Moreover, what’s the roadmap to victory in the general?
Let’s be intellectually honest. Teddy has no path to the white house. His appeal is limited to states where the outcome was never in doubt. Maine is going to go for the rat. AK, TX, WY are going to go to the gop candidate. Teddy was completely left behind in states like FL, VA, and OH. States that must be won by the gop candidate to win the general. Winning just the states that willard won...if that...is not going to put Teddy in the white house.
I’ve been making the same point all day. He got 13% in Ohio, 17% in Florida and probably about 19% or so (probably less) in Virgnia. Trump is stronger than Cruz where Cruz is strong (for the most part) AND he’s strong across the country to date. Now let’s play the Cruz scenario. If he wins he’ll win because the GOPe drag him across the line in NY, NJ, RI, CT, CA All states where has has absolutely not chance in the general election; I mean NONE, he probably won’t even have campaign offices there. These are not his core places and if he is to win there It is entirely because the GOPe wants to tear down Trump. Even still I don’t think he would be a first ballot nominee and It’s hard for me to imagine the same people who are now saying we should nominate Ryan are going to give him the election in a brokered convention (or even on the second ballot). It should also be noted that there have been no attacks on Cruz since SC. His numbers also need to be seen in that context. No one has really started on him yet. Contrast that with Trump who is so far overcoming 100s of millions of dollars in negative ads, 2 political parties and the media.