I agree, but I’d phrase it differently. Conservatism died on Jan 30, 1989 which was GHW Bush’s first day in office. God bless Ronald Reagan, but we are still paying for the fact the GOP elites saddled him with Bush as Veep. I fear a nominee Cruz would have to make the same sorts of deals to get GOP elite $$$ and backing. Trump’s unrivaled ability to bypass the media, or, in his case commandeer the media, to speak directly to the American people insulates him from that. Oh and a few billion dollars. That helps too.
You are someone who can ‘see’ despite all the smoke billowing from all over the place.
Yes, “God Bless Ronald Reagan” indeed! He single-handedly turned this country around from the economically broken and infracstructuredly weak country of 1979-80. American had truly seen better days prior to that defeatist President Carter period, and Reagan brought them back. All you have to do is see the movie Top Gun (1986) from 6 yrs later to see the resurgence of military morale in our armed forces.
We need somoene now how KNOWS and HAS EXPERIENCE in how to KICK BUTT. Ted Cruz is ideologically right on the issues, but he HAS NO EXPERIENCE! ... .Reagan had 2 TERMS as Gov of the largest state. He knew how to be an EXECUTIVE and hold people accountable. Ted has absolutely NO EXPERIENCE in holding people accountable. That’s a tall order!