Phoenix.Amandarius said:
»It's hilarious to me that Cruz fans call Rubio the "establishment candidate." Rubio, the freshman Senator ushered in by the Tea Party in 2010, is now being called establishment. Most sane Republicans do not just want a Conservative version of Obama that is incapable of governing, getting a consensus, working with people that he disagrees with; and in the end fails at passing meaningful bipartisan legislation and rules by Executive Orders/Memorandum. All Cruz has done in the Senate is dragged Republicans repeatedly into catastrophic embarrassments. You can have great ideas but you can't be a complete idiot in going about them. If it makes you establishment to find common ground and make small gains over time then I guess I am establishment.
Look, all kidding aside, Rubio and Cruz were both "tea party" darlings in the last 6 years. But cmon, Rubio is pretty squishy. The flip flop on amnesty is just unforgivable, and it's time there are consequences for it.
The objective here is to not compromise with the progressives.