THe only question I have is how much of that is 'conversion' and how much is staying alive to fight another day.
I don't think the GOPe exactly loved him, and with animus from Trump and the Dems targeting the seat, sure he scraped by last time. Perhaps his philosophy has changed, perhaps not. He can't do anything if he can't keep the seat, though, and unfortunately, that takes Party backing, or at least not having to fight them to run.
I ain't wrote him off just yet...
But, I disagree - His behavior is not representative of his state, nor of his national fans, which in either case (as those two things do coincide), is where his duty lies, which also coincides and originates in Conservatism's principles.
Principle things, always being true, are not subject to the vagaries of political winds, and therefore, his operation outside of those principles is technically, by definition, a betrayal. The fact that political winds have never swayed him before is what confirms him as a Conservative to me, and is that by which my trust is given.
Again, technically, that betrayal breaks his word, and trust is lost. I can no longer rely on his record, and can no longer predict his motives or his actions.
Now, all that sounds just awful, and it ain't all that - What I describe is highly magnified, as it is the only way I can put it to words.
To whom much is given, much is required... I don't expect it of others, like Tumpy the Clown, who, as much as some desire, is no representative of Conservative ideals.
But Cruz most certainly is, and so I expect better.
Can I overlook it? Can I forgive him? Probably so. Not in the short term though... I won't listen to him anymore until he straightens up and starts flying right. For now, I don't trust him at all... As it is, he has demonstrated that he can be moved, and is in that, a mere politician.
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