He certainly has made some choices that I consider unhelpful. Embracing Glenn Beck’s endorsement is one; bringing in Neil S&L Bush as a finance guy (no less) is another. They are indicative of a drive and want so strong it is willing to overlook the obvious.
However, my belief is that Ted made his biggest mistake in going after Trump instead of taking down the rival that did him the most damage - Marco Rubio. Instead, he waited until the last minute (actually after) to attack Rubio even ganging up on Trump with Rubio in that debate that did neither of them any good.
Now, it’s a matter of accumulation of former Rubio voters and playing a game of catch up which he has effectively lost. He lost the game when he lost that unified “solid south” he so depended on in his early campaign - Trump took them.
A poll yesterday shows that Cruz picked up 2%, Kasich 1% and Trump 10-12% points of the Marco FoamBoy voters.
Just need to follow the golden rule, those that control the gold rule.
It’s naive to believe that in acquiring Jeb’s entire finance mgmt team and Neil Bush, Cruz merely hired some bookkeepers.
This Bush-GOP-e now controls income (read donations) and expenses, control that Cruz has ceded to them willingly to stay afloat. Does anyone know who these Bush backroom boys are, their real day jobs?
from Daily Caller,
“...Heidi is not a bit player in the Cruz campaign with those credentials but rather an integral part of the campaign’s fundraising efforts. As reported by CNN last year, “She works the phones the way she worked them when she was at Goldman,” said Chad Sweet, the Cruz campaign’s chairman, who recruited Heidi to work at the giant investment bank.”
So right out of the gate Cruz had a Goldman Sachs agent at the head of the campaign staff. Cruzers can screech and howl all they want, but facts are facts....