Don’t know how old you are, but I was around when Reagan lost to Ford, and many Ford supporters said the same thing about Reagan’s impact.
No one knows the future, and even the great William F Buckley thought Reagan was not nearly as good nor viable as Reagan’s supporters did.
Keep being angry and keep miss reading things.
I accept trump as the nominee, but you fail to understand the influence and likability of Cruz outside of FreeRepublic which has become quite a moderate forum as of late.
Reagan actively campaigned for Ford. Ford was just not a good candidate. Put another way, Trump is no Ford.
“...the influence and likability of Cruz outside of FreeRepublic...”
Ted still has influence and likeability among his shrinking cult of loyal supporters, but that’s it. He has no national clout.
You’re right about it being outside of Free Republic. I consider that to be a good thing.