Not going to happen. Nobody likes Cruz. Trump tries to be polite towards him because he hasn’t launched any big attacks, but Trump really doesn’t like him either. Cruz has an ability to piss off just about everybody.
<><> He beat abortion Barbie handily.
<><> Abbott took on the lesbian sheriff WRT sanctuary cities.
<><> Abbott is a leader who gets things done; he lead 26 AG's in
the successful legal fight to get Obama's heinous amnesty EO's on hold.
Texas Gov Greg Abbott would be an outstanding VP choice.
Boy, they just won’t drop that bone, will they?
Trump being from New York is irrelevant. Hillary will easily carry New York.
Hopefully we don’t need a VP from Texas to carry it. If so we are screwed
Clinching Texas’ electoral votes is already a given. In that sense, Cruz doesn’t add anything. If the VP has any coattails, then he should come from Virginia, North Carolina, Florida or the Upper Midwest.
It could well be Rubio or Scott Walker. I don’t think it will be Jeb unless the GOP-e puts a gun to his head.
I don’t know if Trump is even thinking of geographic regions but, if he is, he need not look at Texas. If he can’t win Texas, he’s already dead in the water.
I thought the eligibility rules no longer applied.
In the decades after the Civil War many of the Presidential or Vice Presidential nominees were from a few states with many electoral votes such as Ohio and Indiana, but they were also states that were evenly divided so having a "favorite son" on the ticket might swing the state into that party's column.
If Trump is the nominee, he is unlikely to win New York. Texas is likely to go Republican regardless of whether there is a Texan on the ticket.
For strategic reasons, someone like Kasich or Walker would be attractive if they could bring their state into the Republican column, but this is a different era from when tickets were chosen in smoke-filled rooms at conventions. Someone who might help in one state might be a drag elsewhere.
Ideally the Presidential nominee would be so far ahead that the VP selection could be made simply on merit--who would be the best person to take over if the President died in office--but that may be true only in Cloudcuckooland.
Cruz is by far the brightest of the group of candidates but unfortunately I think that he is perceived as nerdy by many largely because of his voice. My brother-in-law had so much difficulty with his sinuses that he had to have surgery. (ear aches, headaches, couldn’t breath through his nose, snoring, sleep apnea, etc.) Before the surgery the tonal quality of his voice sounded just like Cruz... now his voice sounds more like Reagan.
I agree also that Rubio is the more likely VP pick for Trump because he will help carry Florida, (the hanging chad state), he is good looking, he sounds sincere and not nerdy, and he would probably not feel stifled in the job. He is classic VP material actually. The country really needs Cruz in the Senate while Rubio... no one would miss him that much and Rubio has signaled on a number of occasions that he doesn’t enjoy being a senator that much either.
I believe that everything is going to work out in the next election. Our side has got the momentum. Let’s just pray that we can keep it going. Pray also that the damage being done by Obama this next year can be limited.
Texas is reliable republican as far as electoral votes go. Trump wouldn’t need Cruz anyway.
Ping!