Soliciting your input ping
(especially on the opening bit)
The mandate of the voters is clear an unmistakable. It is however, also at odds with the interests of the GOPe and the so-called party leadership, and I suspect they will attempt to reconcile the two by doing as little as possible to upset the status quo. The question is how much the fresh blood in the party (i.e. Cruz, Lee, etc.) can wrest de facto leadership from the titular heads and actually implement a conservative agenda....