Posted on 10/08/2015 12:47:48 PM PDT by VinL
Trump is an executive and visionary by his nature.
Cruz is a deft parliamentarian, by his nature.
Trump/Cruz.
Great team.
Cruz has made it a point to not attack Donald Trump, and I will follow Ted’s example. I admit Trump is not as conservative as I would like, but if he can get some of the messages out that people would ignore if it were Cruz saying the same thing, then I think Trump being in this race is a positive.
I think all of the candidates on both side would love to be “fading” like Trump.
People would choose Cruz over McConnell. But the author is right that Trump’s appeal is far wider than Cruz’s.
Trump won me with his stance 5 years ago on trade policy. Cruz would have lost me completely on trade policy except the other candidates are just as bad as Cruz.
Cruz is great on abortion and marriage. But we need a much different congress before we can make real progress on those issues. And you can’t win the presidency at this time on those issues.
This analysis shows the obvious, the voters polled mainly want someone who will win... that’s not a surprise. Cruz will have to be able to present that he has a legitimate shot at winning, and if he does that, He’ll see his support grow among the other groups.
I do think Cruz will not cross the party line as well as I am sure Trump will. Cruz is too divisive in ways that will hinder him with the independent and blue dog democratic voter. He also is not nearly as charismatic in general.. but none of these candidates sans Donald and the NY Governor have any personality to speak of.
“To put it in terms he might understand, a majority of Republican voters have more in common with Mitch McConnell than with him.”
So he’s saying a majority of Republican voters are corrupt, lying bastards? This guy ought to be tarred and feathered along with most of the rest of the lousy NR hacks.
I have reservations about Cruz but they are tiny compared to the other candidates - most definitely I’d switch to Cruz. I’m just giddy I have a choice this time. Go Team America!
Cruz has a solid strategy, it remains to be seen if he can garner the delegates for the nomination. But he has my vote and my support all the way to the end!
The answer to your faux situation in the headline: Cruz won’t get Trump’s supporters because they’ll stick with Trump all the way to the White House. Duh!
Ah, but see? He’s “conservative” on issues like illegal immigration that motivate a large chunk of the GOP’s conservative base.
That makes it a bit more “nuanced” than Ted Cruz = conservative, so Trump supporters =/= Ted Cruz supporters if Trump does implode.
Cruz lacks money?
I don’t think Trump supporters have a darn thing in common with McConnell. In fact, Sen. Cruz has more in common with him, and that is PRECISELY why they aren’t going to vote for him. The vote in favor of TPA and the fact that he wants to triple H1-B visas are both putting nails in the coffin of Cruz’s candidacy.
I don’t think this article is anything more than an attempt to get Cruz to come further over to the dark side.
What’s the problem with Cruz’s vote for fast track (TPA)?
[I support Trump and Cruz]
There are MANY who feel this way................
including me
It took that train wreck TPP from needing 2/3 to only needing a simple majority to pass.
TPP is not going to pass— Cruz knew that.
Cruz is not picking up Trump supporters because they are supporting Trump
Just Duh
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