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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (844933)	3/25/2015 6:44:31 AM
From: Mongo2116	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1574849

Cruz's weaknesses: insiders hate him and he may seem too extreme to winYet Cruz has two huge problems. First of all, many Republican elites despise him for his loose-cannon approach. The Washington Post's George Will has said that Cruz "is frankly loathed by the GOP caucus," and that he "is completely indifferent to the fact that politics is a team sport. ABC's Jonathan Karl said during the shutdown battle that Cruz is "so hated" by Senate Republicans that he'd "need a food taster" at their weekly lunch. Cruz will argue that he'll take his case to rank-and-file activists, but party elites play an important rolein choosing the nominee, so this will be a real difficulty for him. Second, and perhaps more important, Cruz seems to many to be too extreme to win a general election. He is best known for shutting down the government, after all. And, even now, some of the proposals he pushes — like one to abolish the IRS and move all of its agents to help secure our southern border — seem more like red-meat applause lines than serious policies. n his appearance at CPAC last month, Cruz pushed back against both of these criticisms — by arguing, essentially, that he was the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan, and that his nomination would lead to a Reaganesque landslide win. "It was 40 years ago at CPAC that President Reagan said the path to victory is not pale pastels but bold colors," he said. "I am convinced 2016 is going to be an election very much like 1980." He added, "It's worth remembering, when Reagan ran, Washington despised Reagan." But others will surely argue that the best historical parallel to Cruz isn't Ronald Reagan but Barry Goldwater — the hardcore conservative nominated in 1964 who led his party to a historic landslide defeat by Lyndon Johnson. Cruz will face an uphill battle in convincing voters otherwise. vox.com