Exactly. Today we have two main parties: The Democrats and Democrats-lite which is exactly why Cruz, or Palin or any other conservative who wants to run should run as an independent because if they seek the Democrat-lite nomination they will never get it. The Democrat-lites will destroy them just like they did with Herman Cain so they can prop up their Democrat-lite candidate who will be just like the Democrat candidate.
Yes, this should come as no surprise to anyone. During the last 2 elections, the GOPe threw senate seats to the dems. They did this so the tea party candidates would not reach critical mass and threaten their power & influence in the party. They feared that the tea partiers would enact real reform. They did this thru operatives and by withholding money from tea party candidates who had a real chance of winning. They even supported that write-in wench from Alaska (Murkowski) even tho she lost the primary.
So how does it make you feel that they would rather lose the senate than tolerate more conservatives?