Texas Public Radio
Originally published: October 28, 2015
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is still waiting for his break-out moment as Republican presidential candidates face-off in their third debate tonight in Boulder, Colorado.
A recent Des Moines Register poll shows Ted Cruz has moved into third place among Republican Presidential candidates in Iowa, the first state to vote.
Cruz trails Donald Trump whose numbers have slipped some and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Cal Jillson, a presidential scholar at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, says all the Texas senator needs to do in tonight’s debate is hold his own and remain viable.
“He doesn’t need to attack Donald Trump, nor does he need to attack Ben Carson, the two people who are most clearly running ahead of him. His entire strategy is to assume without political experience their campaigns will at some point collapse, and he’ll be there to pick up the pieces,” Jillson said. READ MORE