Conservatism bows to NO man.
True in theory, perhaps, but not in practice.
Just look at the last at least 5 primary cycles: "Conservatism" has fallen to the point of extended bickering over which candidate is most deserving of "The Mantle of Reagan."
Where are the debates over conservative ideas? Where's the discussion of why conservative ideas are better than what's currently running the country? There's little or none of that anymore -- hasn't been since, maybe, GWB's first campaign. "Conservatism" as a movement is very sick.
Witness Cruz' steadfast grip of principles over personalities.
And that, too, is a fallacy. Politics
is about personalities, just as much as it's about principles. Politics is about people dealing with one another, and those who don't play well with others generally don't succeed. Leadership, character, vision ... those are all
personality things, not ideas; and in the political world they're indispensable.