Upset with "the Republicans"?

There is a massive divide between the Beltway Uniparty and everyone else, including virtually all other Republicans.

by Rod D. Martin
July 30, 2015

A lot of people are upset with "the Republicans" and some say there is no path forward in supporting "them." I got a note today to that effect:

There are not now two, distinct, major political parties. There are only Big Statists and Little Statists.  Expecting the GOP to be anything other than Little Statists is unrealistic.

As if Ted Cruz and Karl Rove are identical.

Now I'm a huge fan of Angelo Codevilla's The Ruling Class, and I've given away tons of copies (if you haven't read it, you must). But that's just the point. Codevilla distinguishes between "the ruling class" and "the country class" and in doing so, points out the massive divide between Beltway Republicans and everyone else, including virtually all other Republicans, elected and otherwise. Those inside -- in both parties -- tend to share common interests that are opposed to the rest of us who are not.

But even granting that disconnect between the Beltway GOP and the rest of us, how are Ted Cruz, …