5. Fact is Trump has ridden to success on wave of nationalist xenophobia, which evidence suggests he believed all his life. Not flexible
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6. Conversely, Cruz is, as
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7. Real difference between Trump & Cruz isn't pragmatism vs. rigidity but rather chaos versus control.
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8. Trump is, as Jeb Bush said, the "chaos candidate." Cruz is so self controlled as to be terrifying.
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9. Instructive to compare how Trump & Cruz both make sexist & xenophobic pitches: Trump blatantly, Cruz with dog whistles
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10. Cruz is on far right wing of GOP but is within party tradition of trying to coat bigotry with code. Trump doesn't speak code but English
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11. To me, Cruz seems less damaging to GOP: he'll lose but allow party to keep plausible deniability on racism & sexism.
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12. Cruz will lose & GOP moderates could use loss to advantage: "See, we tried a far right candidate & nation rejected."
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13. Trump will lose but in losing he'll change the GOP script and also make it impossible to repair the parties image with women & POC
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@Submit2Zog If they improved only by 10% with non-whites, GOP would win general election. But they're going to lose votes, not gain them
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