Until Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, the prospect of Donald Trump as the Republican nominee remained largely theoretical.  Sure, he had dominated the national polling, but the Establishment talking heads in the media kept speculating, perhaps in an attempt  to convince themselves, that Trump’s popularity might not translate into actual votes.  That hope ended in New Hampshire.  Now, you might wonder, as I do, why a State with about 0.4% of the U.S. population should play such a pivotal role in selecting the next President, but that’s the way it is.  The Establishment hates Trump, and for that matter, Ted Cruz.  They had the perfect solution, or so they thought, Jeb Bush.  He had the name, he had the money, he had the organization, and he possessed the three most important Establishment qualifications:  1) it was his turn; 2) he’d be sure not to offend anybody; and 3) after being defeated, he’d be a good loser.  There is only one problem with Jeb, he is so boring that he couldn’t lure you out of a burning building.  Jeb may be politically dead, but he still has so much money that he just won’t lie down.  The “experts” weren’t daunted.  They next put their money on Marco Rubio, or so it seemed.  But, Rubio was attacked during a debate by that media darling, Chris Christie.  Rubio didn’t respond properly, or so we were told, and he faded.  Then came New Hampshire.  Trump spent $3 million and won big.  Ted Cruz spent about $500,000 and finished third.  Some $34 million bought Jeb fourth place.  Rubio got fifth place for $16.7 million.  John Kasich spent $12.3 million and finished a strong second.  The Establishment now is perplexed.  Where to go next?  What about Kasich?  Well, 17% looked good in New Hampshire, but the next State up is South Carolina.  As I write this, a new poll has Trump at 32%, Cruz 26%, Rubio 20%, Bush 10%, Carson 7% – uhh, where’s John Kasich you ask?  He is at 2%, and does not appear to be the Establishment savior.  So where do we go from here?  Donald Trump polls in the 30’s in most places, but my inclination is that he’s got all the support that he’s going to get, in other words, a good 66% of Republicans do not favor his candidacy.  The source of the Trump phenomenon is anger at the politicians who promise one thing when they run, then ignore the voters’ wishes once elected.  Washington Republicans told us if they won the House they would reverse Il Duce Obama’s unconstitutional actions.  We gave them the House and they failed to act.  They told us if they could win the Senate, then they would stop Obama.  We gave them the Senate and nothing changed.  Now, just give us a President and … you know the rest.  We are simply tired of being lied to by the people we send to Washington.  Does anyone really believe that another President Bush, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan would change anything?  As in 2008, people want change.  Not the “hope and change” that led to the dismantling of our constitutional system by Barack the Destroyer, but a new-found respect for the law, a return to common sense and sanity, and a step away from the madness of the recent eight year unpleasantness.  People thirst for a leader who will keep us safe.  Most of all, the people who have turned toward outsiders want to put a stop to “business as usual” in Washington.  This is a recipe for a conservative populist, who understands that the power resides in the people, and that elected officials should serve the people and not themselves.  If you’re looking for a candidate who says what he means, means what he says, and who strikes fear in the hearts of the Washington Establishment, that man is Ted Cruz.  If the Washington cartel wasn’t convinced that he’ll do exactly what he says he’ll do, they wouldn’t be spending so much time and money trying to destroy him.  We’ve been told time and time again, “Ted Cruz is not liked.”  It’s true.  The cartel doesn’t like him because he’s likely to derail their gravy train.  If you’re angry, and rest assured, I’m angry too, then the solution is not Donald Trump.  We’ve suffered eight years of runaway liberalism, and the eight years before that were no model of conservative leadership.  Donald Trump admits he’s not a conservative, and boasts that he’s a deal maker.  That’s how we got into this mess.  Trump is a fine businessman, but the federal government is not a business.  In a business, the books have to balance.  In the government, you raise $3 trillion, you spend $4 trillion, and you tell the people you kept spending under control.  Frankly, a deal maker with the ability to print money scares me to death.  Thomas Jefferson told us that “When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”  It is high time for somebody to put the fear of the people into this government.  Ted Cruz is ready to do just that.