“Your point is really good. The comparison between Yeb! and Cruz is a perfect analog for the difference between the GOPe and real conservatives. GOPe, being essentially big government liberals, throw barrels of other people’s money at problems. The worse the problem gets, the more money they throw. A conservative analyzes the problem, evaluates how much money is needed or worthwhile to apply to the problem and spends that amount. Here, Cruz understood there was limited support to be gained in a liberal northeast state and spent enough to place within the delegate lottery, surpass the two establishment heavyweights and exceed expectations. Even in the loss, he looks strong and smart and ready to tackle the next problem.”
You said what I meant, but much more eloquently.
Cruz is a man of reasonable, but originally modest, means.
He’s doing fine now, but only because he can manage his money.
Compare and contrast with Rubio, Yeb, or Mr. Four Bankruptcies.
“GOPe, being essentially big government liberals, throw barrels of other people’s money at problems. The worse the problem gets, the more money they throw.”
And sadly, that’s how they run our government (together with their RAT buddies).
The longer Donald Trump is in this, the more clear the whole $hitty mess in DC becomes to all of us. Cruz is simply the prime beneficiary of the Trump candidacy, because without Trump, Cruz would already “be on the trailer” and Boosh would be planning his general election loss to Hitlary. Not one of the other “candidates” would have thought to talk about the real problems facing the country if Trump haddn’t forced them to, including Cruz. The rest of them are all subscribers to “the dog$hit theory,” which postulates that the more you step into real issues, the worse the smell gets and it gets on them in the process.