Comments on: On Cruz and leadership

By: Orson

Orson — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:42:14 +0000

According to Sean Hannity, Cruz has eidetic aural memory. He remembers everything he hears – and thus, at the debate, segmented his complaints with perfect reference to the targets and what was said to them in proper serial order.

Hannity further explained (on his radio show) that this helps to explain how Cruz can seem robotic in stump speech delivery. Because Cruz, almost literally to himself, inserts a given audio file and simply performs it.

His apparent lack of spontaneity is in direct contrast to Trump’s style. People speculate on whether Cruz can reach populist appeal, given this difference in style.

By: gracepc

gracepc — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:55:20 +0000

Nick– Thanks. I clicked over but apparently I have used up my “freebies” at WAPO.

By: Daniel in Brookline

Daniel in Brookline — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:20:53 +0000

Neo:

I’ve said before that I eagerly await the day, hopefully during a debate, when a candidate says: “Okay, let me be frank. I think I’d do a better job as President than other people running, and that’s why I’m running. But can all of us, up on this stage, agree that ANY of us would do a better job as President than ANY of the Democrats running? Can we all agree on that? Could I see a show of hands, please?”

I believe Ted Cruz has come closest to something like that so far.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:08:33 +0000

gracepc –

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/02/27/the-guy-who-made-ted-cruz-into-a-ripped-tattooed-smoker/

By: gracepc

gracepc — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:38:50 +0000

Actually I don’t see that arrogance etc. in Cruz. That’s me. I laughed — back some time ago — when there was a tatooed image of Cruz with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, and torn shirt. Although I do not recall the circumstances, I seem to recall Cruz joining in the fun as well. And perhaps a pointed comment as well.

By: jack

jack — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:13:45 +0000

You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room. If you are simply smart/have good morals/vision and ability to convey those traits …. that goes a long way.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:08:26 +0000

I try not to come to a quick judgment about who the smartest person in the room is until I’ve personally interrogated them and put them to the Question, on various matters.

And no, MSM moderators don’t count as the Question, because they are what they are.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:59:22 +0000

“Cruz comes off to me as knowing he is the smartest guy in the room with a superiority complex because of it.”

At least he actually is the smartest guy in the room unlike Obama who only thinks he is.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 02:46:15 +0000

A quality that Cruz has not yet developed and maybe never will.

A bad idea to treat tactical proverbs as strategic laws.

By: parker

parker — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:14:48 +0000

Unlike the messiah, Cruz is often the smartest person who walks through the door. I do not see arrogance in his demeanor, I see a person who is self assured and knowledgable. He (and to a lesser extent Lee, Paul, and Rubio) has bucked the senate leadership which definitely needs shaking up. I want him to remain in the senate where he can do the most damage to the statists.