Gingrich does the analysis nobody in the GOPe wants to admit.
Scenario: nobody wins the required numbered of delegates in the primaries, resulting in a brokered convention.
Given no candidate has won a majority of delegates.
And Trump & Cruz have won at least 80% of the delegates.
When the brokering begins after the first ballot.
Then Trump & Cruz will strike a deal ensuring a Trump/Cruz or Cruz/Trump ticket.
With Trump & Cruz in control of 80% (or more) of the delegates at the convention, they can—without doubt—cobble together enough votes to secure the nomination for a ticket.
The question is: will they work together to get this done? The answer is yes. This is Trump’s only shot—the GOPe will be prepared for him next cycle. Cruz knows (1) he’ll never get this close to the presidency again and (2) VP is the stepping stone to getting a future nomination.
The only question is who will be the presidential candidate and who will be the VP candidate. But, if Trump & Cruz can bury their differences, the is no scenario (according to Gingrich) where the GOPe can prevent them from being the ticket.
but how does one undo “Lyin Ted”?
“The only question is who will be the presidential candidate and who will be the VP candidate. But, if Trump & Cruz can bury their differences, the is no scenario (according to Gingrich) where the GOPe can prevent them from being the ticket.”
Plus, a Trump/Cruz ticket is a dream team for the Republican base.
It is the sort of ticket that should have been put together in 2008.
But the establishment team of Democrat party, media cartel (but I repeat myself) and RINOs gave us McCain instead.
A Trump/Cruz ticket will beat Hillary in a landslide. It insures a unified Republican base that everyone can be enthusiastic about, and it unifies the complimentary talents of two extraordinarily talented candidates.
I agree...but many lose sight of the fact that Cruz & Trump are the only anti-GOPe candidates who were in the race. Selection of a nominee other than Trump or Cruz would be disastrous and lead to a ‘RAT landslide victory & the destruction of the Republic.
You’re misreading Gingrich. What he said was that if the GOP tries to install a completely different nominee, other than either Trump or Cruz, THEN all they have to do is form an alliance and put a stop to it, which they would very likely do.
But if the GOP tries to install Cruz as the nominee, as is likely to happen, you won’t see that Trump/Cruz alliance at all. And you’ll quite possibly see Cruz as the nominee unless Trump has a majority going into the convention.