I don't know, dude... I think you are seeing the split of the republican party...


Evangelicals and fiscal conservatives and and the establishment republicans are the main wings of the party.


If you look at the south, trump ran away with it--and that was after all his religious gaffes! I'm sure you remember 2 Corinthians. :-) and don't forget he's chill with the transgender...


What that tells us is that the evangelicals are not the power house they were thought to be. Cruz panders to evangelicals like Gus Bradley panders to Baskin Robbins. Losing the south tells me that his core constituents are a niche of the party.


Now, can he pander to the fiscal conservatives? possibly. But he's lost the establishment, and he ain't never getting them back...


If half the republicans stay home, and the angry trump voters don't have trump on the ticket, they will leave the party, at least for this cycle.


the republicans won't have a chance. Cruz, no offense, is almost as big a joke as little Marco..

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