I remember the Cruzbot-Trumplican War of 2016. The Freeper war between backers of Trump and Cruz was very bitter. Neither side would concede defeat until Cruz in 2016, after having lost the primary race, committed the mortal sin of openly joining the NeverTrump movement and attacked Trump's base of supporters. That is when the Cruzbots lost to the Trumplicans.
After attacking Republicans in 2016 Ted Cruz again felt the need to describe the January 6 protest as terrorism and attacked the Republican base again. The Cruz apology tour was epic and quite sad. Cruz was forced to appear on Tucker Carlson where he apologized and was flogged publicly.
There are still huge Cruz fans on this forum and they long for the day that they get a win.
There are still huge Cruz fans on this forum and they long for the day that they get a win. I love Ted Cruz as a US Senator, but the DNC would have taken him apart like a Lego toy in 2016 [Ted digs blind chicks!].
They'd still take him apart easily today.
The Democrats have a very efficient national machine for "winning" elections. They have to, since they're only 40% of the voting public.
The reason the Pubbies don't have to work as hard as the slimy Dems is because the conservatives are allied with them.
They'll win their share of races by default.
full disclosure: I was in the Trump vanguard during the FR primary wars of 2016. 