“And Cruz’s campaign strategy was centered on getting delegates in the early southern primaries. Failing to do that put his entire campaign in a shambles which he could never recover from.”
So disappointing - I used to really like the guy, to think that he was Presidential timber, this generation’s Reagan. Nope, he’s just another flash in the pan on that score.
“So disappointing - I used to really like the guy, to think that he was Presidential timber, this generation’s Reagan.”
There is no such guy. And he couldn’t be elected if there were. I am slowly coming to the conclusion that small government conservatism has had its run and lost. The GOP-E hates it. And Trump is the successful outsider and he is not remotely a small government conservative.
As Matt Kibbe said in 2009, the Tea Party needs to execute a hostile takeover of the Republican party. But he was talking about a conservative takeover. Trump has just successfully executed that hostile takeover; but has done so by aborting the conservative movement and our increasing numbers in congress and the state legislatures. A lot of great anti-establishment legislators are now scorned by ignorant Trump supporters as “establishment” just because they hold office. And a lot of solid conservatives are going to lose to dems this year down ticket. Even if Trump wins the presidency, anti-establishment conservatives are going to get hammered this year.
Conservatives really have no place left politically. Oh well. Maybe we can do a hostile takeover of the Libertarian party :)