I don’t doubt it. But I take it from another angle: there’s almost no way the GOP can win in 2016 and 2020, no matter who the candidates are. The landscape has changed so much. Liberals have advanced politically and culturally on many fronts. Conservatives haven’t advanced on many fronts at all.
Wisconsin may go to Cruz, I don’t know what’s going to happen. But I find it absurd that any adult can seriously think a guy like Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio (or anyone, really) is going to lead us in a conservative 21st century renaissance.
I’m thinking way ahead. The liberal triumphs will endure for decades, until they can’t be sustained anymore. I’m 48. They will outlast me. For he next half century, we should just take what we can get. 10% of the conservative agenda beats 0%.
I’m not hopeful about the future.
The future didn’t like bright in 1980 either, but the people chose a real conservative to get us out. We need to chose someone with core values that people can respect. That’s missing from Trump.