All of that rhetoric is skewing the direction it has since he started thinking about running for office.
I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you did not actually read my lengthy post. I provided a great deal of evidence with sources reaching back to the 1980s. You, on the other hand, provided tremendously less evidence and no sources for your claims.
Free Republic and several other sites online have shown me time and again that Cruz has a remarkable ability to attract the close-minded sorts that refuse to look at actual evidence in anything even vaguely resembling a neutral manner. Beyond the issues alone, I once had a Freeper misrepresent Trump's poll numbers, so I showed him the actual poll results and he still refused to accept them--that sort of obtuseness is mind-boggling.
Some Cruz supporters are so certain they are right, they only accept information that reinforces their preconceived notions and already rigid thinking. I see this attitude the most with the progressive left, but Cruz among the conservatives is right in their league. He and many of his followers overall seem quite intolerant of differing perspectives and appear to believe that they are the only arbiters of what is acceptable thought for conservatives.
Imagine, the guy has had over $2 billion in free advertising from the media. Let that sink in. $2 billion... And if you think that $2 billion+ will keep happening in the general, you’re fooling yourself. Couple his inability to organize a campaign combined with his ceiling of 35-40% of voter turnout (that means 60-65% DO NOT LIKE HIM) and you end up with a disaster in November.
By your "logic," over 70% of Republican voters "DO NOT LIKE" Cruz. And by the way, near continual attacks and misrepresentations from the press is not the same as free advertisements. You should realize that Cruz, in the unlikely event he becomes the nominee, will not receive the same soft-glove treatment he has up to this point from the press, which has almost entirely failed to vet him in their eagerness to do in Trump. That will change if Cruz is running against Hillary, and I've not seen any evidence that he will be able to withstand even a quarter of the frantic and never-ending attacks that Trump has.
Yet he is LOSING to Ted Cruz in election after election after election (up to 12 in a row now) even with the odds HEAVILY in his favor.
LOL. Next you'll be telling me how the moon landing was faked.
I am plenty aware of how the media will continue to treat Cruz. Cruz is attacked almost daily on the “conservative” FNC whom have proven themselves to be a Trump mouthpiece.
Trump’s $2 bil of free advertising has been attacks, but mostly favorable coverage, some is tantamount to hour long infomercials on a daily basis.
The difference between Cruz and Trump being disliked by 60% of the party is that one has off the charts unfavorables, the other does not. One attacks with personal jabs, the other does not. One is all over the map with their positions on abortion and countless other issues like healthcare, the other is not.