It's interesting you say that. Can Trump point to a long history of viciously contesting Democrats and their policies? No, he has a long history of supporting Democrats and viciously opposing conservative policies?
In fact, Trump never supporting conservatism at all, until he had something to gain from it. Even then, he took up arms to support Romney in the primary. But now we are supposed to forget that because the media tells us he's conservative?
By the way, I think Thomas Sowell, among others, has a long history of contesting Democrats and their policies. Show me any proof of the opposite?
I think abandoning conservatism because the media tell us is a bad idea.,
Sowell ain’t running. I’d happily vote for him if was. The man is a genius.
But you cannot say the same for most of the folks who will be on that stage for the debate. Of all of them, only Walker and Cruz have really done anything to stick a knife in Democrats and their policies and both have paid a price.
And, strangely enough, both of ‘em are pretty quiet about Trump.
I am not a Trump supporter. The folks who support Trump disappoint me. Trump has turned his coat TWICE in his career. He has sucked at the teat of Big Government. He really is not a good standard bearer for “anti-Establishment” conservatism. I think his supporters are just projecting their hopes onto a guy they refuse to vette (like Obama supporters), even though his history is right out there for them to see (unlike Obama...).
But he seems to be only one ready to fight the battle against illegal immigration and other evils.
If I was running against Trump, I wouldn’t bother to attack him except to compare his policies to Left wing policies (like his tax scheme) that I was attacking.