and Trump's the only guy getting through enemy lines.

[SoConPubbie]

I would love to see Cruz become president, the only problem is he hasn’t got a snowballs chance in hell of winning against the democrats.

Same nonsense they said about Reagan.

[Zhang Fei]

I would love to see Cruz become president, the only problem is he hasn’t got a snowballs chance in hell of winning against the democrats.

The polls against Clinton have improved for everyone, including Trump:

Polling Data

Poll	Date	Sample	MoE	Clinton (D)	Trump (R)	Spread
RCP Average	12/16 - 1/7	--	--	44.6	42.6	Clinton +2.0
FOX News	1/4 - 1/7	1006 RV	3.0	44	47	Trump +3
Rasmussen Reports	12/22 - 12/23	1000 LV	3.0	37	36	Clinton +1
CNN/ORC	12/17 - 12/21	927 RV	3.0	49	47	Clinton +2
Quinnipiac	12/16 - 12/20	1140 RV	2.9	47	40	Clinton +7
FOX News	12/16 - 12/17	1013 RV	3.0	49	38	Clinton +11
PPP (D)	12/16 - 12/17	1267 RV	2.8	46	43	Clinton +3
ABC News/Wash Post	12/10 - 12/13	851 RV	4.0	50	44	Clinton +6
NBC/WSJ	12/6 - 12/9	849 RV	3.4	50	40	Clinton +10
USA Today/Suffolk	12/2 - 12/6	1000 LV	3.0	48	44	Clinton +4
CNN/ORC	11/27 - 12/1	930 RV	3.0	49	46	Clinton +3
Quinnipiac	11/23 - 11/30	1473 RV	2.6	47	41	Clinton +6
MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist	11/15 - 12/2	2360 RV	2.0	52	41	Clinton +11
FOX News	11/16 - 11/19	1016 RV	4.0	41	46	Trump +5
PPP (D)	11/16 - 11/17	1360 RV	2.7	45	44	Clinton +1
McClatchy/Marist	10/29 - 11/4	541 RV	4.2	56	41	Clinton +15
Quinnipiac	10/29 - 11/2	1144 RV	2.9	46	43	Clinton +3
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl	10/25 - 10/29	847 RV	3.4	50	42	Clinton +8
CNN/ORC	10/14 - 10/17	956 RV	3.0	50	45	Clinton +5
FOX News	10/10 - 10/12	1004 RV	3.0	40	45	Trump +5
PPP (D)	10/1 - 10/4	1338 RV	2.7	44	44	Tie
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl	9/20 - 9/24	RV	--	49	39	Clinton +10
FOX News	9/20 - 9/22	1013 RV	3.0	46	42	Clinton +4
Quinnipiac	9/17 - 9/21	1574 RV	2.5	45	43	Clinton +2
ABC News/Wash Post	9/7 - 9/10	821 RV	4.0	46	43	Clinton +3
CNN/ORC	9/4 - 9/8	930 RV	3.0	48	48	Tie
MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist	8/26 - 9/9	1115 RV	2.9	53	40	Clinton +13
SurveyUSA	9/2 - 9/3	900 RV	3.3	40	45	Trump +5
PPP (D)	8/28 - 8/30	1254 RV	2.8	46	44	Clinton +2
Quinnipiac	8/20 - 8/25	1563 RV	2.5	45	41	Clinton +4
CNN/ORC	8/13 - 8/16	897 RV	3.5	51	45	Clinton +6
FOX News	8/11 - 8/13	1008 RV	3.0	47	42	Clinton +5
Quinnipiac	7/23 - 7/28	1644 RV	2.4	48	36	Clinton +12
McClatchy/Marist	7/22 - 7/28	964 RV	3.2	54	38	Clinton +16
CNN/Opinion Research	7/22 - 7/25	898 RV	3.5	56	40	Clinton +16
PPP (D)	7/20 - 7/21	1087 RV	3.0	50	37	Clinton +13
USA Today/Suffolk	7/9 - 7/12	1000 LV	3.0	51	34	Clinton +17
CNN/Opinion Research	6/26 - 6/28	890 RV	3.5	59	35	Clinton +24
FOX News	6/21 - 6/23	1005 RV	3.0	51	34	Clinton +17
Quinnipiac	5/19 - 5/26	1711 RV	2.4	50	32	Clinton +18

