Reagan used to do this thing where he took his ideas straight to,the people and it was up,to,the people to,contact their congressional reps to work with the president
I see this working hugely for trump
Not at all for cruz
Reagan was extraordinarily gifted, in that regard... and, with all due respect to all involved, President Reagan wasn’t a vulgar, blustering blowhard like Mr. Trump is proud to be. Everyone looked at Ronald Reagan and saw a gentleman of sterling character (Reagan derangement syndrome aside), regardless of how much they hated his policies; not so much, with Donald Trump (who’s quite proud to chat about side of gonads, sneer at women as “pigs”, have temper tantrums and threaten lawsuits when he doesn’t get his way, etc.). If he were a student, Trump would have a permanent seat in the detention room, frankly.
If Trump “goes to the people”, only the “choir” will be cheering and supporting him; the rest will roll their eyes, change the channel, spit at the screen, or smash their TV’s. Needless to say, the Nancy Pelosi’s of the world would rather die than “work with him in any bipartisan effort”... unless Trump pushes through some liberal items that they wanted anyway.