He’s not the only choice but he is the best choice. Neither one of these guys is perfect. However, I do not feel like buying a pig in a poke with Trump. It amazes me that people want to hang Corker on Cruz alone. They all except one voted for it. Perhaps it was naive of him to believe McConnell but I am of the opinion that under a Cruz Presidency McConnell will either shape up or leave. The campaign issues are just jumped up propaganda from Trump people who have been disappointed that Trump didn’t run away with it from the get go and had to find some justification for their disappointments. I don’t understand the TPP thing well enough to comment but there again Cruz didn’t do it alone.
I get where you’re coming from. I know it wasn’t just Cruz in any of those votes. Like I said, it would be forgivable if he were the only choice. But he isn’t and it lumps him in with the same-old-same-old crowd that has been abusing us for decades.
Cruz, rightly or wrongly, is not getting through to people like me, because trust has been damaged so many times by ‘true conservative’ politicians that any red flag pushes us away.
As far as Trump being a pig in a poke, I don’t believe that. I could be wrong, of course. It’s been known to happen. Just ask my wife!
But I do recommend reading The Art of the Deal and Time To Get Tough, if you’re looking to at least get an understanding of why someone might think he’s not a pig in a poke. That was the first thing I did when I was trying to figure out whether to take Trump seriously or not. It provided me great insight into how Trump’s mind works.