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I suspect that Rubio is the only one who can add enough independents to beat Hillary.
I don't think Cruz would beat Hillary in the general election. 41% of voters are Independent, and I don't
think they will go for Cruz.
BTW -- Is there a difference between a donkey and a jack a$$ ? What in the world would possess a political party to use a donkey/Jack a$$ as it's symbol???
If Cruz can't beat Trump in South Carolina.....forget the rest of the states in that list........Trump wins those states of winner takes all then all Trump has to do is get 30% min. in the rest of the states that are proportional.
Do you have a path for Cruz to get to 1,237 delegates to win the nomination? I don't without winning those states above.
but, but, but, the RNC will just make someone other than Trump the winner then, right?
The problem with Trump is that he diverts any question on "How" he will do what he says he will do. He tends to get personal and abusive when he is forced to do that. He cannot keep doing that through the next 4-5 months. Now in any case he gets through with that in the primaries and get nomination, then we are in the real danger of another Obamaesque government.
I suspect that Rubio is the only one who can add enough independents to beat Hillary.
I don't think Cruz would beat Hillary in the general election. 41% of voters are Independent, and I don't
think they will go for Cruz.
BTW -- Is there a difference between a donkey and a jack a$$ ?
What in the world would possess a political party to use a donkey/Jack a$$ as it's symbol???
I think Rubio has the best chance in the general to beat Hillary (wouldn't it be funny if she were indicted, dropped out and the D nominee by default was an old Democratic Socialist?).
Rubio is young, charismatic, articulate, has a positive message, is Hispanic, the son of immigrants, had to take out and pay back student loans, has a young, good looking family. Not much of that really matters, but the public is generally uninformed and is persuaded (led like sheep) by the intangibles that don't matter once a candidate wins the election.
Trump has strengths as well but I think Rubio has the best shot at cross appeal.
As an aside, the fact that people are finally beginning to realize that Trump is a viable candidate (and the fact that a businessman and not a professional politician has gotten this far) is astonishing. Whether he makes it to the finish line or not, it gives the message that it CAN be done. If not by Trump, then by someone else in the future. Kudos to Trump. Big time. Now let's see how far he gets.
Based on the my understanding of how the campaign is moving, I feel that it is going to Ted Cruz Vs Hillary Clinton and that is going to be a really nasty one!
In spite of all the strides Berny is making in the Donkey party, he cant get past in most of the other states to get a nomination. He is too left for many democrats and independents.
Trump will start struggling when the debate and questions get more substantive. He cannot keep saying "wait and see what I will do" forever. Bush still seems to struggling even though he might surpass Rubio in coming months with all his money and fire power. Rubio is too young and inexperienced for the role and will slowly start to wither away. This leaves Ted Cruz to be the only one who seems to be balancing out most of these aspects.
My analysis is purely based on an objective look of the candidates. Let me know your views.
As much as I'd like to see Cruz as the nominee, its more likely it'll be Trump. Pains me to say that, as he has the potential to be a real disaster as President. Unfortunately, too many voters vote with emotion than knowledge, and Trump is a showman.
Cruz no. Jeb! or Trump, maybe. Clinton is a virtual lock.
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