I think this may be why Trump is saying that he is no longer interested in complaining about how Cruz won Iowa. It wasn’t moving the needle enough.
“I think this may be why Trump is saying that he is no longer interested in complaining about how Cruz won Iowa. It wasn’t moving the needle enough.”
It is ok to point out your opponents weaknesses, but at some point you have to give the voters a reason to vote for you, and explain why you would be better.
think this may be why Trump is saying that he is no longer interested in complaining about how Cruz won Iowa. It wasn’t moving the needle enough
Or just maybe somebody pointed out to him that no Republican can win the Prez without the conservative vote. They can win the primary (Dole, McCain, Romney etc) but that ends it. The conservatives do not vote for them.
Early on, I would have voted for either Trump or Cruz. Now I will not vote for Trump. A lot of other conservatives feel that way too.
He’ll just say what ever it takes to get his way. That’s what we need in a president; someone who’s malleable.
Cruz got a little surge of enthusiasm after Iowa which quickly faded after the Carson thing came out. Just like in the nightly Free Republic Caucus when Cruz surges Trump drops and when Trump surges Cruz drops. This implies that there are people who continue to vacillate between Trump and Cruz. The two camps are fighting over many of the same voters.
It is not a good idea for either one of them to alienate these vacillating people. That is why Trump has laid off Cruz even if he still feels like Cruz is playing dirty. Cruz has hired the best experts in the business to help him win. They also are aware that to keep Rubio from overtaking him and becoming a formidable foe that they need to cool it. There are a lot of people who haven't got the memo. Getting them to stop battling is like trying to get your dog to stop barking at the mail man.