Good article. Kasich would be today’s John Quincy Adams. Trump is very obviously in the role of Jackson. Cruz was left out back in 1828, but today’s sequel has added a new character.
Cruz and Trump are very different in style and are both imperfect, as Adams and Jackson were. Still, they agree far more than 80% of the time (see my tagline from Ronald Reagan). They should be friends and allies, and we should treat both of them as such.
I like looking for the connections, but I wouldn't be so hasty to make that one. While Trump is definitely the populist, he is also the aristocrat in this race, having inherited the seed of his fortune. He has never had to scape-by on Campbell's soup. I wouldn't be surprised if he's never tasted it.
I thought of Jeb bush as the scion of aristocracy raised to assume the presidency
Trumps “ frontier” is the economy and he is eager to try to expand and tame it ... His wife is also subject to attacks that wound him deeply ... He is a rough and plain spoken man like Jackson but that is being held against him as “ vulgar” ... People prefer the Henry Clay’s ( Cruz) who give fine speeches and know how to use “ the rules”