[grania]

Cruz cannot bring in the full spectrum of support that Trump can. I'm one of the ones who likes Cruz, but think he's rushing things when he doesn't have to. He's got the baggage of wanting MORE H1B workers at the very time when tech workers were losing jobs and being replaced by them. He got played by Obama and the dems on the trade deal, and who but Trump can put that genie back in the bottle? And now he's getting huge donations from people who will have that access to him that money buys.

What is your hurry?

[American Constitutionalist]

Actually, I would have to disagree, Ted Cruz sees the big picture and is taking his time building grassroots support in each and every state as he can.

Like a slow cooker, it takes time to cook good food.

It will pay benefits in the long run and Ted Cruz will rise in the polls and over all support.

To a certain extent a full spectrum candidate would look good on the outside, or on the surface, however ?

John McCain and Mitt Romney lost more base conservatives support and vote doing just that, appealing to the mushy middle, Reagan never did that.

You ( a candidate ) gain more respect, adoration by sticting to your guns by sticking to your values, and principles and persuading others to follow, that’s how Reagan won the Reagan Democrats, not by appealing to the mushy middle, but by sticking to his convictions.

That’s how John McCain and Mitt Romney lost the conservative base, they wanted to be Mr. nice guy, Mr. Friendly by reaching across the aisle.

The problem with that is it doesn’t always work and you lose respect.

McCain and Romney perhaps lost more conservatives than what they actually gained by appealing to the middle.

Of course both of them were never true “ Conservatives “ in the first place in which turned off more conservative voters.

If Ted Cruz sticks to his convictions no matter how hard the trade winds blow and tell him to change course, he will win the moderates and persaude them just like Reagan did.