I also thought he was the one we needed. For some reason this all makes me sad. I am hopeful that Ted can still contribute to furthering the conservative agenda. While it seems that he has certainly done a good deal of damage to his own future, possibly he can have some influence that is helpful to us, as time passes. I think he just could not get past the personal attacks on his family by Trump, which is unfortunate, IMHO.
Politics isn’t for wimps. The stuff that went on this cycle is nothing compared to what has happened before.
But, hey, if Ted wants to hide behind the skirts, by all means, have at it.
I certainly understand your frustration and “hope”.
As one who really has/had lost all faith in our political process as it has become, I have not yet been pursuated to get off the sidelines and join in again.
The Democans may have orchestrated the demise of our Republic but the Repulicrats have proved themselves, at the minimum, of being duplicitous in getting us to where we are.
The one thing in Mr. Trumps favor is that he is the first “outsider”, since our first President (George Washington) so eloquently admonished us in his Farewell Address to not align ourselves with political parties, to run for for the highest office in the land.