Posted on 03/07/2016 7:00:52 AM PST by xzins
Wayne Allyn Root is the author of the op-ed.
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I agree with Root for the most part.
Mr Root’s thinking, I must say, is BRILLIANT THINKING and a very definite path to winning the Presidency.
“But Trump’s downside with the base is that he is generally moderate. “
To the base he’s a “NY liberal” to the everyone else he’s Hitler.
“On most things, he may agree with the establishment, and could be swayed to go their way. The establishment hates him not for his views, but because he is not controlled by them.”
Not sure about that: he’s going to build a wall, stop Muslim immigration, make friends with Putin and start a trade war with China.
For balance, and to unite the party, from conservative all the way to moderate Democrat, he needs a conservative on the ticket with him.”
I don’t know: Cruz is a conservative but putting him as VP won’t unite the party, because the Est. hates both of them.
Furthermore, how does appointing a conservative help us win OH (a must win)? Kasich not only guarantees OH, but portends a takeaway of MI. If pubbies win MI, Trump is Prez.
” He can make overtures to Kasich, find out what he wants. Give him a cabinet post or something. But as VP he would be a backstabbing mole for the GOPe, just as he was when Newt was running the House.”
Explain, What did he do to Newt? He’s taking credit for that era...
A couple of problems.
Kasich isn’t going to agree to anything through a third party.
To date, Mr. Trump hasn’t shown any willingness to spend any measurable sum of money on his own campaign, despite countless TV ads running against him.
I agree that Kasich won’t go 3rd party.
If your children are your greatest legacy, Trump is way better than Reagan in my book…
Bring Ted Nugent on one of those flights to talk about our national parks. I would love to see Ted as Secretary of the Interior.
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And Sammy Hagar as poet laureate?
A couple of months ago I would have agreed with you, but Cruz has burned his bridges.
After Biden, I think Trump could name a can of tunafish as his VP.
Cruz is a conservative but putting him as VP won’t unite the party, because the Est. hates both of them
We don't care what the establishment thinks. Cruz and Trump are together getting over 70 percent of the vote, and will get the Kasich/Rubio vote in the general. Wall Street and Establishment defectors will be more than offset by the addition of NY as a state that can be won. Include Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and we start talking landslide.
My point is that Trump will make the same mistake that Republican strategists make by adding a RINO establshment to the ticket. That mistake is that they claim you have to win by attracting the moderates. BS! You win by being conservative, and by having a personality that attracts people to your side. Trump's positions on the key things are damn conservative, and he can win in a landslide, but only if he sticks to his guns. Wavering will be a sign of weakness, and hurt his brand.
Kasich helps in Ohio, but Trump can win Ohio without him. Selecting a conservative helps Trump win everywhere, because it unites the party and allows Trump to expand the party without his right wing losing interest. It's why McCain got 5 million more votes than Romney. Trump needs to get those votes, but they will not be enough. He needs to expand the party, and with his promises on jobs and the economy, he can. Michigan misses the auto industry, as does Ohio.
I guess you don't recall the history. Kasich was a Boehner buddy. It started going south for the Republicans in the House when the Future Crony Capitalists organized a coup against Gingrich. Kasich was part of that bunch, and that is why he was in leadership under Hastert. After that, he left to make money, and helped Lehman implode. He was just like all the GOPe are; he talked a good conservative game. Then, when push came to shove, he was a liberal all along. That's why he took Obamacare, fought government shutdowns, goes along with Big Abortion. He is the problem, and cannot be brought in as part of the solution.
Perhaps. Perhaps not. I know a bunch of Republicans who will not vote for a ticket headed by Trump, and they're neither Wall Street lobbyists nor DC staffers.
In my view the missing Cruz name should be the primary focus of the deal for delegates
Cruz gets Justice of the Supreme Court
a second deal with Kascih is a no brainer for VP
“When I say “generally moderate” it means that he has several very conservative positions that the base agrees with (the wall, trade, Obamacare, guns, taxes) a few they don’t like, and a history that concerns them. The base LOVES the positions he emphasizes. But we worry.”
