I know what you mean.
How about another Senate conservative: Jesse Helms. Guy was a principled conservative, but was able to, as far as I know, work with people to get things done. Jesse didn’t piss off both sides of the aisle. Now, I know it was a different time, but Jesse was a staunch right winger even when the country was a little more “right” leaning. Ted, for all his positive traits, has a tough time getting guys even in his own party to work with him.
I think he’d be best suited as a justice on the Supreme Court. He’d stick to the Constitution. His skill set isn’t making the sausage that is legislation.
My opinion. Your mileage may vary.
Haha liked the sausage bit and I do agree with many points you have. I believe he gets along with Sessions and a scant few. I firmly believe the establishment is so entrenched that anyone with a sniff of conservatism is snuffed out and castigated. I knew Ted was right over target when he was filibustering to force the Senate into a budget (which might I add one hasn’t been passed in 10 years (a real one) and McLame was trashing him in the media.
I knew right then he had zero’d in
Ted Cruz likes to claim that he's hated by members of his own party because he's so honest and principled. The late Justice Scalia was principled, but was liked and respected even by his liberal colleagues (he and Ruth Ginsberg were close personal friends). Ronald Reagan was almost universally loved by his own party and respected by many ideological opponents. So if Ted Cruz is hated not only by his ideological opponents but by his supposed allies, being "principled" isn't the problem. The problem is Ted Cruz.