Carnival Cruz is worried about Beto

[Gothmog]

There is a rule of thumb that I believe is accurate. The candidate who is behind wants more debates and a candidate who is ahead wants no debates or few debates. Carnival Cruz is worried about Beto. This is from an e-mail that I received today.

Cruz strategist Jeff Roe sent a letter Wednesday to O'Rourke, an El Paso congressman, proposing the following debate schedule:

Aug. 31 in Dallas on "Jobs/Taxes/Federal Regulations/National Economy"
Sept. 14 in McAllen on "Immigration/Border Security/Criminal Justice/Supreme Court"
Sept. 21 in San Antonio on "Foreign Policy/National Security"
Oct. 5 in Houston on "Energy/Trade/Texas Economy"
Oct. 12 in Lubbock on "Healthcare/Obamacare"
Ted Cruz proposes five debates with Beto O’Rourke in U.S. Senate race

[marble falls]

1. I think Cruz thinks he is a glib speaker. Even if he were (and he's not), Beto is a wonk ...

on the issues and if the format is a real debate, Beto will kick his ass. The race here in Texas seems like a draw with Beto marginally close enough to call it a coin toss. Cruz thinks he can make it into a horse race. If Beto can fire up the Hispanic vote I think this is the first big office in years to be going Blue.

[Gothmog]

4. Carnival Cruz was a Lincoln Douglas type college debater and not Cross X dbater

I was not impressed with Carnival Cruz's performance in the presidential debates

BTW, I was CX debater in college

[Wwcd]

2. HaaHaaa...Buh Bye Ted.

BETO

[Renew Deal]

3. Normally I would agree but...

I think Cruz likes the debates. That’s why he showed up twice with Bernie on CNN.

[Gothmog]

5. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[Susan Calvin]

6. Cool.

Beto will wipe the floor with him.

[Paladin]

7. Beto ought to tell Cruz to shove this debate proposal.

No point in inflicting Cruz on the public like this.

[beachbum bob]

8. All should be town hall format, with rule that moderator can ask followup

Questions.

[Gothmog]

9. Confidence or concern: What's behind Ted Cruz's call for five debates with Beto O'Rourke?

Carnival Cruz is worried https://www.caller.com/story/news/columnists/john-moritz/2018/07/27/ted-cruz-debate-beto-orourke-senate-race/841041002/

AUSTIN — Political wisdom holds that candidates with the most built-in advantages either ignore challenges to debate their opponents or demand as many ground rules as they can get away with before agreeing to any one-on-one confrontations.

That's why Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick treated Democratic challenger Mike Collier's throw-down as if it were a speck of dandruff on his sport coat. The task of brushing off Collier was left to Patrick's political aide, who blithely suggested the Democrat, an accountant and former candidate for state comptroller, lacks even a basic understanding of state government.

In the governor's race, widely favored Republican incumbent Greg Abbott has agreed to one debate with Democrat Lupe Valdez but the two camps are proposing differing dates and differing venues. It remains an open question whether a matchup will take place at all.

But in Texas' high-profile race for the U.S. Senate, the traditional debate-challenge norms don't seem to apply. Incumbent Ted Cruz is a Republican seeking re-election in perhaps the reddest state on the political map. His bombastic 2013 arrival in Washington, D.C., followed quickly by his nearly successful 2016 run for the GOP presidential nomination has made Cruz a household name in his home state.