I most certainly do. People are responsible for the government they have. Period. We get in trouble when we start differentiating a government from the people it represents. This is even true in North Korea. We struggle to declare wars now because of this error in thinking. The Afghan people ARE responsible for their government, same in Iran, same elsewhere.
This is like people who rage at bankers and won't put blame on the individuals, companies and nations that use the credit they extend. In this example bankers may be enablers, but they are not the core problem.
This Trump thing is nothing new, we saw it recently with Perot and we've seen it all through history - and it never ends well. This is supposed to be a conservative site with learned conservatives. I expect people who understand these issues to, at minimum, not blindly throw their support to someone who has no history of conservatism, clearly doesn't understand the issues, can get bamboozled by any network into saying he'd fund parts of PP (which we already do) because he doesn't know anything about the issue, etc.
The Trump thing is just not going to end well. It's really not. And "raging against the establishment" is not an excuse for conservatives to back a populist anti-intellectual.
Read history. The electorate has ever been more reactionary than proactive. As long as there is peace in their community and they are eating, they are disinclined to upset the status quo. They may be aghast at Congress as a whole but their congressman must be going a good job for them. No change.
When the electorate perceives a problem, there is a reaction. The GOP has been swept into power in every congressional election since 2010, primarily to deal with Obamacare... and they broken every promise since. Trump’s support represents the electorate’s reaction to this uniparty reality.
It doesn’t mean he will win. In truth, he’s a light-weight saying shallow things... but he resonates with the dissatisfaction in the electorate. The smart candidates in this race will recognize what the electorate is saying through its support for Trump and run with it. Ted Cruz is the right man to do that as he has already shown his opposition to the Washington Cabal.
The truth of the IQ scale is that half of the population is below 100... that’s the way it is scored. They are easily led and oftentimes vote with their guts... that’s why carnal promises work so well. Trump is getting their attention and conservative ideas are breaking through their bubbles for the first time in a long time. Hopefully, they will be inspired to seek more.