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Originally Posted by revrew
I am a Cruz supporter.
But recall that if 35% of GOP primary voters are voting Trump, that means 65% of GOP voters are effectively in the anti-Trump camp. ...
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And it means that even more than that are effectively in the anti-Cruz camp. Hell, it means more than that are effectively in the anti-insert-candidate-here camp.
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This all comes down again, I think, to the big gamble: Can the GOP still beat a weakened Dem (both Hillary and Bernie are flawed, and after 8 years of an unpopular Dem incumbent, any Dem would be weak here) if its base shows up en masse? Or does the GOP have to resort to a populist like Trump to win, even if that means spitting in the base's eye?
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That's a very different read on "the base" than I get. While it may be split between Cruz & Trump, it's decidedly
not the lightweight philosophy of Rubio & the remaining pseudocons.
Until the weekend there might have been a chance for either of the two to get a relatively united base. I'm afraid that Cruz' remarks attempting to blame Trump for the actions of the vermin in the streets probably tore that. I've said for months that there were really only two legitimate candidates that had a chance to earn my vote in November, but his remarks reduced that to one.
Keep in mind, ontheissues shows Cruz as a slightly better match than Trump for me on issues, I've just never been able to get past the nagging sense that Cruz lacked the judgement to picking his target consistently & adequately. This weekend managed to validate that concern, and he pretty much ended any chance of me voting for him for any office above dogcatcher.