Right.
Let me ask you a question (I like a lot of what you post): Suppose post war "conservatism"is dead. Killed by the Bushes, Karl Rove, the neocons, the "Christians", etc.
Are you prepared to go into coalition with patriotic Democrats who want to Make America Great Again, but who also want a bigger state with higher taxes, or do you prefer to watch it burn?
That's what the Cruz-Trump FR disagreement is all about. I agree it's being poorly carried on by many, but it really IS about fundamentals.
The Trump premise is that there are enough Americans left to save the country. Your stated premise is that, if there is not a conservative majority, the country isn't worth saving, so why not vote for Cruz?
The Hussein administration has cured me of delusions of thinking it would be better to watch it burn. I could never have predicted how bad things would get, but I sure found out. Your question-honestly, I would have to consider that more. I am a Christian, of the fundamentalist variety, pre-trib Rapture, all that, so the fiscal side of things doesn’t resonate with me as much as the social side, but they are now irrevocably entwined, so I need to think about that-but I can say that I don’t want to see the country burn yet, though God knows we have it coming now.
And also, I am willing to vote for Trump if he wins the primaries, for what that’s worth. Jeb-no. Rubio-I don’t think so, but I’m feeling a little desperate now. I hope the rest don’t even come close to being in play.
That is what brought us 8 wonderful years of Ronald Reagan. It only took GHWB 3 years to undo much of that good.
Trump's tax plan was praised by Larry Kudlow (no lover of Trump) as setting our economy on fire. Not higher taxes but a lot more revenue from a growing economy. Remember, government produces NOTHING.
The only times I remember religion being a big deal in the presidential election was 1. Kennedy, first Catholic running, 2. Jimmah Carter, born again who did get crossover votes for that and 3. Romney, who unfortunately, had too many Christians stay home. Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, GHWB, Clinton, GWB - not an issue.