"Cruz wins 100% of the vote in the remaining primaries and he still falls short." -- How the Rest of the Delegate Race Could Unfold, 8 posted on 04/06/2016 5:18:17 AM PDT by King of Florida
Posted on 04/06/2016 7:51:50 AM PDT by Loud Mime
Most of my Republican friends cannot understand the popularity of Donald Trump. Let me explain the Trump follower’s rationale this way: If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you’re going to keep getting what you’ve been getting.
There are those of us who are fed up with how the Republicans have been giving away the power we have given them. We elected them to the majorities in the Legislature, but there is little to show for it. Borders, taxes, regulation, accountability and terrorism still are horrible problems. We have learned that our voting for the republicans has NOT been the answer. We have learned that a vote for anybody under control of the Republican Party will bring us “more of what we’ve been getting.”
Now we see a split in the candidate teams. Donald Trump stands alone. Ted Cruz has been brought into the fold of the Old Guard Republicans; he represents the party. I’m sure he will do what is necessary to get the backing of the Republican Party in his run for president. Sure, he can make promises like all his predecessors. And later, like his predecessors, he can return to the party line, because they put him in office.
Think not? Consider this: Although Senator Cruz filibustered the Senate for some time on the Affordable Care Act, it was all talk. His party didn’t join him and the bill became law. Maybe Senator Cruz learned his lesson, because this last October he didn’t filibuster the last of Obama’s spending bills; no Republican did. That led to the Republicans giving the Democrats every thing they wanted.
Keep in mind that they did this while holding a majority in the Legislature.
That event was Washington as usual, the Republicans caving in to the Democrats—again. All of us have learned (again) that actions speak louder than words, even words delivered in a filibuster. Some of us accept it. Some of us are tired of it.
Now we have a group of voters who are enabling the Republicans to maintain their party line antics, the Old Guard Republican Enablers. I call them OGRES. They are not just promoting Senator Cruz, they are dealing out invidious screeds about his competition, including the claims that Trump backers are (gasp!) stupid.
Oh, and voting another line-Republican is smart?
Talk is just that: talk. All the Republicans are better at campaigning than any standard businessman. They are trained to campaign. They are coached; they rehearse. Obviously, Donald Trump hasn’t taken those courses, and it shows.
But, when it comes to running a big business, we have to compare the track record of the politicians and the businessmen. We have $19 trillion of debt against a handful of bankruptcies. Any businessman wins that one. Then compare the government employees who rely on tax income for their survival, versus the businessmen who succeed, despite horrible burdens of tax, law and regulation. Another win for the businessman.
But consider that the bottom line of the Trump popularity is his no-nonsense approach to border security and immigration. He is serious about enforcing immigration law and he is serious about the constitutional guarantee of protecting the states from invasion. Trump’s seriousness has attracted many serious voters.
So, this brings up a serious question: Why haven’t the Republicans taken this issue from him? Why won’t they even “claim” to be serious about the immigration problems and the porous border issue?
That is not a rhetorical question. It is one that the Republicans have needed to answer, but have not. Their lack of an answer should tell you something.
Remember, if you keep doing what you’ve been doing…
Plus Cruz has zero personality or cross over appeal.
Liberals I know want Cruz over Trump because they consider him dangerous to them and he would have a great possibility of winning.
They don’t want Donald, they figure he could motivate a win out of voters against Democrats.
Good point. Even Stephen Wright could give him lessons on energetic speaking.
“Ted Cruz has been brought into the fold of the Old Guard Republicans; he represents the party. I’m sure he will do what is necessary to get the backing of the Republican Party in his run for president. Sure, he can make promises like all his predecessors. And later, like his predecessors, he can return to the party line, because they put him in office.”
Not quite. Cruz is a useful idiot, nothing more.
Where are you ?
Lest we forget, Donald Trump is not a lawyer.
He’s not even a Harvard Law School grad.
Not an attorney. Good Point.
Attorneys talk their way around things and manipulate words.
Trump is a bit too direct.
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What’s going on in pro-wrestling WWE right now with the fans and the company parallels it.
For years fans have been saying “Why doesn’t the WWE push some younger talent, and get them over, instead of just pushing the same retreads over and over again?”
So then you get Roman Reigns. He’s young, he’s got the look, he’s got the moves, and yes, he does need to do a bit of work on his mic skills,as in promos he comes off really poorly, but when he speaks from the heart, he’s terrific.
When he destroyed the League of Nations and the Authority at the end of the Tables Ladders Chairs show, the arena was chanting “Thank you Roman”.
But some of the smarks in the IWC thought that he was being liked too much by Vince McMahon. So when Roman started going up against HHH, some of the more hard-core fans started booing him and it spread. So you have fans turning against Reigns because they see him as being too “establishment” and they cheer HHH’, never mind that HHH is the embodiment of “establishment”, being married to the boss’s daughter and is one of the top 3 people in charge of the company and has been part of the establishment for the last 15 years.
Harvard lawyers are a big reason the government is in the shape its in.
Right. What this situation calls for is a really stupid and futile gesture.
Cruz cannotwin a single state Mittens and Lil Paulie didn’t win. He will get the same 206 ECVs and be a hero to the GOPe and the Bushes.
They should all be exiled to Attu.
Lest we forget, Donald Trump is not a lawyer.
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He hires lawyers.....
At the ending of the Article you see the question of WHY the republicans haven’t taken the two big issues from Trump.
Why won’t they?
Because they love big government just as much as democrats.
While I support Trump but would also vote for Cruz, I make not illusions of the fact that it is likely too late for an election or series of elections to stop the rapid decline of our once great nation.
It's time to get serious about an article V convention of the states.
My guess is the establishment types didn’t try to take the two issues because they have a documented track record of failure and capitulation on both.
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