Matthew Dowd: Ted Cruz 'Disliked' More By Republican Voters After Wisconsin Win
The former chief strategist for Bush-Cheney '04 and now ABC's political analyst Matthew Dowd, had some very harsh and realistic words for Ted Cruz and his primary chances on ABC"s THIS WEEK earlier today. Looking at the Indiana polling and what's happened before, Dowd says the Cruz campaign is toast.
RADDATZ: So, does Cruz really have a shot at stopping Trump?
MATTHEW DOWD, ABC NEWS POLITICAL ANALYST: No. I mean, the bottom line he doesn't. And Cruz ought to take -- Senator Cruz ought to take his own advice, which he gave to John Kasich a month ago that says when you're mathematically eliminated, it's time to get out of the race.
Ted Cruz is mathematically eliminated -- even if Ted Cruz was to somehow surprise and take Indiana, he can't win this nomination at this point. The numbers aren't there. And you can just feel it, I think, in watching Ted Cruz in watching his folks that they understand that, that they understand this has slipped away. And maybe it's time to fold his tent.---
I believe it's up to the candidate to drop out of a race, but Dowd's calculations aren't wrong.
Ted Cruz has made the argument for many many months now that Trump has received tons of free airtime from the MSM, because of some liberal plot. He said the same thing on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd today.