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Preaching ‘smaller government’ is pushing your buttons.

Pushing greater everything is also a way to push buttons. Reagan learned in 1976 that preaching the $90 billion budget cut (a lot of money in those days) was good enough to scare the old folks in Florida in costing Reagan the state and probably the nomination (Florida was third primary in those days, Iowa was an asterisk, and it went NH, Mass. Fl).

He learned his political lesson and decided to emphasize cutting taxes, and leaving the budget cutting promises to welfare queen anecdotes and the principled stance of the dangers of big government as a general proposition, avoiding much in specifics, especially with a hostile Dem-controlled House.

In Reagan's case, we knew his moral, political and philosophical framework lying underneath all of this. Cruz' is similar and has been for a long, long time, including during his time working for the Bush folks. Those who parents fled Cuba are inclined to appreciate the true gift of Freedom, and to see the dangers of bigger government.

State government in Wisconsin did shrink. I lived there. You didn't. I SAW the stuff government stopped doing. I KNOW property taxes went down, even thopugh we rented our house. I saw first hand cuts made as I contracted to the State of Wiconsin. I saw Scott Walker return the prescription for the poison pill known as the Milwaukee to Madison bullet train.

Frankly, it is hard to have an honest discussion when Trump can do NO wrong, and any of his enemies can do no right.

To call Walker a "Damsel in Distress" is the fantasy.

I shook Ronald Reagan’s hand. I know quite a lot about him. Reagan was all about ethics, integrity, honor and OPTIMISM.

Donald Trump is an inspirational force and brings loads of optimism. His recent appointment of Paul Manafort shows he is more in the old Reagan camp than all of the other candidates combined including those that dropped out.

Manafort was Reagan’s campaign manager. He said recently in a televised interview that working with Donald Trump reminded him greatly of working with Ronald Reagan and he also said he has known Donald for 30 years.

Manafort lives in Trump Towers in Manhattan.

Cruz is no Reagan, trust me, he’s not. But he thinks he is and that is the problem.