Fiorina fizzled. Carson crumbled. Rubio and Yeb never took off. I have cautioned people here for months that when Cruz's turn would come (and I always believed it would inevitably come) the drive-bys would---as they did with Carson and Fiorina---tout him as "winning." This is always done for the singular purpose of knocking out Trump, the one who not only CAN win but can effect massive change in the White House.
See if I'm right: If Cruz gets the lead, anywhere, for more than a poll or two, the adulatory pieces will stop and all of a sudden he will be Hitler to the drive-bys.
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If Cruz gets the lead, anywhere, for more than a poll or two, the adulatory pieces will stop and all of a sudden he will be Hitler to the drive-bys.
The drive-bys may indeed go after Cruz but, unless I've misread his background, there isn't anything out there to get him with.
Perhaps they'll go after his Dad as an evil Christian Pastor, but that'll only piss off we Evangelicals.
It'll be an interesting election cycle to closely watch.
The corrupt ruling class is in a panic. Trump might actually win the Republican nomination and then beat Hillary! Their gravy train ends when an honest American not beholden to billionaire donors and super PACs occupies the White House. And their is only one candidate not beholden to billionaire donors and super PACs. Donald Trump.