But America has certainly never elected a President like Trump. He would experience a very untraditional general election loss.
One of the Ted Cruz Facebook groups took a poll and Carly Fiorina was the far-and-away winner on who his V.P. pick should be. Fiorina would soften up Cruz’s edges just enough and help him attack Hillary without being spun as an old boys network sexist Republican white guy who hates women. I like the chances for Cruz/Fiorina over Trump and any imaginable V.P. pick for him.
We’re starting at different premises and coming to different conclusions. I think that the democrats are likely to win in 2016 (and 2020 for that matter) no matter who their nominee is and no matter who our nominee is.
by that standard, we have little to lose. A traditional GOP candidate, particularly an obnoxious still like Cruz, is almost a certain loser. Roll the dice - an unconventional candidate waging an unconventional campaign may likely lose, but it is still our best chance (among poor chances).
A 1% chance beats a 0% chance. Anyone who looks at Cruz as the kind of guy that can win in 2016 is just not paying attention. You’d think the country would be hungry for a strong conservative after the Obama era. They’re not. Obama would handily win reelection if he could run.
We’re in a period of liberal ascent and dominance that will likely last half a century. Nothing to lose - try to score one conservative goal in a sea of losses. Cruz ain’t the guy.