… There are as many ways to look at the unfolding Republican presidential race as there are people thinking about it, but one common thread is that the fight will come down to one candidate from the more conventional, mainstream side of the GOP and another from the more conservative, more ideologically driven part of the party. For some time, my thinking has been that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was most likely to emerge from the latter side of the party. Nomination fights take on a Darwinian, survival-of-the-fittest dimension with the weakest—those with the least support, favorables, and growth potential—winnowed out first. So who is going to emerge as the candidate of the take-no-prisoners side of the party?
A previously unreported survey conducted for the Cruz campaign by its pollster—highly regarded Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research—from July 14-15 of 800 likely Republican primary or caucus voters reveals some interesting insights. CONT.
Charlie Cook