Steve Hayes: People Are Skeptical of Cruz Because He’s a Formidable Candidate

HAYES: “Charles is right about Scott Walker being able to say I have done it. It is Scott Walker’s line. It’s what he said in the clip that we played. He has a proven track record. I think what Ted Cruz has is a different kind of outsider. He’s sort of the insider’s outsider if that makes sense. So he comes to Washington and on this set when he did his interview with Bret he talked about being a disrupter, he compared himself to Uber. He said I’ve come here to change things. We know what happens when Washington runs the way Washington has run for decades and it doesn’t work. I’m coming here to change this. I want to be the disrupter. He’s likely to be the most conservative candidate in this field. And in a Republican primary that is a pretty good place to be. You can imagine Ted Cruz doing very well in debates. He will know the subject matter and make good arguments. I think he is under estimated by mainstream journalists and the mainstream Republican establishment and the very reasons that they are skeptical of his ability to do well are the reasons that he will do well or will be a formidable candidate in the Republican primary.”