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Trump/Cruz is the combo only that seems to me capable of turning power back to the States, probably via that Article 5 Convention. Whether they would actually do that once in position is not a foregone conclusion and not a good bet, either.
In 2016 we are voting for the man we want for Dictator, no matter what we call it. Some good guys running will still be Dictator if they win but will likely be Failed Dictator because they try to hew closely to traditional Constitutionalism in order to get back to the Constitution. It won't work that way. Congress will use what power it has, which is the power it had ceded to the President and he tries to give back by being Constitutionally correct, to oppose and neutralize whatever he tries to do.

A Trump, if he is so minded once elected, could accomplish the abolition of EPA and the other pernicious Agencies which is the first thing that must be done. If that is not done the Agencies, especially EPA will seize the power the new President has foregone by not abolishing them by fiat and force of arms if necessary and EPA will rule. Then, if he is so minded, he must use his influence, not raw power, to persuade the States to quickly go to the Article 5 Convention and thereby take their Constitutional power back.

I would not bet on it happening but I see no other way back to the Constitutional Republic we once were. There is always armed and violent Revolution but that never ends well. 1776 was not, in fact, a Revolution. It was a rebellion against essentially a distant foreign colonial power, even though most of the rebels thought of themselves as Englishmen.

I suspect you will be proved correct regarding Trump/Cruz and Article V. My hope is that Cruz will lead the charge before the election to express his support for Article V.

There is no doubt the next prez from the moment of his inauguration will have more in common with South American tyrants than with George Washington, for Obama has swept enormous despotic powers into the executive branch. We have an elective despotism, and the “elective” part will not last long if current events continue on their present course.

Our system has come to unfortunately rely almost entirely on executive branch precedent rather than on the supreme law of the land. The EPA and other administrative monsters must be slayed . . . constitutionally.

On top of all, the Bamster has said he will not allow his transformation to be reversed. Since he has the entire national ruling apparatus at his call, there is no telling what he and his thugs will pull if it appears the rat candidate will lose.

Oh my dear God, how we desperately need an Article V state convention before November 2016.

Congress will use what power it has, which is the power it had ceded to the President and he tries to give back by being Constitutionally correct, to oppose and neutralize whatever he tries to do.

Exactly. If we elect a Trump Congress will quickly re-assert the power they have ceded to the current president.

You entire post sums up my thoughts quite well. I have been saying for a few years that only a tyrant could undo what the current tyrant has done and only if Congress does not decide they have a function.

Few remember that Reagan promised to abolish the Department of Education, they let him raise the speed limit instead.