First.
Trump, Cruz and Rubio had fair (not great) nights on Super Tuesday. I realize this runs counter to what you've read in the media (namely, that the Bronzed Ego triumphed). In fact, Trump's delegate haul of 238 was on the lower end of what many observers felt he needed to call the evening a success (the O/U for that was 250).
Cruz, held serve in Texas (his home state) and, in a mild surprise, Oklahoma and Alaska, but failed to register, most notably with evangelicals, almost every where else. That said, he currently stands second in the delegate count so many people, most of whom don't seem to understand maps, are suggesting he's the top guy to knock out Trump.
Rubio's math is a little tougher. First, he hasn't "won" anything except Minnesota so he's struggling to make people understand the power of proportional delegates. It doesn't help that he's up against the Bronzed Ego, who is furthering the regression of the general population by focusing on "wins" instead of delegate counts. For example, Trump "won" Virginia but only received one more delegate than did Rubio.
Kasich has no path, he's a regional candidate who simply refuses to see that, either through a sense of malice toward the conservative arm of the GOP, or by blinders provided by his consultants. Carson did see that he's a fringe candidate (finally) and (sort-of) suspended his campaign.
Where this leaves us is in the unenviable position of having to listen to almost every pundit on the right, many of whom are partially responsible for getting us here in the first place, tell us that El Bronzo is either the worst thing in the history of worst things or the greatest thing since sliced white bread.
On the other side, we have the Democrats who, as they do, are suddenly finding themselves "very concerned" over what's happening to the GOP. By concerned, of course, they mean "crapping themselves in glee and breaking out the champagne bottles."
Regardless of what the pundits are saying, I think Trump is the leader with Rubio and Cruz' odds getting longer and longer. What is clear is that the rusting hulk that is the GOP National Party has passed it's expiration date and those of us concerned with quaint ideas such as economic and political freedom had better start planning for what's next.
I call it #PostGOP and I think its going to be crucial to conservatives to consider this.
To me, the two-main issues of importance are going to be reigning in the ever-growing octopus that is the regulatory State, and re-establishing the rule-of-law in American politics. Yes, issues such as abortion and National defense and infrastructure matter, but those issues are nothing if we don't have the political and economic freedoms in place that the Country was founded on.
Yes, there are times in our history that America has behaved badly. As a country we haven't always lived up to our potential. In short, we've done some bad things. Unlike other countries however America has (eventually) for the most part tried to right those wrongs and learn from its mistakes.
Can we do better? You bet. Our relationship with Central and South America is one area where we can improve. Internationally and domestically we can walk back race relations from the ledge of silliness that President Zero has placed it.
More importantly, we can reign in the over-burdensome regulatory state and let business people, and private citizens, go more easily about the business of creating wealth. What this will really do is reignite the concept of social mobility, the idea that you're not limited to your current status just because you were born into it. It's this lack of social mobility that's angering so many people in the first place. (If you read one article that I link to in this post, please make it this one)
I'm not sure if either Rubio or Cruz are going to be able to knock the Bronzed Ego out of the catbird seat for the Republican nomination. To be honest, I think that's about as likely as Her Highness actually being indicted by Obama's Justice Department. What I do know is that any conversation of conservatism post-Trump is going to have to happen at the local level first. The brand, at least in Texas, where I live) is starting to take on a significant amount of water.
The question now is, what comes next? First though we have to let this election cycle play out.
#NeverTrump