I totally agree with all of the above.
“So that is why a conservative would be balance to the ticket, not a liberal.”
Ok, so we have a “balanced ticket” that loses.
My point was only to do what needs to be done strategically to defeat the democrats.
“My point is that Trump will make the same mistake that Republican strategists make by adding a RINO establshment to the ticket.”
Are u sure that is a mistake? Reagan added Bush...yuge victory.
But establishment rhino McCain added conservative outsider Palin....yuge defeat.
“That mistake is that they claim you have to win by attracting the moderates. BS!”
I agree with you. Kasich on the ticket is not there to attract moderates, but to quiet the GOPe and get them on board, rather than running millions against their own ticket.
You win by being conservative, and by having a personality that attracts people to your side. Trump’s positions on the key things are damn conservative, and he can win in a landslide, but only if he sticks to his guns. Wavering will be a sign of weakness, and hurt his brand.”
Agree, his Immigration H1-B thing, hurt him more than Romney.
That's where we disagree. Trump is the balance for the moderates. Trump has the money to self fund, so he doesn't need the establishment's backing, only the votes of all of the party's wings, and a few Democrats who aren't socialists, the Jim Webb/Joe Manchin types. I think Trump loses if he plays the Karl Rove game.
Reagan adding Bush helped Reagan because Reagan didn't get sabotaged the way Goldwater did. Reagan didn't have 10 billion of his own money. The votes he got he would have gotten without Bush. No one voted for Reagan because he had Bush on the ticket. And no one will vote for Trump because they are soothed by the presence of Kasich. They will be pissed off by Kasich, not soothed.
He wins by being bold, and being himself. He can win because he has the money to go over and around the GOPe. No one else could do it. But he can, and he should. Once he has remade the party, and fired the staff of the RNC, and the GOPe are not a threat, he can work with moderates in the party who are loyal. Kasich is not.
I get a sense you are really pumping for Kasich. Are you a fan of his, supporting him in this election, or from Ohio? Because I personally can't stand his smarmy ass and his oh so moderate adult tone. That is what lets Democrats win, because we have to work with them, even when they are working to destroy America. As Rush says, we have to defeat them, not work with them. And Kasich is not in the winning game.
If they hate Trump that much, Kasich won't sway them, and will piss off the people who do like Trump. I don't think there are many people in that camp, and where they are concentrated, Trump will win anyway. Trump's upside is that he can get NY, Michigan, Pennsylvania and states that lost a lot of jobs to the New World Order. He is popular in the south, and will be fine in the Midwest. That spells a landlside, even if a few folks in Texas don't like his manners much.
I also agree with Root. He’s a smart guy. Great speaker too.
I also agree with your reordering except I would switch 1 & 2. “It’s the economy stupid”. It’s always the economy. I believe I just read that the economy is the number one voter issue.
1. Trump said that for veep he was going to choose a politician.
2. Ohio
3. Kasich has not trashed Trump. Nothing to apologize for.
4. Mild mannered Kasich would not overshadow Trump. Something he wouldn’t want to do anyway and something Trump wouldn’t allow. “There can only be ONE” president.
5. Kasich is eligible, an Article XII natural born citizen
6. Kasich would be a big help in the northern & midwest states. Trump already carries the south.
I hope Trump can, and would want to, close this deal with Kasich. Then announce it ASAP. Close a deal with Palin, Carson & Bolton ASAP for cabinet posts.
Trump would be getting “talking point details” from those experts on the plane. The experts would be the guys in the administration with the details.
As far as veep coat tails, a guaranteed win in OHIO is YUGE.
Secondly, Kasich would give an air of moderation to the bombastic Trump image. Solidifying his base and winning over fence sitters.
As far as a Trump/Cruz ticket, I just can’t see it happening. With Trump POUNDING Cruz with the eligibility issue, how could he pick him for veep (again Article XII), not to mention the bad blood between them.
Huge mistake. If any Trump advisors read this post please tell Trump not to pick Kasich, NO NO NO!
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