Posted on 05/11/2016 11:01:49 AM PDT by Innovative
Donald Trump will come to Washington on Thursday for a series of meetings with Republican congressional leaders. The goal, all involved say, is to hasten the process of unifying a fractured party. The reality is that, nice words to the contrary, Trump and those party leaders are likely never to fully achieve that result.
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The voters are telling the so called GOP leaders in the House in Senate to get on the train.
If they don’t they risk losing the most important thing they have, their elected office.
Dump the GOP elite!
It’s the NWO globalists who are the ones in denial. The Congress people and Senators who came with good intentions are probably happy to see this sea change.
No matter, cause Trump is about to BECOME leader of the GOP.
America can no longer afford to be the world's policeman AND the world's boarding house while seeking to ethnically cleanse its middle class.
It is no more complicated than that.
Remember, it was all about signing the pledge....the pledge....the pledge....
Whatever page the GOPe is on, its not the Constitution.
On the social agenda, Trump will probably sign any conservative legislation they send him. The real risk remains that Congress just won’t send him anything. Congress will stake out extreme positions and democrats plus some republicans will kill it.
On the fiscal agenda, Trump will lead. And we will have budgets again.
On foreign policy, Trump will lead as all Presidents do.
On Trade, Trump will lead, but he might get some push back from bought senators and bought congressmen. Expect this to be where the fireworks are.
On Healthcare, Trump will lead. He might get some pushback from special interests, but I think he will get a bi-partisan plan that works better.
On the Military, Trump will lead. He might want $$$ for this. I expect that Trump will have to clean house of military leadership from the damage Obama has done.
On terrorism, I suspect we will have a quiet period. Because anyone who has been paying attention does not want Trump hitting back at you.
Say what you want about Trump, but he’s equally if not more Conservative than the majority of the GOP leadership.
I think they will be on the same page about a lot.
I think you summed it all up very well.
You simply cannot have fidelity to the Constitution and be a globalist. Period! The goals are mutually exclusive and in conflict.
Obama and the American people haven’t been on the same page for most of the last seven years. Haven’t seen much media coverage on that fact.
Over 90% of Republicans voted AGAINST Jeb Bush.
Over 85% of Republicans voted AGAINST John Kasich.
Hey Paul Ryan - VOTERS HAVE REJECTED THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT. CAN YOU HEAR US?
CAN YOU HEAR US PAUL?
If you can't back Trump, step down Paul... down from the convention and take your quislings with you. Bust up the party and WE won't vote for ANY GOPe types. Ever. We were the base that added over a thousand Republicans in the last 8 years... and for our effort you and your cronies gave us NOTHING. It's why we're in revolt. IT'S YOUR FAULT Paul Ryan..
Don't blow this opportunity Paul...
I’m with you. Trump needs to heed the counsel of the wise Jeff Sessions.
He knows who can be trusted, and who the rats are. The rats are now scurrying about trying to protect their individual and collective fiefdoms.
Trump needs access to the GOP voter information databank, which can be helpful to him. He will also need some GOP money for the general. He needs to run up his delegate count now so that he can have the power to handle platform and rules issues, as well as the inevitable and desperate delegate challenges to come.
He absolutely cannot waver on the promises he has made during his campaign, whether Ryan and the rest of the gang like it or not. They need to get on board with Trump, not the other way around. He needs to make clear that he will welcome supporters, but that should they seek to actively undermine him, he will do his best to destroy them. Reward friends, punish enemies. He did pretty well running against the GOPe in the primaries. If they force him to do so, I have no doubt that he will gladly do it again in the general.
Captain Obvious: “ Well, D U H “
Ryan’s reality is that he is in a real fight just to remain a member of congress. To that end he needs to broker any kind of deal with Trump. Even though he has said it is Trump who needs to unify the party, he and his cronies are the ones primarily responsible for the present disarray.
I believe his agenda is even more self serving than you might suspect given the tightness of the race in which he presently finds himself.
The logical conclusion to me, given that he thinks Trump bears the burden of unifying the party, is that Ryan/GOPe want to sway Trump’s VP pick. In that vein, it only makes sense that he wants Trump to choose Cruz as his running mate. By doing so, not only can he can take credit for a concession from Trump, he will also be able to tell voters in Wisconsin he got the VP nomination for the presidential candidate who won the Wisconsin primary.
Hmmmm! Am I crazy?
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