All this was predictable once you admit that Cruz is not really an outsider - his votes and devious explanations shoud have laid that out.
Here is some info from somone in a position to know what is going on:
Here’s a little inside baseball from someone who actually knows the truth: the GOPe dislikes Cruz NOT because he’s an outsider, but because he’s an INSIDER who decided the best way to advance himself was to bite the hand that fed him. Let’s just say I am very close to someone in the GOPe machine and I’ll leave it at that.
When Ted worked for Bush, he was angling for a bigger position than he got. He actually wanted to be the Attorney General.
He thought he had more pull than he actually did, more juice because of some of his Texas connections. His marriage to Heidi was supposed to solidify his position because she was actually held in higher regard than Ted within the Texas/GOPe sphere. He was seen by the insiders as over ambitious, an opinion that was only ENFORCED by his reach to be named AG.
So Ted decided since he knew the ins and outs of the GOPe (insofar as the GOP and Bushes were one and the same), and since he couldn’t advance any further within that sphere, that he would run against them.
He ran for Senate against a GOPe favorite and won. He hoped this would show the GOPe that he was a serious contender and that they would welcome him back into the fold. It backfired, mostly because of Ted’s outsider rhetoric.
Now Ted chose to run for POTUS, which on its surface was a slap in the face to Jeb Bush and the GOPe. In truth, it was an olive branch by Ted to the GOPe.
Why? Because he was there to split the conservative vote in order to help Jeb win. He was never supposed to be in this position, but if it got down to him and Jeb, the fact that Ted isn’t natural born was going to come out, forcing him to drop out, leaving Jeb and his millions in donor money as the last man standing.
Why do you think Jeb always spoke about winning without the base and losing the primaries to win the nomination? It all makes sense now, doesn’t it?
Trump was the wildcard they didn’t expect. Ted was sent to cozy up to him with a non-aggression pact, but Trump was no dummy. He kept the Canadian Ted thing in his back pocket to use when needed.
I could go on but bottom line, the GOPe is warming to Ted because he’s is not actually an enemy, but a prodigal son who tried to earn his way back into the fold by helping Bush.
I understand that you must spin this but the fact remains this will go a long way toward bringing 2/3rds of the base (that know Trump isn’t a conservative) together.
Actually, the GOPe (and anyone who knows him personally) dislikes Ted Cruz because he's the walking definition of a complete and total a-hole.
Great post!
Ted and the RNC “new guard” ...
FLASHBACK:
RNC to trot out new guard
Aug. 28, 2012
Tuesday’s main theme, “We Built That” — a reminder of Obama’s gaffe during a Virginia speech — will bring keynote speaker Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Ohio Gov. John Kasich to the podium. Earlier, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will focus on entrepreneurship.
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who could energize Hispanic voters, will introduce Romney.
Lesser-known speakers during the week include Rafael “Ted” Cruz, a U.S. Senate candidate from Texas, and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who with Cruz represents a new generation of conservatives with Tea Party credentials.
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Among the convention’s best-known speakers are Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the party’s nominee in 2008, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
With Rubio, Christie, Martinez, McDonnell and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on the speakers’ list, it reads like a Who’s Who of rising Republicans — a changing of the guard, said Jeff Brauer, a political science professor at Keystone College.
Why? Because he was there to split the conservative vote in order to help Jeb win. He was never supposed to be in this position, but if it got down to him and Jeb, the fact that Ted isn’t natural born was going to come out, forcing him to drop out, leaving Jeb and his millions in donor money as the last man standing.
Why do you think Jeb always spoke about winning without the base and losing the primaries to win the nomination? It all makes sense now, doesn’t it?
Trump was the wildcard they didn’t expect.
Best analysis I've seen yet on the dynamic of this primary.
Thanks for that very interesting insider analysis. It makes sense and explains much.
Post #11 - Nailed it, close the fricking thread down
Email your post #11 to Conservative Treehouse. I’m at work or I would do it.