I will vote for either Trump or Cruz if one of them is the nominee, although with a lot less enthusiasm than I had for them both a couple months ago.
I don’t intend any respect to you or your candidate. But I wonder if you can say what it is that inspires you about Mr. Trump these days, in light of his statements on amnesty, of course, but also ethanol, commercially-driven eminent domaine, ethanol, expanded medicaid, his willingness to “get things done” with his “friends” Pelosi, Reid and so on?
I love his willingness to give and take punches (and the fact that he wins the fight!) but more and more I wonder if he won’t govern ad hoc, willy-nilly, with no more regard for conservatism than, say, either Bush I or II.
I don’t see Cruz as such a hot second option either, mind you. He’s cagey, slippery, not pleasant personally...if anything I’m asking for a reason to back (and trust) Trump.
My interest is in building the wall and keeping Muslims OUT. I don’t care about ethanol or eminent domain (much) in light of immigration and the Sharia-loving candidates on the Democratic side. I believe he can beat Hillary in the general. I do not believe Cruz can. He’s got a personality only a mother or an evangelical can love. Slippery as hell. Trump is funny, smart, and can deal make in a positive way. No problems with his birth certificate and he’s got a nice family, too. I think his wife would be a low-key first lady and his daughter a beautiful example of modern womanhood. Unlike Michele Obama, Hillary or Chelsea.
Trump will succeed by choosing the right advisors. All the current advisor class is DC will be gone. Replaced with people he knows and trusts.
Changing the leadership at the top that way can only have a positive influence at the lower levels of the beaurocracies.
Certainly Ted Cruz wouldn’t be able to replace those people with outsiders because he’s only worked inside of government and wouldn’t know anyone who’s operated in the real world under real constraints.