Well, it's obvious to me; Ted Cruz is nothing more than an 'A$$ KISSER' so perhaps he's thinking that those 'Ole Comb Over' voters will like his rhetoric

But on the whole...this can't bode well for a party that has struggled for many years to woo the minority voters!
Or are the announced GOP waiting/biding their time for that first DEBATE --- ammunition and talking points will be fired at will
What do you think '?'...is Chump-Trump driving a wider wedge among the minorities and the GOP - OR - is he helping get voters to the polls?
Polls look impressive but they can't be counted at the ballot box
GOP is not slamming Donald Trump's views fast enough:
Latino advocates
BY Celeste Katz / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, July 3, 2015
Motormouth Donald Trump isn'��t doing the Republican Party any favors - and his fellow GOP candidates are adding to the damage by being slow to condemn him, Latino advocates said Friday.
'Trump'��s comments are causing irreparable harm to the brand. It-��s going to be very hard to come back from it,'�� said Felix Sanchez, chairman of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.
The billionaire candidate sent the debate over border control into overdrive -�� and cost himself business deals -�� by saying Mexico exports '��rapists'�� and drug dealers to the U.S.
'This senseless and totally preventable act of violence committed by an illegal immigrant is yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately,'�� said Trump. 'This is an absolutely disgraceful situation and I am the only one that can fix it.'��
Hispanics Across America Chairman Fernando Mateo said a failure to slam Trump may end up backfiring on the GOP.
'Anyone that has not denounced Trump’s position is weak and does not deserve Hispanic support come election time,'�� Mateo said, calling Trump a '��frustrated' attention-seeker.
Trump, for his part, basked in his success in early surveys.
Trump has still not backed down from his racially charged comments about Mexican immigrants, and now other candidates are speaking out against him. Trump came in with an average of 13.6% support in opinion polls, which leads all GOP candidates..
Trump has still not backed down from his racially charged comments about Mexican immigrants, and now other candidates are speaking out against him..
'Wow, Huffington Post just stated that I am number 1 in the polls of Republican candidates,' the real estate mogul tweeted earlier Friday. 'Thank you, but the work has just begun!'��
Trump was touting his first-place finish in an average of 105 opinion polls tracked by the news outlet: He came in with an average of 13.6% support to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush'��s 13.3%.
While Trump has gained traction, Latino groups and some of his fellow candidates who are mindful of GOP efforts to appeal to Latino voters have told him to back off.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio — the son of Cuban immigrants -�� on Thursday called Trump'��s comments '��not just offensive and inaccurate, but also divisive.'�� Ted Cruz however stuck up for Trump, and instead went after NBC Universal for folding to political pressure.
Marco Rubio came out against Trump'��s comments, saying the next President needs to bring Americans together, '��not someone who continues to divide.'
But another senator of Latino heritage, Ted Cruz of Texas, stuck up for Trump. He'��s accused NBC Universal - which has broken ties with Trump - of folding to political correctness.
Others have yet to comment on Trump's remarks, although Bush, whose wife was born in Mexico, has called them '��wrong,'�� and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has said Trump’s comments don'��t reflect the GOP.
Former Gov. George Pataki on Friday launched an online 'Stand Up to Trump'�� petition.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-touts-rising-poll-numbers-faces-growing-backlash-article-1.2280676