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And, if you go back further with Trump, he discussed what was happening to the "Christians," not just Syrian refugees in general.

But, if you want to give the Tedster credit for opposing resettling a year after he favored it, fine. Most of us know exactly what Trump would do, and I think that's the difference. There is concern that Cruz is still a product of the DC system, no matter how conservative he is. At any rate, it's not going to matter. Cruz isn't going to be the nominee, Trump is, and it won't be close. And Trump will be president. And it won't be close.

"the Tedster" ... *sigh* The FACT stubbornly REMAINS that Donald Trump was every bit as supportive of Syrian refugees here as Cruz was, even when the numbers were much higher than the hundreds they were talking about back in 2014.

If you go back further with Cruz, you'll see that he has been defending the rights of Christians at least as long and just as ardently. Where is Donald Trump's warning that gay marriage opens the door wide to persecuting Christians, as Ted Cruz was warning way back in July of 2013?

Sure, there's concern that Cruz is a product of the DC system. People should also understand that there is concern that for 21 of the past 26 years, Donald Trump donated as much to Democrat politicians as he did to Republican politicians -- more to Democrats, actually -- and only started donating exclusively to Republicans (including Romney, who was and remains an amoral functional leftist Democrat) five years ago.

I know -- "He's a businessman, he did it as the cost of doing business."

So tell me another Republican candidate in whom it wouldn't be major cause for concern if for 80 percent of the past 26 years, he had donated MORE to the opposition party than to his own party in order to advance his bottom line?

Understand and embrace the TRUTH that Donald Trump materially helped advance the rise to power of Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and other leftist tyrants, for his own (and his shareholders') financial gain. Harming the cause of liberty was for him less important than profiting himself and his shareholders.

Accept it, because it is the truth. You warn about "the Tedster" as a DC system guy, what about "The Donald" as an amoral apolitical profiteer at the denigration of liberty?

Sincere patriot that Donald Trump may be (and I believe he is all of that), truth is truth. Ignoring it is folly and and exceedingly bad risk.

Here is another concern, and it is absolute: The ONLY reason most people in the U.S. have ever even heard of Donald Trump is because of SEVEN YEARS of self-promotion on a very large scale through a hit TV show that crafted a PR image of Donald Trump as a brassy brilliant billionaire businessman real estate mogul who is a genius. SEVEN YEARS, up until 2013.

It has a lot to do with why people have so much confidence and faith in Donald Trump -- brilliant marketer and showman that he is, it is a "brand" he has carefully crafted for himself. Fall for it at your own risk.