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Circa 1979: Newsflash, Party Insiders, including Gerald Ford, George H. Bush, etc., ‘Don’t think Ronald Reagan can win!’

Reagan won the nomination on his third try. I like him, but Cruz is unlikely to win the GOP nomination on his first try, if the historical record is anything to go by. Reagan was a national figure because of his role as the host of the GE Theater series and as an actor. Cruz is not very well-known, and he's nowhere as deft at handling the media as Reagan was.

Reagan won the nomination on his third try. I like him, but Cruz is unlikely to win the GOP nomination on his first try,

A lot of unlikely things happen.

How about we through away the probabilities, and the predictable naysayers who mostly have ulterior motives, and just focus on principles and fidelity to principle and see what that gets us???

Sound like a plan to you?

BTW, after the primaries in 79' Reagan was down to Carter 30+ points and we all know how that went.

Shoot, even Cruz, in his primaries started off I believe somewhere south of 5% with very little name recognition and yet, sticking to his conservative principles, not pandering, not compromising, he won, even when his party was dead-set against him.

Ted already has experience with this kind of situation.

Buck up my friend, don't be so negative, fight for your principles, ignore the negative talk.