Polling Data

Poll	Date	Sample	MoE	Cruz (R)	Clinton (D)	Spread
RCP Average	12/16 - 1/7	--	--	46.3	44.5	Cruz +1.8
FOX News	1/4 - 1/7	1006 RV	3.0	50	43	Cruz +7
CNN/ORC	12/17 - 12/21	927 RV	3.0	48	46	Cruz +2
Quinnipiac	12/16 - 12/20	1140 RV	2.9	44	44	Tie
FOX News	12/16 - 12/17	1013 RV	3.0	45	45	Tie
PPP (D)	12/16 - 12/17	1267 RV	2.8	43	45	Clinton +2
NBC/WSJ	12/6 - 12/9	849 RV	3.4	45	48	Clinton +3
USA Today/Suffolk	12/2 - 12/6	1000 LV	3.0	45	47	Clinton +2
CNN/ORC	11/27 - 12/1	930 RV	3.0	47	50	Clinton +3
Quinnipiac	11/23 - 11/30	1473 RV	2.6	42	47	Clinton +5
MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist	11/15 - 12/2	2360 RV	2.0	44	51	Clinton +7
FOX News	11/16 - 11/19	1016 RV	4.0	45	41	Cruz +4
PPP (D)	11/16 - 11/17	1360 RV	2.7	44	46	Clinton +2
McClatchy/Marist	10/29 - 11/4	541 RV	4.2	43	53	Clinton +10
Quinnipiac	10/29 - 11/2	1144 RV	2.9	46	43	Cruz +3
MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist	8/26 - 9/9	1115 RV	2.9	41	52	Clinton +11
PPP (D)	8/28 - 8/30	1254 RV	2.8	42	47	Clinton +5
McClatchy/Marist	7/22 - 7/28	964 RV	3.2	40	49	Clinton +9
PPP (D)	7/20 - 7/21	1087 RV	3.0	40	48	Clinton +8
FOX News	6/21 - 6/23	1005 RV	3.0	42	48	Clinton +6
PPP (D)	6/11 - 6/14	1129 RV	2.9	42	48	Clinton +6
CNN/Opinion Research	5/29 - 5/31	1025 A	3.0	43	52	Clinton +9
Quinnipiac	5/19 - 5/26	1711 RV	2.4	37	48	Clinton +11
FOX News	5/9 - 5/12	1006 RV	3.0	43	48	Clinton +5
FOX News	4/19 - 4/21	1012 RV	3.0	42	47	Clinton +5
Quinnipiac	4/16 - 4/21	1353 RV	2.7	41	48	Clinton +7
CNN/Opinion Research	4/16 - 4/19	1018 A	3.0	36	60	Clinton +24
Rasmussen Reports	4/9 - 4/12	1000 LV	3.0	38	47	Clinton +9
FOX News	3/29 - 3/31	1025 RV	3.0	42	48	Clinton +6
PPP (D)	3/26 - 3/31	989 RV	3.1	43	49	Clinton +6
ABC News/Wash Post	3/26 - 3/29	RV	4.0	39	56	Clinton +17
McClatchy/Marist	3/1 - 3/4	514 RV	4.3	39	53	Clinton +14
Quinnipiac	2/26 - 3/2	1286 RV	2.7	38	48	Clinton +10
PPP (D)	2/20 - 2/22	691 RV	3.7	40	50	Clinton +10
CNN/Opinion Research	12/18 - 12/21	1011 A	3.0	35	60	Clinton +25
Bloomberg	12/3 - 12/5	753 LV	3.6	33	46	Clinton +13
Quinnipiac	11/18 - 11/23	1623 RV	2.4	37	48	Clinton +11
Rasmussen Reports	6/14 - 6/15	1000 LV	3.0	37	50	Clinton +13
McClatchy/Marist	4/7 - 4/10	518 RV	4.3	39	54	Clinton +15
PPP (D)	3/6 - 3/9	1152 RV	2.9	40	51	Clinton +11
FOX News	3/2 - 3/4	1002 RV	3.0	36	52	Clinton +16
McClatchy/Marist	2/4 - 2/9	490 RV	4.4	39	56	Clinton +17
PPP (D)	1/23 - 1/26	845 RV	3.4	41	47	Clinton +6
Quinnipiac	1/15 - 1/19	1933 RV	2.2	35	50	Clinton +15
CNN/Opinion Research	12/16 - 12/19	950 RV	3.0	39	57	Clinton +18
PPP (D)	12/12 - 12/15	1316 RV	2.7	41	49	Clinton +8
Quinnipiac	12/3 - 12/9	2692 RV	1.9	37	50	Clinton +13
McClatchy/Marist	12/3 - 12/5	497 RV	4.4	35	57	Clinton +22
Quinnipiac	11/6 - 11/11	2545 RV	1.9	36	51	Clinton +15
PPP (D)	10/29 - 10/31	649 RV	3.8	33	50	Clinton +17
Quinnipiac	9/23 - 9/29	1497 RV	2.5	31	54	Clinton +23
Monmouth	7/25 - 7/30	850 RV	3.4	32	48	Clinton +16

[AdaGray]

Agreed. Like it or not, Trump’s appeal crosses over. He is also the best retail politician I have ever seen in my life and he keeps getting better.

[VerySadAmerican]

I would love to see Cruz become president, the only problem is he hasn’t got a snowballs chance in hell of winning against the democrats.

Every four years we’re told who can win and who can’t win and we shouldn’t waste our votes on someone who can’t win. IMO, like you, I don’t think Cruz can win. So, I’d like to see someone get the nomination who CAN win.

[A CA Guy]

Not this election anyway. He’s young and needs more time.

[tallyhoe]

I would love to see Cruz become president, the only problem is he hasn’t got a snowballs chance in hell of winning against the democrats. Oh yes he does!!! He is the Cuban Ronald Reagan!!!