Cruz fell into a trap of his own design. I loved it when he called McConnell a liar because he was a liar and I loved it when he was ‘drafting’ in Trumps wake. He seemed very competent then.
He should have gracefully bowed out after New Hampshire. Definitely after South Carolina. Whatever chances he had of winning the nomination was completely overshadowed by the fact he would never win the Presidency vs Hillary.
“He should have gracefully bowed out after New Hampshire. Definitely after South Carolina.”
I agree, but he is being prodded along by his money handlers behind the scenes. South Carolina should have been the indicator he had no chance of success in November. They have successfully chosen the winning candidate every time since the 1970’s. He did not fool them, not one bit.
After NH, he won MAINE. Except we all know there is no way in hell that he really did win Maine. Someone in the GOP gave him Maine as a win to keep the ball rolling and keep one of theirs in the game. I doubt he had control over this, but they stole that race for Cruz.
His popularity was so pathetic in Texas that he had to run back to ensure that he did not lose his home state. Which explains why he had little or no time to campaign in the South. If the forerunner had been Jeb or Mitt, the GOPe would have given Ted the hook in early March.
And there is this perpetuated insanity in believing that a very unpopular man in every single Southern state and every single county in three battleground states could possibly win in the GE. -All backed by fictional polls showing him winning over Hillary to egg him on.
I'm glad he put on such a show, though. My judgment needed the recalibration Cruz provided.
Like so many other people, I also misjudged him when I wouldn't listen to the early inner warning bells.
Looking back, Cruz turned out to be an evangelically anointed newbie Senator who played his base as stepping stones and the new office job they gave him as a resume enhancement to an even better job.
He then bailed on his current Senate job to run for that better job, all while being paid for not doing his current job, the one he convinced Texans to give him to do.
Then when his ego's "principaled" climb up the ladder ran its course and petered out at his level of incompetence, Cruz takes a vacation from his vacation from the Senate job that he convinced Texans to give him so he could get back to work.
I've worked around people like that, but never had one of those work for me or be around me for very long.
One way or another, they're soon gone and good riddance.
No class, no integrity and "nothing but me" trouble.
Don't be that guy. Don't hire that guy. Don't vote for that guy.