I think it is a function of how we evaluate people. I have always had a difficult time reading people and wind up constantly surprised. People I think I can trust turn out to be unreliable and people of whom I expect nothing wind up coming through.
So I rely on things that I can see and measure. If somebody doesn’t have a record I can evaluate, they can sing the most wonderful tune and I will still not trust them. People who make big promises with nothing tangible to back them up just leave me cold.
But there are people very different from me who are more adept at making such judgements, and they respond very differently.
I think Obama was like that. So many of my friends were swept up, and I never saw what they saw in him. He struck me as a con artist and I think events have borne out that judgement. But perhaps I learned that lesson too well.
I like Cruz because I see what he has done, I like what he has done, and I am reasonably confident that he will continue along the same path. I am constitutionally unable to make a leap of faith to an unknown quantity like Trump, but I also recognize that I am very limited in this regard.
Outside of Ted's filibuster against Obamacare, what has he actually accomplished as a Senator?
What bills did he write or sponsor that made it to a floor vote?
If he did write or sponsor any legislation, did any of it pass?
Did he even co-sponsor any landmark legislation?
I know that he did well with cases before the Supreme Court, but he was an appointed Solicitor General, by then Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott. Ted argued the cases that were assigned to him. He didn't bring those cases before the court, himself.
I know that Ted was an excellent student in law school, and was a top debater. He's well known for that.
So, besides those few things, can you tell me what Ted's actually done in his government career that makes you believe he's such an outstanding conservative?
Remember - talk is cheap.