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Mark Cuban Analysis: Cruz vs Donald Trump

<p>The billionaire&comma; Dallas Mavericks&rsquo&semi; owner&comma; and philanthropist Mark Cuban told <em>Fox News<&sol;em> host Neil Cavuto that he would vote for any of the GOP candidates &ndash&semi; except Iowa caucus winner Ted Cruz&period;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;You were asked who you like in this race&period; I think you said ABC &ndash&semi; anybody but Cruz&comma;&rdquo&semi; Cavuto said at the end of Monday&rsquo&semi;s interview&period; &ldquo&semi;You were referring to Ted Cruz&period; So does that mean you are open on Donald Trump&quest;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The billionaire responded that he was open to the idea of voting for Donald Trump&period; &ldquo&semi;I&rsquo&semi;ll consider anybody but Ted Cruz&comma;&rdquo&semi; the investor added&period; &&num;8220&semi;People are tired of labels&period; That&rsquo&semi;s one of the reasons I don&rsquo&semi;t like Ted Cruz&period; Everything he says is defined by some sort of label&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cuban&comma; who is now recognized for his role on the popular TV show <em>Shark Tank<&sol;em>&comma; likes the idea of a fellow billionaire businessman as president&period;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;Whereas with Donald &lbrack;Trump&rsqb;&comma; agree or disagree&comma; I said it right from the day he came out&comma; you may not like what he says&comma; but the way he says it is forceful and powerful and will get people&rsquo&semi;s attention&comma;&rdquo&semi; said the Texas-based investor&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cavuto argues that Donald Trump&rsquo&semi;s talking points have been &ldquo&semi;too simplistic&rdquo&semi; and suggested that his campaign is suffering from a lack of specifics&period;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;Now &lbrack;Trump&rsqb; hasn&rsquo&semi;t been penalized in the polls for those generalities&comma; eventually he will have to&hellip&semi;spell it out&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Cavuto&period; He cited Trump&rsquo&semi;s vow to force the Mexican government to pay for a wall to be erected between the two countries&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cuban didn&rsquo&semi;t argue that point&comma; but replied&colon; &ldquo&semi;Is there anything that any candidate has said on either side that&rsquo&semi;s realistic&quest; Tax cut plans&quest; All nonsense&comma; right&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Cuban&period; &ldquo&semi;It&rsquo&semi;s the old KISS concept&colon; keep it simple&comma; stupid&comma; and I think Donald is really&comma; you know&comma; dialed in on that and understands it and he&rsquo&semi;ll admit it&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The billionaire businessman also shared his opinion of the socialist candidate Bernie Sanders&comma; mentioning the Vermont Senator&&num;8217&semi;s vow to establish free college education along with other government services&period;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;You know Bernie Sanders going to pay for everybody&rsquo&semi;s college &ndash&semi; can&rsquo&semi;t happen&comma; right&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&period; &ldquo&semi;So when you look at the list of things that everybody has proposed&comma; none of them are realistic&period; So if none of them are realistic&comma; and people don&rsquo&semi;t trust the labels&comma; then the person who is most forceful and really the person who can come across the best way and simplify things has the best chance&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While he lost to Ted Cruz in Iowa last Monday&comma; Donald Trump remains in the lead in New Hampshire&comma; where voters will show their support for the billionaire on February 9th&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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