Posted on 09/13/2015 1:14:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If you had to vote in your state primary/caucus today, knowing what you know now about the various declared and probable candidates, who would you vote for? Why? Who would you like to see as the running mate for your preferred candidate? If you could help staff your candidates cabinet and other top appointments, who would you choose? If you could recommend different congressional leaders than we have now, who would they be? And who would you like to see on the Supreme Court and why? And finally, feel free to donate to Free Republic.
Looking like a solid 2-1 Cruz lead.
Cruz - constitutionalist basically
4 original cabinet on Washington’s slate:
Sec State: John Bolton - cause he’ll kick ass
SecDef: Allen - marine knows his duty (called sec war at the time)
Sec Treasury (as defined below) - Trump he knows money (Paul alternate)
Atty General - hardest pick for me. Keep coming back to Giulliani on this, but don’t like his opinion on 2nd. (Cruz for this if trump gets the nod, though Cruz should really stay in the senate in that case). Maybe one of the big names sheriffs out of Arizona or Milwaukee.
Sec Energy(as defined below):Palin - dealt with it before
HHE (as defined below) or Surgeon Gen: Carson - he’s the brain surgeon after all
Commerce, EPA, Education, Interior, Ag, Commerce, Labor, HUD, Transportation, VA, OMB, trade rep, council of econ advisors, SBA - eliminate and roll into one of the above.
VA goes back to Defense - separating it didn’t help. UN ambassador under sec state instead of on cabinet.
All the econ stuff roll into treasury: commerce, omb, trade rep, econ advisors, sba.
Combine interior stuff roll into Energy: AG, Interior, EPA, Transportation.
Combine Education, HUD role into HHE.
Cruz/Palin
Maybe Cruz in 2020 or 2024. He's still only 44 years old.
Make them guess.
Torn between Cruz and Trump.
Trump and Cruz.
Then, reset the central socialist government. Deny Barry and Moochie any benefits. No security: you’re on your own and you HAVE to move to Chicago. (Or Kenya)
Your post is an example of why I have chosen to vote for him.
I think Mia Love has been a big disappointment as have most that we sent to Washington. Not sure, but, haven’t heard anything much from or about her.
AG here means agriculture not Atty general. hope that was obvious...
Cruz There is no second choice
Trump president
Cruz Sxotus. Where he will have a life time appointment not just 4-8 years
Cruz is the most conservative, the smartest and the most principled. Unfortunately he lacks charisma.
Ted Cruz.
Trump
Trump/Cruz. Trump connects more with fly over country and common folk - which is weird because he is a billionaire. Ted is intelligent, but talks over people’s heads - he doesn’t connect as well. I also don’t trust him on illegal immigration or the fact that his wife is on leave from Goldman Sachs and was on the CFR committee. These are things which bother me.
Secretary of Defense - Dick Cheney
Attorney General - Mark Levin (Solicitor General - Paul Clement)
Secretary of State - Jim Demint, John Bolton, or Liz Cheney
Secretary of Treasury - Donald Trump or Rand Paul
Secretary of Energy - Sarah Palin
Secretary of Commerce - Rick Perry
Secretary of Homeland Security - Joe Arpaio
Indeed, but I also happen to think he would be a good justice. Maybe Paul Clement also.
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