Sadly "conservatism" died on Jan 20, 1989... Reagan's last day in political office.
No one practices "conservatism" anymore. Take a look around the political landscape, they have all succumbed to the ideology of DUPING THE CITIZENS, both parties. To the point where the country is going down the tubes at warp speed because of PRIMARILY TWO THINGS.....
1. LOSS OF JOBS (lower standard of living)
2. OPEN BORDERS (* see above)
BEYOND the above there is NOTHING ELSE THAT's more important if we're going to survive as the nation we once used to be.
IDEOLOGY is not as important now as getting the ABOVE TWO points turned around.
ALL OF YOU CRUZ MANIACS are unintentionally WISHING for things to JUST HAPPEN if we elect him. He has NO PROVEN RECORD of being able to GET ANYTHING DONE!
Sorry, that is too much of a risk to take at this point.
I agree, but I’d phrase it differently. Conservatism died on Jan 30, 1989 which was GHW Bush’s first day in office. God bless Ronald Reagan, but we are still paying for the fact the GOP elites saddled him with Bush as Veep. I fear a nominee Cruz would have to make the same sorts of deals to get GOP elite $$$ and backing. Trump’s unrivaled ability to bypass the media, or, in his case commandeer the media, to speak directly to the American people insulates him from that. Oh and a few billion dollars. That helps too.