Since you're so very concerned about Cruz, just as you said you were so very concerned about Palin, how about offering a suggestion as to whom the base is 100% motivated to support for President ? Oh, and just so you know, we could run Jesus Christ and the Dems/media would manufacture baggage (just like they manufactured baggage against Palin and your manufacturing Birther baggage against Cruz).
No one had to manufacture baggage against Palin - her daughter did that for her, and gave the hostile media a feeding frenzy. I thought that was a terrible shame, and a miscalculation on the part of the GOP and the McCain campaign. Had I been in that situation, I would not have run, and had my daughter’s behavior being covered at the expense of my platform.
You kind of make my point for me. Our candidate has to be unblemished, so that there isn’t any issue that our enemies can even have a conversation about other than the political issues in the candidate’s platform. Palin was a great candidate, almost perfect - except for her daughter and not being prepared to wrestle Couric to the ground.
As to who we should run - I don’t know - but there must be someone in a country our size with conservative credentials whose parents were born here.