Ted Cruz: Romney, Christie, and Bush are going to run - and they'll lose in the general
If the GOP runs a "squishy" candidate like Romney or Bush in the general election, it will be over before it starts. The base will stay home and the party will get slaughtered.
Way back before 2012, I argued that if Mitt Romney was the nominee, he'd lose. He simply had no chance because the base wouldn't support him. Then, as the election drew closer, I'll admit it. I got caught up in things. I started to think that he might actually pull it off. In the end, obviously, my initial instincts were proven right.