Now I know what a Republican suicide bomber looks like. He's willing to blow up the general election for our side.
How did Cruz get so radicalized?
-PJ
My guess is a lifetime of winning through his intellect (he sure ain't stupid) and debate by the rules.
He felt he succeeded in his short Senate career by being a stop gap against RINOism and thought this could translate to a win because his vision comported with American voters' vision.
But he fell prey to his history and strengths and his code of "rules". Each contest and each lost drove him closer to that which he felt most comfortable - the [debate] rules, and that became his focus. Screw those ignorant establishment-disaffected voters; he'd just win by playing to the delegate [read, debate] rules.
To this date he hasn't even figured out that the American anti-establishment voter doesn't give a damn about his rules and his crazy campaign. Each day that passes, he further embalms his future. And there is no Rush Limbaugh, iCarly, Pence, Graham, McConnell et al that can save his candidacy. He is done.