Longbow, I think you’ve become too used to the weak GOPe members who’ve not served us for too long.
We FINALLY, have someone whose not afraid to stand up for what he believes. If you’ve read any of his books, and if you’re really a conservative, you’ll see what he’s in this race for.
How the heck do you even know what he believes? He has flip flopped party affiliation and policy positions so much there is no way to know unless you just take him at his word what he is saying now are his real beliefs.
How amusing it is that Trump is making immigration his signature issue, and so many here are buying it, yet in 2012 he said Romney was too HARSH on the issue of immigration. All Romney proposed was to use eVerify to punish employers for hiring illegals. This would dry up available employment for aliens and they would either not come or "self deport". Heck, that is one of the few things Romney got right - and it's a pretty inexpensive way to accomplish much of the goal of reducing illegals in this country. And after opposing this in 2012, Trump is for an even more expensive and easily demagogued plan now? And you believe this why? You realize Trump actually was a Democrat for 8 years between 2000 and 2010. He also seems to think his fanatically pro-abortion sister is an example of someone who would make a TERRIFIC Supreme Court nominee. And yet you ignore or paper over all this when it comes to Trump, but not for any other candidate.
Trump does not have any record of being a conservative. He is a populist protectionist who actually shares many policies in common with Bernie Sanders. And even if Trump has suddenly "evolved" on all these issues and is conservative now, he is not grounded in conservative thought and really can't be trusted to make the kind of day to day appointments, administrative decisions, etc, that conservatives can count on.
We do have one candidate in the race who has a solid track record of conservatism, someone who rarely flip flops and has stood strong for conservative positions at almost all times. That person is Ted Cruz and while he may not have the celebrity of a realityTV star, he is a solid conservative that we can actually trust and count on as issues come his way.