Cruz voters cannot get it through their heads that their candidate is not going to inherit all of Rubio and Kasich’s votes. The fundamental problem with Cruz is that NOBODY likes him outside of his supporters. There once were 16 candidates in the race, now their are 3, and Cruz cannot garner more than 25-30% in any poll. Facts are that Cruz cannot make the sale past his narrow base of ultra conservative and evangelical voters, coincidentally, those who have just as narrow of a view of things as he does. If Cruz cannot grow his vote through his message and personality, “hoping” that others gravitate towards him as a stop Trump effort is just silly.
If Cruz cannot grow his vote through his message and personality, “hoping” that others gravitate towards him as a stop Trump effort is just silly.
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Said a different way:
How weak must Cruz be as a candidate to add anti-Trump people in order to win the nomination?
Begs the question:
How strong must a candidate be to utilize all these antics to take him down.
If Trump were the quarterback, we are watching a number of offensive lineman trying to sack him along with the other teams defenders.
Trump must be pretty strong.
If Conservatives (aka Republicans) want to win the White House, they should back Trump, because CRUZ CANNOT WIN. Backing Cruz because he is "more Conservative" than Trump is a noble idea, but it is a losing strategy. Backing Cruz is like winning the battle, but losing the war.
Cruz's primary argument is that he is the most Conservative. He is running his campaign based on how FAR RIGHT he is. Again, that is noble, but it is not a winning strategy.
The truth and the fact is, this country is less than 50% Conservative, less than 30% Evangelical, and less than 20% Far Right. So the more Cruz emphasizes how Far Right he is, the more he ensures he can not, will not, win the White House.
The truth and the fact is that the vast majority of people in this country are Moderate. In each election, Moderates have to make a choice between the Democrat candidate and the Republican candidate. Moderates have some Conservative values and some Liberal values, but they don't have ANY Far Right values. Far Right values are too polarizing, and perhaps even frightening, for Moderate voters. Therefore, if the Republican candidate is FAR RIGHT (i.e., Cruz), then Moderates will vote against Far Right Cruz (as opposed to for Hillary).
Trump may not be as Conservative or as perfect as many Republicans would like him to be, but would Cruz-backers rather stand on the moral high ground of backing Cruz and losing the White House to Hillary? Or would they rather win the White House with Trump?
I would rather have a President (Trump) who may be "Moderate, Leaning Conservative" than Far Left Hillary or Socialist/Communist Bernie -- ANY DAY.
I am very afraid that Cruz-backers will not figure this out, and they will fight Trump to the point that they ensure Hillary or Bernie win the White House.
Who do we have to blame for Obama being in the White House? We have the Republican Party to blame, because "we" couldn't come up with a worthy candidate to beat Obama. We can't blame the Democrats for Obama -- we have ourselves, and our LOUSY candidates (McCain and Romney) to blame.
This time around, if Hillary or Bernie win the White House, it will be because the Cruz, Kasich, and Rubio supporters refused to support Trump. Trump is the ONLY Republican candidate who can win the MODERATE vote, and therefore, Trump is the ONLY Republican candidate who can win the White House.