Let's have a look. The RedState presidential power rankings, which ought to be required reading for those interested in how conservatives see the current state of the 2016 horse race, put the outspoken Texan in seventh place this week , tailing fellow Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, as well as former Fox News host and female-swearing-disapprover Mike Huckabee. Leon Wolf, who writes the rankings, called Cruz's numbers "especially disappointing" in Virginia and South Carolina—states with particularly conservative primary voters where the firebrand would need to perform smashingly to nab the nomination. Ted Cruz's Surprisingly Terrible Polling Numbers http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/02/18/ted_cruz_polling_numbers_not_a_lot_of_republicans_want_the_texas_senator.html?wpsrc=fol_tw Sent via Flipboard , your personal magazine. Get it for free to keep up with the news you care about. John Hames Listen to my podcast!! www.OldGuardAudio.com