The story of Trump, Cruz, and Rubio last night.  Rubio kept dragging out that bottle of water – is that his “security blanket?”  He was also sweating a lot which I did not see in the other candidates.  Cruz reminded me of the “oil slick at Jiffy Lube.”  I keep waiting for the trainer to enter the ring with his “crying towel” for both of them.

It sometimes feels like the people world is polarized between people who “get” anxious and reactive people who don’t. Worse, the people who get anxious have a hard time navigating the world as Rubio and Cruz  did last night.  They  reminded me of  little dogs who kept barking at the big dog, Trump, and kept getting slapped down.

Lately, however, people are coming to realize that completely calm, bombproof people are closer to the exception than the rule. Many people have something they’re not good with, whether it’s alone time, storms, cats or children. This increased awareness has translated into more and easier tactics to help anxious people.

Rubio and Cruz need to seek out a personal trainer. In recent years, modern trainers have learned that an overwhelming majority of people who lunge at and fight with other humans aren’t doing so because they are not  “dominant” or because they want to be “pack leader.” They’re doing it because they’re scared. A frightened person, especially one who feels like he can’t escape, will turn to aggression to “get him before he gets me.” Once we know that aggression is rooted in fear. Change the emotion, on the other hand, and you’ll change the behavior. A person  who isn’t scared of other people has no need to fight.  A person  who follows positive reinforcement principles can work wonders.

This might sound like the last thing you want to do with  anxious people.  Have Cruz and Rubio spent their  time hiding around corners and not opening their door until they have checked that the coast is clear?

Does Rubio and, especially Cruz, both need a muzzle?  They  continued to lunge at Trump rather than discuss what their plans are for the country.  It was very evident from the beginning – they had a discussion before the debate as to what their tactics were going to be and in the end they both looked foolish.  It looked like the Elite Republicans and Mitt Romney had a plan to bring Trump down last night with Romney’s earlier statement about income taxes.  The “Binder” guy didn’t make any new friends in the American people because he ran away from the skunk in his presidential bid.

The American people know the body language of the Wall Street Gang (Cruz) and the Elite Republican/Democrat  Communists  (Romney, Hillary and Rubio’s Gang of 8) and we understand what they are doing to the country by stealing our money and jobs and distributing it throughout the world.  And, we the PEOPLE know that something that was fine for us last week might be too much for Rubio and Cruz to  cope with today due to a phenomenon called trigger stacking (an increase in anxiety-related behaviors caused by  Cruz and Rubio experiencing repeated stressful events without enough time in between for the associated stress hormones to leave their systems.  So when we see these lunges in behavior with Cruz and Rubio, we know they are stressed out.

When this happens, they will react as they did in the debate last night – by lunging out at the person who they fear.  We have that in Obama today who continues to lunge out at the American people; and, we surely don’t need that in the next leader.

Following you will see Cruz and Rubio and their interaction with Trump last night.

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