RE: I Told You So (Slate’s Bouie admits that Ted Cruz has a real shot at winning)
Yes, a good shot at winning the Republican nomination maybe.
But even I, as an ardent Cruz supporter am not sure how he will fare among the general electorate against Hillary.
“But even I, as an ardent Cruz supporter am not sure how he will fare among the general electorate against Hillary.”
He’ll fare just fine. He has as good or better chance than the other candidates.
Don’t buy into the “He can’t win the general election” meme repeated by the Trumpeteers.
Do you realize that Clinton has a warehouse full of opposition research on Trump?
They can’t call Cruz stupid like they did Bush Jr., Quayle and Palin, they can’t say he’s an out-of-touch elite like they did Bush Sr. and Romney, they can’t say he’s old and senile like they did Dole and McCain, and probably can’t say he’s evil like they did Cheney.
Granted, they’re going to try to say he’s crazy and maybe evil. But that’s all he has to counter, and with his very rational speaking style he shouldn’t have any problem countering it. He’s not someone who shoots from the hip like Trump and says outrageous stuff.
They’ll point to the shutdown, but that’s a weak argument since once he’s president, Congress will be Republican and they won’t need to worry about gridlock. Plus the shutdown was supposed to kill us in the mid-terms and then we had a historic sweep. So no one really seems to care about it.