If you're a Limbaugh and Mark Levin type conservative, who has Ted Cruz stabbed in the back that you would actually consider a conservative and not a RINO? I doubt Ted Cruz stabbing establishment republicans in the back would be considered a negative thing by these types of conservatives, quite the opposite.
This primary, as Cruz has said, is more about the grassroots vs the establishment. While liberals may not appreciate or notice this specific divide, it is extremely important. Grassroot republicans actually criticize establishment republicans more harshly than most Democrats do! In fact, this is a parallel to the Reagan campaign. Reagan was hated by establishment/Rockefeller republicans, because he was grassroots and anti-establishment.
In many ways, establishment Democrats and Republicans have more in common with eachother than they do with their respective "extremes". For example: democrat and republican establishments are both for the TPP while Cruz, Sanders, and Trump are against it. What this tells me is that this election and primary are a lot about nationalism vs globalism. Protectionism vs global free trade. Local/national business vs transnational corporations. National identity vs forced multiculturalism.
Don't agree with me? Notice how many Rand Paul supporters are going to Sanders. Notice how many Trump supporters like Bernie. While this concept is considered absurd by the establishment, this trend wasn't surprising to me at all.
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If you're a Limbaugh and Mark Levin type conservative, who has Ted Cruz stabbed in the back that you would actually consider a conservative and not a RINO? I doubt Ted Cruz stabbing establishment republicans in the back would be considered a negative thing by these types of conservatives, quite the opposite.
This primary, as Cruz has said, is more about the grassroots vs the establishment. While liberals may not appreciate or notice this specific divide, it is extremely important. Grassroot republicans actually criticize establishment republicans more harshly than most Democrats do! In fact, this is a parallel to the Reagan campaign. Reagan was hated by establishment/Rockefeller republicans, because he was grassroots and anti-establishment.
In many ways, establishment Democrats and Republicans have more in common with eachother than they do with their respective "extremes". For example: democrat and republican establishments are both for the TPP while Cruz, Sanders, and Trump are against it. What this tells me is that this election and primary are a lot about nationalism vs globalism. Protectionism vs global free trade. Local/national business vs transnational corporations. National identity vs forced multiculturalism.
Don't agree with me? Notice how many Rand Paul supporters are going to Sanders. Notice how many Trump supporters like Bernie. While this concept is considered absurd by the establishment, this trend wasn't surprising to me at all.
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