Pardon me, but I feel pretty confident about trusting the judgment, research, and instincts of several thousand of my fellow Texas patriots about which of these candidates is the true conservative in this race.
The finest, most active conservative patriots in the nation are part of the Tea Party, and those who are in Texas have unanimously concluded that Ted Cruz is the candidate who best exemplifies our views.
If David Dewhurst were half the conservative you claim he is, he'd have at least half of the Texas Tea Parties endorsing him. He doesn't, which tells me all I need to know about him.
“...several thousand of my fellow Texas patriots about which of these candidates is the true conservative in this race. The finest, most active conservative patriots in the nation are part of the Tea Party, and those who are in Texas have unanimously concluded that Ted Cruz is the candidate who best exemplifies our views.If David Dewhurst were half the conservative you claim he is, he’d have at least half of the Texas Tea Parties endorsing him. He doesn’t, which tells me all I need to know about him.”
It is indeed wonderful to have several thousand fine, new. fresh, most-active, Patriots suddenly decide to become active politically to save the country from the recent unfortunate decisions made by the voters in 2008.
That does not mean there was no conservative movement that was active prior to 2008.
That does not mean these several thousand new, freshly-minted Republicans get to decide by themselves who is conservative and who is not conservative, even if they are in unanimous agreement among themselves on that subject (which they are not). It also does not mean these new political players can’t be snookered by political opportunists who want to take advantage of them and their enthusiasm.