[LongWayHome]

Trump is a crude & unsteady instrument, for sure. I agree with you. Yet, we are in such dire straits that I suspect many voters on the right & in the middle are ready to grasp onto him. I can’t find my way to condemn them for that. If we get 60% of what a president Trump promises then that, in my opinion, is enough....

I’m still with Cruz, but he has not shown an ability to get any real traction in the polls. I suspect he would make a great president....I just don’t see how he can get the nomination at this point.

[nathanbedford]

I just don’t see how he can get the nomination at this point.

I believe we are not yet at a point where absolute leadership in the polls is conclusive. We have a long way to go before Iowa and New Hampshire and anything can happen, especially with a Donald Trump speaking ad lib. every day.

But I do share your frustration about Cruz' lack of traction. I was hoping that it would be clear to conservatives that the alternative to Jeb Bush need not be Donald Trump, it could be Ted Cruz. Put another way, the choice is no longer Jeb Bush or Donald Trump because Bush is rapidly writing himself out of the equation. If you believe that it's too late for Cruz, it is certainly too late for Jeb who has nothing going for himself now except money.

Somehow the equation has become only Donald Trump can defeat GOPe, an assertion with which I disagree. I think Cruz has demonstrated his bona fides in taking on the establishment whereas Trump has talked a good game on some issues but not on others and, above all, he has also slept with them.