“Even if somebody conservative like Cruz wins the next election it matters not. “
It isn’t the candidate alone that wins, its the team.
>>>It isn’t the candidate alone that wins, its the team.<<<
Much or most of the electorate thinks the government has power to do x, y an z: Powers that the founders never intended the government to have in the first place. We never argue about that. We spend all our time arguing if x, y and z are good ideas. So we have already lost imho.