Sure...I wasn’t crazy about the TPA, TPP votes.
See..I can answer a question. Now your turn. What has Trump ever DONE, not just run his mouth about, that shows he has a sincerely held conservative belief?
He has loved his country.
TED CRUZ all the way. It’s not even a contest. Trump’s rhetoric is just that...rhetoric. If there was a general consensus that he actually believed the stuff he was saying, he would have gone over 50% a long time ago. But that’s the problem with Trump. Many people don’t trust him because he’s done NOTHING to earn that trust, but has a whole history of actions/statements to make one question his motives. My opinion (and I’m definitely not alone in this) is that Trump is saying what he thinks the base wants to hear and has no connection to any of these issues whatsoever. He just wants the power. Because it’s all about Trump 24/7 365. And the GOPe knows this. They don’t fear Trump because they think he’s a conservative, they fear Trump because he’s a threat to their power. But TrumpE will be just as unlistening as the GOPE if it ever sees the light of day.
Hopefully this will shake out when Cruz wins IA and finishes 2nd in New Hampshire. Cruz will then win SC and after the later debates where he and Trump have to confront each other on obvious policy differences due to less people on the stage and the early results, Cruz will run away with the SEC Primaries because Trump’s easy layup tactics that have worked on Jebbers, Kaisich, Paul, and Rubio won’t work on Ted.
The only thing that worries me is what happens when Cruz picks his VP. Following the Reagan model, Cruz will probably select an Establishment type to unify the GOP factions just like when Reagan picked the Sen from PA and Bush Sr. My guess is that he would pick Rubio. As a ticket, that would obliterate the Democrats in the Electoral College. But I already know people will try to label him a sellout when he does so. Makes one wonder if Reagan could survive in 1980 if the Internet had existed.
The Cabinet:
Cruz - POTUS
Rubio - VP
Gingrich - Sec of State
Gohmert - Sec of Defense
Tancredo - Sec of Homeland Security
Jindal - Sec Health & Human Services
Joe Manchin - Sec of Entergy (throws a bone to a Democrat that is pro-Energy and pro-Keystone in an attempt to make the seat a possible GOP pick-up in the future)
And whatever else.