I’m sorry but Cruz will not be able to do it.
I started out with Cruz as my favorite but congress will never work with him and he doesn’t have the power to steamroll them like Trump will.
Cruz won’t have the power of the bully pulpit because the media will crucify him from day one.
Only Trump can tame the media and congress.
Cruz needs Trump to be elected to give Cruz a future.
And the media’s going to give Trump a pass? That’s hardly going to be the case.
Congress would find it easier to defy Trump because he isn’t seen as a representative of their party by most people. Not working with President Cruz would be much harder for them to justify. It would look like infighting. Cruz, as President, by default is the party leader. He will have the bully pulpit and will be able to convince the public with good arguments. Then their letters and calls will hit Congress.
Gingrich got a lot done as Speaker and moved his own party and the President. Cruz is the same kind of core conservative as Reagan and Gingrich and like them, is strong on rhetoric and making his arguments. Unlike Trump, he won’t make gaffes and potentially insulting or offensive remarks that risk pulling him off-message.
“Cruz won’t have the power of the bully pulpit because the media will crucify him from day one.”
EXACTLY! That is where Trump beats all others, hands down, no contest. If Cruz were so special, he’d have already moved mountains. The truth is he cannot. The Congress will ignore him, just as they do now. The Establishment hates him more than they do Trump ...
The Establishment fears Trump - but they also underestimate him - and the resonance he has with a very very very angry electorate that is fed up with all the political bull crap. We are watching our beloved country go up in flames (literally) and all the establishment pukes do is talk down upon and backstab us.
Either this nonsense comes to an end peacefully through the ballot box - or we WILL end it with the cartridge box. THAT is how serious the situation is.