[roamer_1]

It doesn’t, it just means they won’t hear them coming.

HA! That's a fact. In all my years here I have found there is but a small, stalwart band of rock-ribbed Conservatives... And those whom they are willing to vote for will win... And those whom they won't vote for lose. Doesn't matter about the din... It doesn't have anything to do with the hue and cry. I don't see many of those folks voting for anyone but Cruz.

It's too bad, too... It keeps FR from doing what it's supposed to do - Support Conservatism. People say Cruz can't get traction. The blame for that resides right here on FreeRepublic.

[cripplecreek]

People say Cruz can't get traction. The blame for that resides right here on FreeRepublic.

You'll notice that a lot of those people only show up at FR during primary season to express their "concerns".

[CatherineofAragon]

" People say Cruz can't get traction. The blame for that resides right here on FreeRepublic."

No, no...conservatives will support Cruz AFTER he rises in the polls. That's how it works, you see. /S

[Finny]

YEP. In 2012, a whole lotta FReepers either went silent or left FR altogether because they refused to vote for amoral pro-gay leftist Romney. I had been crunching numbers and knew how numerous we were -- we outnumbered those poor believers in the Tooth Fairy who actually thought that in voting for Romney they were voting "against" Obama (see my tagline). I left once the management here caved and became officially "for" Romney, and didn't come back until after the 2012 election.

Sure enough, Romney lost. FReepers -- the real FReepers, the majority of them, apparently accurately indicated what was in the minds of majority of conservatives across America. I have a hunch the same is true regarding Cruz and Trump. Trump supporters are like their candidate -- loud, flamboyant, flashy. However, I expect we outnumber them; we just mostly keep our mouths shut.