Republicans should support Ted Cruz and feel good about the choice

Ed Rogers:
There is still a lot of foot dragging and paralysis among Republicans as they contemplate supporting Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.). But Republicans can support Cruz and feel good about it. It is unfair to suggest that between himself and Donald Trump, Cruz is the “lesser of two evils.” For months now, I have been bewildered as to why Cruz and Trump are always referenced together, as if they have some similarities.

Cruz has real intellectual depth, and it’s not just that he has a sufficient IQ or good educational credentialing — he’s a student of government and of history. You can bet that everything from his personnel selections to his policy positions would be informed, thoroughly thought through and defensible.

So what problems does Cruz really have? He has been a gratuitous irritant to his colleagues in the Senate, and sometimes he crosses the line with personal vitriol and engages in pointless grandstanding. That’s not good, but it’s not disqualifying either. In fact, I think that to be effective, a little stubbornness is in order.

Some claim that Cruz is a phony; that he’s really not belligerent but acts that way so he will be viewed as an outsider. If that’s true, then he should get credit for having a good political antenna. Let’s face it: The two candidates leading the Republican nomination race are the two who are the most distant from the so-called establishment.

A more real problem for Cruz is that some voters, particularly women, think he comes across as harsh and lecturing and feel his style and cadence are better-suited for a Southern church pulpit than the podium at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Okay, so there are certain parts of his presentation that need work in order to maximize his appeal. But by all accounts, Cruz takes criticism pretty well and would listen to his advisers.
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He makes the case for why the establishment needs to get over their pique at Cruz and get behind a guy who can win and would not be the disaster that Trump would be.  To the extent that Cruz might have a problem with some women voters, it pails in comparison to that of Donald Trump who has alienated about 70 percent of women in America.

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