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.
It is not the same world since Obama.
Congress hates Cruz. They will not work with him and the media will be in lock step with them. Congress and the media will trash him 24/7.
Your phone calls won’t work because there won’t be another election for two years. They haven’t listened to us yet and they won’t magically start then.
The only way he could overcome it would be with a massive mandate and we both know that just isn’t going to happen.
Cruz is polling in the second tier of the primary. If he should somehow win it he would either lose in the general or win by a small margin. He doesn’t have the crossover appeal to win in a landslide and have a huge mandate.
Trump has already proven he can handle the media and he has the guts to name names and tell everyone where the bodies are buried with Congress. As he says, he knows how to negotiate. He also has the crossover appeal to win by enough to have a mandate.
The only way I see us winning is Trump/Cruz. Let Trump bulldoze the place and then Cruz can build it back the way it’s supposed to be.
Oh, and Newt came out today backing the amnesty candidates.