It demonstrated, for all those with eyes to see, that Cruz is a pawn of the Establishment.
Here on FR, I've seen people expressing triumph that the party "insiders" won over the voters, and contempt towards any Republican who didn't "[put] in the hundreds of hours and money necessary to get to the national delegate level. Lazy and uninformed is a sad way to go through life."
I have news for such. The GOP is NOT the exclusive property of the Party leadership. The party staff are supposed to serve the Republican voters, but they have lost sight of that. It is well past time for a purge of party autocrats who have contempt for their own voters.
Same sort of dynamic is at play with the government in general (yes, I know a political party is not the government). Technically, a political party IS the exclusive property of its leadership. What the leadership does is lie to the people in order to draw voters to its claimed causes. When that illusion breaks, people stop supporting the magical-party.
The party should look at case studies about how to handle a crisis. It is handling this one poorly.
-- It is well past time for a purge of party autocrats who have contempt for their own voters. --
Amen to that. Amen. From all outward appearances, the party has lost sight of its proclaimed mission, to serve its members.