[SmokingJoe]

We the people (as represented by Ted Cruz) are going to give the Republican “poobahs” an a** whopping they will never forget. And you can take that to the bank. The GOPe are on the wrong side of history, at the wrong place at the wrong time. A time with a far left, lawless communist in the White House and a nasty, racist lawless Eric Holder at the DOJ, is not the time to be pushing “moderate” agendas/candidates. They have stayed so long in DC, they have lost all sense of the real pulse of the country.

[arthurus]

hey have lost all sense of the real pulse of the country.Beating the gopes, I think, will be demonstrated as possible if the Conservative field narrows to 2 or 1 before the first primary and if Cruz and perhaps Walker manage to raise at least half of the money that Bush will have. Without those two conditions I really don't think history or right or wrong matter even a tiny bit. Bush will have about thirty per cent and that's all he needs. That 30% is rock solid and includes the Democrats who will vote in the Republican primaries, lots of them. Bush will spend the most of his money smearing the conservatives one by one as they rise in the early primaries. He will then be the only one left of any consequence in the later primaries which he will dominate. Conservatives will win more votes total but that is among half a dozen candidates. And Conservatives are prone to falter at crucial points and will apologize for or "explain" something at some point which will effectively end their progress. Cruz and maybe Walker probably won't do that. One can hope that the others wipe out very early.