I don’t see Cruz as winning the debate. The idea that one wins by being unoffensive or not participating in brawls doesn’t mean they win. Kasich should be the nominee by those standards. I’ve always like Cruz but these debates are not effective in weakening Trump because they are so contrived. I saw people who are not Trump fans at all actually defending him after seeing how biased Fox News was once again. Also the idea that Trump has been constantly smeared as a racist hasn’t sat well with conservatives who have been on the receiving end of such character assassinations.
Cruz has one path to potential victory. He has to make sure Rubio loses Florida badly. The only way that this happens is if Cruz supporters vote Trump in Florida. Then Rubio will be forced out of the race. This gives Cruz a chance to compete in states like Ohio and collect more delegates. Winning debates isn’t going to stop Trump.
Since when is being the best talker indicative of being best President
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson wrote better than he spoke
And so forth
Yes, but if Trump wins Florida, then it will be very, very difficult for Cruz to catch him, even in a two-man race.
It's not clear that any other candidate has any path to collecting enough delegates before the convention to lock up the nomination. Their best hope is to do whatever it takes to prevent Trump from doing so, and hope for the best on a second (or third, or . . . ) ballot at the convention.
Cruz has one path to potential victory. He has to make sure Rubio loses Florida badly. The only way that this happens is if Cruz supporters vote Trump in Florida.And how is that better than having Cruz supporters voting for Cruz in Florida?
You need to work on your logic and reasoning skills.
“I don’t know how else to explain this other than to say in terms of the old way that we used to consider qualifications for the presidency, the old way in which we used to analyze competence, Ted Cruz hit a grand-slam home run last night.”
Had nothing to do with not getting into the fray on the entertainment level because he did, remember, tell DT Barnum to breathe, breathe, breathe. I’m still laughing at the sight of flexible yoga.