Obviously, Rush is right. Except that Ted will not give us another Simpson-Mazzoli disaster.
Any Ted disasters would be of a different kind.
He won't "give" us anything. Because he will never be president. Teddy is unelectable. I am amazed at the breathtaking level of denial of this simple fact among his flock.
Rush is right if conservatism is your only criteria.
Trump has many conservative aspects, but has two that I appreciate:
First Trump is openly planning on using the welfare of the middle class as his decision criteria. This means he can and likely will ask some special interests to take a back seat. GOPe types are very concerned about this because they are used to pulling the strings.
Second, Trump in general has been quicker than the conservative movement to indicate the prime areas for concentration by his administration. For example, the level of immigration has been unsolved for many years, and never talked about in an free and open discussion. Trump said it in his announcement and has not quit. Others have come to join him, after Trump tested the waters. To me this means we should have Trump as our leader. I would not throw Cruz away, Trump will put good people in a lot of positions in a Trump administration.