Posted on 11/02/2015 2:20:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Wednesday night, Texas Senator Ted Cruz opened the doors for the Republican party to walk through to a new beginning; to something ahead that cannot yet be seen — an observation first made the afternoon before, by Edward Luce of the Financial Times who declared the “End of Days†for the Republican Establishment. The Establishment standard Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, who carried the weight and burden of three generations on his shoulders, would take the final hit for the night.
Throughout long speculation, there were two together, Mr. Bush and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who were believed to be able to manage the Establishment’s transition to a new generation. It would be Mr. Bush, maybe with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as sidekick — as it was envisioned four years ago. Mr. Romney would be close at hand in a life raft, lest it all went south. Which it did.
The Establishment is going to need a bigger boat. And now it is too late for Mr. Romney as well...
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Admittedly Kasich is a good ‘safe’ pick for V.P. He’s a boring choice who will keep quiet when asked and not be likely to help create any negative headlines in the lamestream media.
Even though Carson now leads nationally? And Rubio and Cruz have increased in polls while trump has gone down a couple points?
I’m just starting what I’m seeing. I think Trump did fine but it wasn’t a “win”... Maybe a draw where he didn’t hurt himself but he didn’t help increase his lead either.
Drudge had Ted Cruz 2nd. Unless it changed two days after the fact...
I agree. Objectively, I think Trump won the first two and Cruz won the third.
You are correct, Drudge had Cruz second, then Rubio third. Another poll had Rubio second, then Cruz third. It seems to have been neck and neck. But Drudge had 200 or three hundred thousand votes, in comparison to the others that only had between 40 and 60 thousand.
Other polls have Trump leading 10 to 15 points. The only ones that have Carson "leading" are the usual suspect polls from NBC with like 400 people voting.
Ask yourself: Why did the Reagan Revolution burn out so soon after Reagan left office? How different would the world be today if Reagan had been succeeded in office by a like-minded conservative -- rather than a Bush, then a Clinton?
The answer: Because his VP and successor never understood, much less agree with, the Reagan Revolution.
Accordingly, whatever conservative revolution might begin with the 2016 election would die in the hands of a successor Kasich administration.
As a country, we don't need just eight years of conservative governance -- we need a full generation of it.
I’m not advocating for him. But if you want to look at sheer electability, if I was betting 1 million on the Republicans winning, Rubio/Kasich has advantages as a pure electoral ploy.
If Mitt Romney lost because 4 million Republicans stayed home and failed to vote, how many do you suppose will stay home and fail to vote for a Rubio/Kasich ticket?
Remember the anger is more intense now, and more broadspread, than it was in 2012.
You’re assuming that Rubio is the name at the top of the ticket.
Amen brother, amen. When are we going to get this down to something manageable?
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