Cruz argues that he will ignite the innate conservatism of the electorate and bring voters together as Ronald Reagan did in 1980 — and his fire will forge the bonds.Read more here.
Rubio ended his 45 minutes with a specific promise to serve as the president even of those people who did not vote for him — a clever dig at Obama, but also an implicit argument that he can reach out from the Republican coalition to others in the middle and get them to the polls on Election Day.
But so what? Rubio and Cruz are losing to Trump. The GOP electorate is surrendering its commitment to conservative ideas in its desire for a strong man who makes ridiculous promises about making us great again that he has no idea how to fulfill.
The next six weeks are either going to represent a rebirth of electoral conservatism at the national level or its death knell.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Town Hall versus Clown Show
John Podhoretz in the New York Post reports on the CNN Town Halls last night, featuring Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson. Podhoreta also reports on the "Clown Show" held last night on MSNBC with Donald Trump.
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