And the people you voted for are just fine with that. You must be so proud.
You’re part of the problem, not part of the solution.
I am a Ted Cruz supporter. I think, though, that Jeb Bush would not lose the social conservatives as did Romney in 2008. He would lose a new and different branch of conservatism...not defense, not fiscal, not social. I think of them as the ‘immigration security conservatives’. They are fed up with illegals taking jobs, taking welfare, lowering wages, and utilizing free health and food programs. They believe this open border nonsense is insecure: it gives opportunity for enemies, disease, and freeloaders to injure our great nation.
How large is this group? It gave the GOP their victory this fall. It includes social, defense, and fiscal conservatives — it takes people from each — so it is probably larger than any one of those groups.
Jeb Bush will announce against open borders, amnesty, and illegals or he will lose in the general election: same as Dole, McCain, and Romney. He will not do that, so we are pretty much going to lose if immigration security conservatives don’t settle on just one candidate by the beginning of the primaries in 2015.
Underestimating the wealth, reach, and ability of the Bush Machine is irrational. They are very good.