All the media blabber has me convinced that Ted Cruz is the leader of the GOP. How did

[AlinPA]

he get so much power, so fast?

[Jamaal510]

1. Because he made

the most noise.

[Myrina]

2. Because he's really Zombie Joe McCarthy ....

And we know how it went LAST time ...

[DFW]

3. He walked into a vacuum

Even a few molecules of poisoned air can spread out where there's a vacuum, and the Republican Party has no voice they follow right now. I doubt they will be following Cruz for too much longer, either. The Kochs may find him useful for the moment, but even the Kochs know he is not electable beyond his current seat in Texas, and, if Wendy Davis can manage to grab the governor's seat in Austin, he may not be looking at a second term in the Senate either.

If a respectable voice is left in the Republican Party and it can be found, they will leave Cruz and the Teabaggers behind as so much roadkill.

[AlinPA]

4. IMO, Rand Paul is another GOP leader in the Senate now too. While the population at large

in the US might reject the two in a presidential election, the GOP base loves them and would turn out for them (along with the media).

[Lil Missy]

5. I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. I pray he is the 2016 Presidential nominee. n/t

[AlinPA]

6. At this stage, it looks like your prayers will be answered. The teabaggers and the rest of

the GOP base want a firebreathing hate monger. It's him or Rand Paul.

[blkmusclmachine]

7. HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE

The entire GOP Policy Plank, 2016 Version.