While everyone is focusing on the collapse of Trump’s
popularity, no one has really noticed that Cruz’s numbers are plummeting too.
The same Washington Post pollthat gave Trump crazily high negatives
also found that Cruz is deeply underwater. His favorable rating is just 35
percent, while his unfavorable rating is 51 percent. Back in January, his
favorable/unfavorable was roughly even at 42/43. A new poll from Gallupconfirmed
the Post poll’s findings: in December of last year, Cruz’s
favorable/unfavorable split was about even, but it’s cratered to -16 since
then. “Cruz’s image has suffered as much as Trump’s,” Gallup’s analysis notes.
To know him is to loathe him.
He struggles to conceal his smug know-it-all-ism, and
his idea of charm is to quote the Federalist Papers. Rep. Peter King,
Republican of New York, summed up Cruz neatly in a quote to the Washington Post: “Cruz isn’t a good guy, and he’d be
impossible as president. People don’t trust him. And regardless of what your
concern is with Trump, he’s pragmatic enough to get something done. I also
don’t see malice in Trump like I see with Cruz.”
Oh my God, I put up a Peter King quote. Just for the schadenfreude, folks.
Look into Larry Sabato's crystal ball.
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