Yeah the GOP has been trying to win the moderate vote for over a decade. We see how successful that has been.
I love it when people who hate the GOP tries to tell it how to win an election.
Cruz did not even acknowlege that there is a moderate vote
Even Cruz can crunch the numbers and see the 25% of Republicans who are true Conservatives. He knows that is not enough to get a nomination let alone win an election
But Cruz wants to control that 25%....that is where his power will be
So? He didnt acknowledge the moderates? I already said that chasing the moderates doesnt work.
Ted Cruz isn't willing to compromise his principles. I understand you lefties don't respect that.
Nope. He's not. And he's demonstrating the folly of putting principles above consequences. No matter how badly things turn out as a consequence of his ideals, he won't compromise.
This is why you *don't* want an ideologue as president. As a leader MUST take consequence into account. And an ideologue never can.
I suspect John Kasich will do much better than Cruz for that exact reason.
Yeah, I don't know if you are doing it on purpose or not but you are talking apples and oranges here. I'm saying he won't compromise his principles and the consequence might be that he doesn't get the nomination. You are talking about consequences of his actions after he gets to the oval office.
I'm offering an argument why you don't want an ideologue in the Oval Office. And Cruz is most definitely an ideologue.
None of the policies I've seen that he espouses is going to adversely affect this country.
Well, abolishing the IRS could dramatically hamper our nation's revenue. Which could lead to massive budget deficits and a downgrading of our nation's credit.
Being willing to shut down the government to oppose Obamacare was hideously stupid and cost us billions.
Flat taxes are generally regressive, pushing the tax burden from the wealthy to the middle class and poor.
A balanced budget amendment forbids the kind of flexibility necessary to get out of recession or wage wars. Even the founders ran a budget deficit.
Opposition to gay marriage could cause legal havok. As 10s of thousands of gays are already married. It would cause significant harm to the children of same sex couples, an immediate legal harm to millions of gays and lesbians in our country. His support of
He opposed reauthorizing the Violence against Women Act. Which would dramatically cut funding for investigations and prevention of violence against women.
His stance against environmental regulations could have significantly negative impact on the environment and clean water standards.
Cruz opposes all debt ceiling lifts, which could lead to a national default. Especially when mated with his wholesale dismantling of the IRS.
He is a fierce advocate of massive military expansions. And his stance against Russia and in defense of Ukraine seems to indicate his willingness to use the US military aggressively. This could spell massive spending increases as our military spending ramps up. And result in hideously expensive and potentially destructive wars with major world powers like Russia.
Cruz has supported weakening the separation of church stand state, with Cruz's father calling for Christian Dominionism. While Cruz's father isn't Cruz......his father started indoctrinating Cruz into his brand of dominion Christianity when Cruz was only 4 years old.
"God has called us to be the head and not the tail, not only in the church, but also in the media, in arts and entertainment, in sports, in business, in education and even in government.”
Rafael Cruz
I'd consider Christian Dominionism to be a bad policy position with potentially all sorts of bad outcomes.
Cruz has supported privitizing social security. Which could easily lead to massive funding problems for Social Security.
Cruz supports cuts to the capital gains and elimination of all inherentence taxes. Which would overwhelmingly benfit the wealthy and cut revenue. Increasing budget deficit pressures.
And on each of these issues, he's an ideologue. No matter how bad the outcome, he won't compromise.
