Cruz is tacking to the “left” of Rubio on foreign policy. It’s a smart move because he is able to lump Rubio and Clinton together on both Syria and Libya. Basically he is stealing Rand Paul’s move and doing it 100 times better because he is moving from a hawkish position of rhetoric.
He has come out against “military adventurism”, a Paulist phrase.
Rubio is an evil warmonger. Favoring immigration does not make a moderate.
Cruz is starting to take it to Rubio on a couple fronts now, foreign policy and immigration. I’m not saying it’s a bad move, but I do think he’s making it too early. Let’s just say Cruz can cause major harm to Rubio. Where does that support go? To Cruz or to Bush? Or other? I’m sure Cruz and his team calculated the risk and thought it wouldn’t be overly aggressive. We’ll see.
It’s often been said that who your enemies are says more good things about you than who your friends are. I would think that being hated by the Republican establishment would get Cruz some fans among Democrats too.
I agree. Cruz isn’t really that much more conservative than, say, Rubio, but he is uncompromising even by GOP standards. Which is why I am rooting for him: there’s no way the media can put a moderate gloss on him the way they can (and are already doing) with Rubio.
Trust me, we hate the hard-right TP wing much worse than the establishment. The establishment is reasonable enough to deal with. The Freedom Caucus ain’t.