Posted on 03/18/2016 4:29:04 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
Time and again Ted Cruz slammed the door in his own face. Donald Trump, on the other hand, has the Midas Touch of politics.
One recent national poll showed Trump at 53% support by republicans. Whether true or not, trending will continue to look better for Trump if nothing serious changes -- from both parties and independents.
Eight points.
The first point is a little 'numbers crunching'. The rest point out choices Trump and Cruz made during the primary.
Point 1: Ohio.
True, Trump only came in second. But he he took on a wildly popular governor in his own state.
Trump got 700,000 votes.
Hillary won with 666,000 votes.
To defeat Trump in Ohio, Hillary needs to steal hundreds of thousands of Kasich supporters. Is that even possible? In most states she will have an even tougher challenge.
Point 2: Trump is the ONLY Republican who ever turned the tables on the 'war on women'. [Cruz said that kind of thing is off the table.]
Point 3: Trump's trade policy will be wildly popular. [Cruz opposes.]
Point 4: Trump's muslim ban is a strong net gain of support. He's been poaching democrats ever since. [Cruz opposes.]
Point 5: No republican has been more effective than Trump when it comes to exposing rent-a-mob thuggery. In Illinois that gave him strong support as well as his surprising support in Missouri. Even if a recount hands Missouri to Cruz, he was supposed to be the clear winner there. [By blaming Trump, this was the worst political error Cruz ever inflicted on himself.]
Point 6: On immigration, Trump is arguably as strong as Cruz. That was supposed to be the key to Cruz winning this primary. Trump managed to steal it from him, and he will own that issue in the general election.
Point 7: In a poll last year, Jack Baur was America's favorite choice to be President. So who is closest to Jack Baur? The one who promises to waterboard? Or the one who refuses to discuss it? Trump approves of waterboarding, and Cruz ducks that particular issue.
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Now for the point that 'Trumps' Cruz completely ...
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Point 8: A path to the Convention is nothing without a path to Party Unity.
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I repeat: A path to the Convention is nothing without a path to Party Unity.
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There's no path to party unity if Cruz somehow 'out-conventions' Trump.
I heard Jamie Dupree [daily Hannity guest] talk about how delegates are selected. Positively byzantine.
Does anyone expect Trump supporters to understand if the front runner is taken out via a convention struggle?
Farewell to Party Unity.
Fortunately for the party, Cruz himself hallowed out his support and softened resistance against Trump via points two through eight. If Cruz remains serious about damaging Trump, by the time of the convention the only 'excitement' for Cruz will be Grahamnesty astro-turf and a handful of jeddi knights.
Only one clear path to party unity -- we must back the front-runner.
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Counter Point
Only one counter-point -- polling. Hillary is 'projected' to defeat Trump. His current negatives are high.
All of that early polling mean next to nothing. November is a long way off, and the dynamics of points two-through-eight are what matters.
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One Last Point
Perhaps most important of all -- Trump self-funds. The 757 that jets him around is HIS jet while the donor class feels his engines' blowback.
I agree with Pat Buchanan.
A real drum-beating is about to commence. Trump is going to not only defeat Hillary but slice open the DNC and rip out its entrails.
Cruz can either be a part of it, or he can find new ways to injure his own face with a door.
So if Trump were to choose the ‘independent’ route post-convention, he should back his son to run in order to bypass ‘sore loser’ laws.
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