It’s too early to dismantle a good idea - we need to see who steps in and how they pander for votes.
We’ve seen the pander dance in many elections. Wouldn’t it be smart to explain conservatism to the voters? Bring them to the table (not pander to what people think are the leanings of this group and that group)?
I’m watching - again - (using the NRO article comment section for my example) how posters come on to immediately undermine an idea (that worked for Reagan).
Either they’re not educated on the Reagan victory, or they’re hoping for a third party to elect a democrat in 2016 - or they’re GOPe and always at the ready to cut conservatives from the field.
If the article is accurate (on which I have my doubts), Cruz is planning to skip #2 and concentrate on #3.
Which sounds really stupid to me.
Also impossible. Any campaign that appealed to any significant number of Democratic voters would almost certainly draw in a larger number of independents.
The four that come to mind this election are Senators Cotton and Ernst and Reps Love and Brat, and there are others. They ran conservative and did quite well.
People want something to hope for. They want a road map to the future, with the barricades removed. Perhaps constitutional conservatives in the HOR and US Senate have a critical mass to do that. Cruz's maneuvers outed the backstabbers, so it just might be an excellent time to get the message across.