I remember the so called pundits here at FR telling us over and over that a second term of O would be a good thing because after eight years of his disastrous policies people would be ready for a ‘true conservative’.
Seems to me they were dead wrong
They were completely wrong. I think that was Ted Cruz’s play, which explains why he went to great lengths to depict himself as the true Constitutional convervative in the 2016 primary.
He probably figured that after eight years of Obama, the country would be hungry for a true conservative to right the course of the ship of state. He was wrong. Not even Republicans are hungry for a self identified conservative, preferring to back a non-ideological pragmatist, instead.
I think this also explains why Cruz became so unhinged towards the end. Not only was his plan for 2016 going up in smoke, but if his act didn’t play in 2016, he knows it probably won’t play at any time in the future during his lifetime.
We are getting a nationalist with a conservative agenda the best of all possible outcomes.