You really don't get the Christian Right, do you? If they like him, they'll double their ranks of voters. Their ability to network outside of the MSM, and put volunteers on the ground *anywhere* makes them incredibly formidable- y'all haven't seen a full on Conservative uprising in a long time. TEA Party loves him... the Christians love him... all it takes now are the military, and I really can't see them voting for anyone else.
See, the thing 'up-the-middle' folks don't get is that we don't need to go up the middle. There are way more votes in the disaffected Right. There really is no counter-balance to the Christians if they come out hard.
And for the first time, in a long time, it looks like they will come out for a candidate that the rest of the Conservatives will come out for too. If the three legs of Conservatism come together on Cruz, there will be nothing you can do to stop it.
Don’t count your chickens.....I am to the right of Genghis Khan some say, am a dyed in the wool Christian, and a Tea Party member, and I am voting for Trump!Ted Cruz turns me off big time. He is just another politician, has never worked in the real world, and has sold out America on more than one vote.
Agree with a lot of your post. The thing is, McConnell, Ryan, Graham, McCain, etc., are all about stabbing conservatives in the back, then saying "conservatives can't win." They KNOW a true conservative can win. Reagan proved it. They funded Planned Parenthood in the budget because they wanted to. I have no idea what was going through their heads when they provided funding to bring in 300,000 Islamists, but the point is, they did that, then sent bills they knew Obama would veto to defund PP, so they could tell conservatives, "see, we tried." People act like Karl Rove was some kind of genius, but Rove hated the Swift Boat Vets, and Bush would have lost without them.
People were afraid to endorse McCain, cause every time a conservative endorsed him, McCain attacked him.
The GOPe will do everything they can to kill Cruz or Trump, best case, get Jeb in, Rubio acceptable to them. That's why I won't say anything bad about Cruz or Trump.
If Rubio or Bush wins, we continue our slow spiral. If Hillary wins, we see a Muslim invasion with the Feds protecting mosques and telling us to be tolerant.