I grew up around DC. I can tell you that we could solve the riddle of Unified Field Theory before convincing the glob of government minded people that inhabit the Beltway region to listen to reality.
DC has been one area, about the only area that the country has consistently grown economically over the years that Obama has been in office. DC-Northern VA-nearly All of Maryland have effectively only one industry and that is government.
Your friends are likely to be in government or one step removed but dependent on government in some way either contractually or dependent on the those that are.
Cruz to them reflects a danger to their way of life. And that is a good thing.
Rather than try and convince them, try smiling at them and letting them know that you are there for them when the Sh*t hits the fan, and it will.
Yep. In Republican-oriented groups, but serious beltway group think. My only concern with Cruz or any other ‘DC unapproved’ candidate is whether our own side will trip them up and divide our side just to maintain the status quo. I wonder if Reagan could have gotten through the 24/7 barrage of news and entertainment entities and their power to shape opinion. In a weird way, he almost benefited from being there before the cable networks and alternative media sources. Less noise to work around.