Quote:GOP apparently determined to destroy anyone willing to fight.

This morning, Senator Ted Cruz appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss strategy in the fight to defund Obamacare. As usual, he did an excellent job of outlining the fight. His interview is about 12 minutes long, and you can watch the whole thing here. It's well worth your time.

Later in the show, during the panel discussion, Chris Wallace made a sobering announcement. When they learned of the impending conversation with Cruz, Republicans - not Democrats - began bombarding the host with reams of what Wallace called "unsolicited opposition research." So, not only are the standard GOP forces unwilling to engage in the Obamacare fight, they're actively trying to derail it by sending impromptu anti-Cruz talking points to members of the media.

That is simply unbelievable. So much for Cruz's vision of "party unity."

Wallace didn't say who was sending the information, but - assuming he's portraying the actions of Cruz's supposed "allies" correctly - the GOP has problems that run much, much, deeper than any it has previously experienced. Republicans have just been through two consecutive presidential elections in which the party decided to throw its base under the bus by refusing to fight for anything approaching true conservatism. If they're actively attacking Cruz, they've learned nothing from their losses and are headed for a staggering defeat in 2016.

If GOP members think they can trash Cruz and still enjoy a sizeable conservative turnout during the next election, it shows they've failed to heed the lessons inherent in the candidacies of John McCain and Mitt Romney. The base simply WILL NOT support a party that places half-hearted appeasement over a true Obamacare battle.