[Yashcheritsiy]

Meaningless until you tell us who IS the solution the GOP incompetence.

Well, obviously, the answer is Cruz. You know, the guy who can't even get his own party to go along with anything he does or get them to show up at hearings he holds. That guy. Who will totally competence the the GOP back into ideological purity.

[Don Corleone]

The only “Guy” who was perfect was nailed to a crucifix 2 millennia ago. We will have to look for someone else not quite so unblemished.

[VanDeKoik]

Goodness knows I’ve been looking for the series of events Cruz is supposed to engage in to go from barely acknowledged Jr senator of 3 years, to ultimate force in D.C..

[JohnBovenmyer]

The solution to not just GOPe incompetence, but government incompetence in general is to let government do as little as possible and to let what must unavoidably be done by government be done at the lowest level of government possible. Where there is the greatest possible feedback to government regarding its results and thus the least government incompetence possible. Get back to when the federal level government was a tenth its current size relative to the general economy. Levels of state and local government will and should vary widely in diverse political circumstances, but competition amongst them will will favor those with the lowest added costs from government incompetence. That is the constitutional deal of the American Republic. It worked pretty darn well until the big government progressives, of both parties, changed the deal.

What the country really needs this cycle isn't someone who can get things done, but someone who can get things UNDONE. Cruz is one of the few that talks about that and is the most believable and electable of those who do. And he doesn't need to get along with anyone in Congress to accomplish that! He can use all the congressional authority they've delegated to order executive agencies to do the least he can construe current laws allow. He can veto their pork and marshall public opinion to keep their override votes under 2/3. And if their fights legally shut down parts of government he'd prefer abolished anyway he'll celebrate and win the next rounds at the ballot box. The establishment knows and understands this so fears Cruz over any 'lets make a deal' alternatives.