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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou
I'm still not convinced that Cruz has a better shot than Trump/Rubio/Kasich against HRC. My working theory is that once people who don't pay close attention earlier on start seeing Cruz, they might hate him even more than they'd hate Trump.  |
Cruz will do nothing to move toward the middle, which will certainly hurt him with moderates.
You also wonder just how much surrogate support he will have. Cruz has done almost as badly as Trump when it comes to endorsements. Most of Congress hates him, so it's hard to picture him stumping for Senate and House candidates and vice versa. I think the GOP will have a standard bearer problem almost as bad as Trump with Cruz if people don't want to be with him.
But Cruz has a very smart and dirty staff. They are not disciplined, which could be their undoing. But Cruz would go full tilt nasty against HRC on day one. And he should be able to drive out the Evangelical vote like Bush did and McCain and Romney did not.