No matter. Senator Cruz, along with several of his colleagues, convinced many grassroots conservatives and Tea Party members that the end game was to put a stake through the heart of ObamaCare, once and for all. If you sided with them, you were a principled conservative who opposed ObamaCare; if you were against them, you were part of the “surrender caucus.” This was cast as a Moment of Truth.
Now the whole thing is being exposed for what it was – a game. And the (inevitable) failure by Cruz and the others will leave these people crushingly disappointed and enraged. They were led to believe something that was simply not true – and many of them still don’t know they were misled.
It's Cruz envy they wish they had principles he has and the backbone to express them regardless of who dismisses you--like you McCed you have Cruz envy
In 2000, the country was in a different place and Bush had a solid track record in TX of Conservatism. It isn't until Bush got to DC that he veered left and started pushing garbage like the LOST Treaty, Amnesty, Medicare expansions, Bad SCOTUS nominees, et al.
North American Lambada Dance Champion 1988, 1989, 1991.
In 2000, the country was in a different place and Bush had a solid track record in TX of Conservatism. It isn't until Bush got to DC that he veered left and started pushing garbage like the LOST Treaty, Amnesty, Medicare expansions, Bad SCOTUS nominees, et al.
When my dad talked George W into putting an adjective in front of the word "conservative" for the 2000 campaign, your antenna should've perked-up.