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I have a feeling Ted couldn't win vs her, because he would try to run on how legitimately conservative he is and America doesn't give a shite about that.

I don't think this is the case. Cruz is probably the smartest candidate that GOP has had in a very long time. He knows what it will take to get elected. I surely doubt his general election campaign would be to highlight how far to the right he is. He's just not that dumb.

He knows Hillary's weaknesses and he would certainly exploit those. Cruz' main focus of his campaign from the very beginning has been to destroy the cronyism that goes on in Washington at every level. Hillary is the epitome of Washington cronyism. That would become the focus of the campaign if Cruz is the nominee.

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Plus she will tie his policies to Trumps and Ted won't be able to separate from that negative image.

I really think the Republicans best chance in the general election is Trump.

So let me get this straight.... Cruz is not electable because of Trump's policies, but Trump is electable despite his policies? Cruz will somehow not be able to separate himself from Trump's policies, yet Trump will separate himself from his own policies? Do I have that right? Good Lord, I've heard everything now.

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"She killed an Ambassador. She is a bad wife, her husband has admitted cheating on her. She lied about this, she lied about that. She bleeds ever month, she is weak. etc."

This is embarrassing. Trump will max out at or below 40% of the Republican vote. The other 60% of Republicans are completely opposed to him because of the circus that he is. Most Americans do not want to watch the office of the presidency sink to a new low that might turn the White House into Keeping up with the Kardashians.

Trump would be a complete disaster. Every general election poll shows Trump to be the weakest candidate against Hillary in a general election. He's burned far too many bridges with women and other major voting blocks to ever reverse the damage. It would be the biggest landslide defeat for a Republican ever. Literally.

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Hillary is a pretty well known commodity, so anyone paying attention to politics for the last decade knows what she stands for which would cook Cruz's goose.

This makes about as much sense as your above commentary. Yes, Hillary is well known, but she is also broadly not liked. Even Democrats don't like her. How would that "cook Cruz' goose?"

In blue Pennsylvania, the Quinnipiac poll released today shows Cruz and Hillary tied at 43%.

The poll finds that 32% of Pennsylvania voters view Ted Cruz favorably... 50% unfavorably... for a net favorability of -18%. That is about normal for any Republican in a state like Pennsylvania.

The same poll finds that 35% of Pennsylvania voters view Hillary Clinton favorably... 59% (!) unfavorably... for a net favorability of -24%.

She is viewed unfavorably by 65% of Pennsylvania independents.

I am not trying to say that Ted Cruz doesn't have his flaws.... for goodness sake I voted for Rubio... but anyone who thinks Cruz is more flawed than Clinton needs to get their head examined.

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Trump has a way to connect to all those people we aren't usually part of the process, and with that group her gender might be a liability.

If Trump is hoping to be elected President of the United States because of his appeal to the "Being Female is a Liability" voting bloc, then Lord help us.

This post was edited on 4/6/16 at 4:47 pm