I think you may be onto something, I’m scratching my head why Cilliza is writing this.
Still way too early to call this. There has not yet been any direct confrontation between Herself and any of the major contenders in the Republican slate. Do we know, on the basis of ANYTHING, that Ted Cruz would simply surrender to Herself?
The last actual Republican that Herself faced on a debate stage was Rick Lazio, in September 2000, and the initial assessment after the debate was that Lazio had won the debate on points. But that was not how the optics played out later on, as the confrontation on stage as Lazio walked over to Herself’s podium, with a piece of paper in his hand, and asked Herself to sign a pledge, with him, on campaign finance reform, was swiftly reframed as “hitting the girl”, and Lazio was pictured as a “creep”.
He lost the election in November 2000 by 12 points.
Because 94% of African-Americans APPROVE of Trump's proposed Muslim ban, and Cilliza knows Hillary can beat Cruz.