Cruz would get fewest electoral votes

[Deleted User 8570]

These national polls absolutely do make a difference.

Take Michigan for example. In both the March 8th Republican and Democratic primaries there were just under 2.5 million voters. In the last two presidential general elections, '08 and '12, there were about 5 million in Michigan. Just over 5 million in 2008 and nearly 4.8 million in 2012. And it could likely be the same trend in most other states.
So, basically the primaries are only giving, at most, half the results of what the November general election will bring. And the only other measure we have of who is electable in November are these polls.

And take that Fox poll from a couple weeks ago that had Cruz with a 3 point lead over Clinton. It also had Kasich with an 11 point lead and the only Republican that gets over 50%. It also showed Kasich draws more independents (36%) and cross-over Democrats (17%). And he's the most trusted candidate to make appointments to the Supreme Court.

The other thing with this election is that the Republican majority could be in danger in the Senate.
There are 34 senate seats up for this election. 24 of those are Republican and the Democrats only need about 5 seats to gain control.
Whomever gets the Republican nomination is going to need long enough coattails to carry off a Senate Republican majority. And if the nominee has a strong enough lead in the polls, that will also give them more credibility and support to campaign for or with the Republican congressional candidates.

The House is a little less precarious with a more then 50 seat majority. But, why take a chance? I DO NOT want another Democrat in The White House! The last four have been disasterous for this country.

So two Bushes, a Regan and a Nixon weren't?

[TC Talks]

Keep the rationalization alive boys. Hillary is twice the man Cruz is.

A prominent aide to George W. Bush's 2000 campaign could barely contain himself when we asked him to discuss Cruz, who worked in the campaign's policy shop. This person described Cruz as hyper-arrogant and widely despised, and he emphasized—over and over—that the pervasive dislike of Cruz within the Bush ranks had nothing to do with ideology. (Cruz, he noted, never objected to Bush's call for compassionate conservatism, immigration reform, and national education standards, and no one on the campaign regarded him as an ideologue.) The problem was simple: his personality.

"That's exactly what he was: a big asshole," says a campaign veteran who worked with Cruz.

[JackAttack FM]

If Cruz gets the nomination, the electorate will get a better view of him and that has already started with his well-received Fallon appearance

Or better yet maybe people will remember him from his roll as "The Penguin" in the Batman series.

[JackAttack FM]

Keep the rationalization alive boys. Hillary is twice the man Cruz is.

A prominent aide to George W. Bush's 2000 campaign could barely contain himself when we asked him to discuss Cruz, who worked in the campaign's policy shop. This person described Cruz as hyper-arrogant and widely despised, and he emphasized—over and over—that the pervasive dislike of Cruz within the Bush ranks had nothing to do with ideology. (Cruz, he noted, never objected to Bush's call for compassionate conservatism, immigration reform, and national education standards, and no one on the campaign regarded him as an ideologue.) The problem was simple: his personality.

"That's exactly what he was: a big asshole," says a campaign veteran who worked with Cruz.

These stories are a dime-a-dozen.
Put the words "Cruz" and "dislike" into Google and you get truck loads of these. It gives new meaning to the term, "The Neverending Story."

And I don't mean just libtard stuff like from Mother Jones. They're from mainstream outlets.

[Deleted User 8570]

Keep the rationalization alive boys. Hillary is twice the man Cruz is.

A prominent aide to George W. Bush's 2000 campaign could barely contain himself when we asked him to discuss Cruz, who worked in the campaign's policy shop. This person described Cruz as hyper-arrogant and widely despised, and he emphasized—over and over—that the pervasive dislike of Cruz within the Bush ranks had nothing to do with ideology. (Cruz, he noted, never objected to Bush's call for compassionate conservatism, immigration reform, and national education standards, and no one on the campaign regarded him as an ideologue.) The problem was simple: his personality.

"That's exactly what he was: a big asshole," says a campaign veteran who worked with Cruz.

These stories are a dime-a-dozen.
Put the words "Cruz" and "dislike" into Google and you get truck loads of these. It gives new meaning to the term, "The Neverending Story."

And I don't mean just libtard stuff like from Mother Jones. They're from mainstream outlets.

Cruz is hated by EVERYBODY...all those Republicans in the Senate except Lindsay "Shot with Trump and stabbed with Cruz" Graham and Mike Lee of Utah hate him.

[audiophile]

I won't debate that...the establishment loves the handouts to their buddies...like ethanol in Iowa...Cruz was the ONLY candidate to oppose that.

He's the only with any guts...if that makes him hated in Washington...so be it.