I campaigned for RR in VA in 1984. Cruz is not Reagan. Reagan appealed to people of all political persuasions. He won the Republican vote, the Independent vote and a huge number of blue collar democrats. Cruz will NEVER have that kind of appeal. His appeal is very limited and not even a majority of Republicans support him. Trump is the only guy running who has a snowball’s chance in July of winning that kind of broad based support.
” campaigned for RR in VA in 1984. Cruz is not Reagan. Reagan appealed to people of all political persuasions. He won the Republican vote, the Independent vote and a huge number of blue collar democrats. Cruz will NEVER have that kind of appeal. His appeal is very limited and not even a majority of Republicans support him. Trump is the only guy running who has a snowball’s chance in July of winning that kind of broad based support.”
Yeah, people were saying that about Reagan when he ran in ‘76, thinking him another Goldwater. GOPe took ‘the safe choice’ and nominated Ford instead. Their safe choice, a sitting President, lost to an unknown peanut farmer.
Since you campaigned for him, you know the rest of the story, Reagan beating a sitting President in ‘80 then went on to have a landslide victory against a former VP, winning every state save one, including the home state of his opponent.
I cannot possibly see where you can construct the unelectability of Cruz having history as a guide.
And I have also learned: Never say ‘Never’.