[Theophilus]

Conservatism is not defined by issues. It is defined by worldview and reflected by issues.

Rubio was wrong on Amnesty but right on many other issues more or just as important to me. That's why I'm for Cruz.

Requirments:
• Ability
• Fear God
• Love Truth
• Hate Covetousness

Issues:
• Abortion/Murder
• Religious Liberty
• Constitution
• Guns, Ammo other Weapons rights
• Sodomy As A Civil Right
• Socialized Medicine
• Outrageous and Stifling Intellectual Property Laws
• Expanding Socialism
• Socialist Security, Mediscare, Medicaids.
• Obamacare
• Incestuous Relationship Between Government and Insurance
• Political Careerism
• Flat Tax / End Of All Deductions, Credits, Loop-Holes, Payroll Deduction and Disguised Welfare
• Legal Reform (esp Tort)
• Supreme Court Deities
• Fiat Currency
• National Debt Slavery
• Keynesian Economics
• Bailouts / Perverse Incentives / Too Big To Fail
• Price Controls, Subsidies etc.
• Climate Change Fraud, Manipulation and Propaganda
• Wealth Redistribution
• Crony Capitalism
• Welfare State/Dependency
• Federal Government Owning Land
• Federal Government Taking Property
• Size and Power of Government/Bureaucracy
• Bureaucratic Careerism and Unconscionable and Unfeasible Pensions
• Excessive Regulation
• Excessive Bodies Of Laws
• Selective Enforcement Of Laws
• Surveillance State
• Security Theater
• Nation Building
• Financing, Supporting and Defending Foreign Criminals, Tyrants, Dictators, Oligarchs
• Political Correctness
• Government Involvement In Education
• Federal Funding Of Science Projects
• Prison Industrial Complex
• Absurd Rules of Engagement
• Drafting Women (or anybody)
• Usurping Power From States and People
• Abdicating Power To World Government
• Defense of Borders

[Lurkinanloomin]

After amnesty, none of that other stuff will matter.

[presidio9]

Rubio was wrong on Amnesty but right on many other issues more or just as important to me. That's why I'm for Cruz.

I would have made Cruz my pick a long time ago, if it weren't for two issues:

I strongly disagree with his stance on the NSA -which, to borrow a popular term on this thread, positively reeks of opportunism.

and Of the three remaining viable Republican candidates Cruz is the one who does not have me convinced he can win.