AW, thank you for posting this comment.
My ideal ticket would be Trump/Cruz for all of the reasons you had delineated.
Our population has changed—the demographics especially. The WW2 generation is almost no longer with us. They were a big part of Reagan’s victory in 1980.
Who has filled in behind them is Generation X, Y and the Millenials.
How they view Trump and Cruz is going to be a challenge for us to assess, as the popular culture has diminished the brand of the GOP in almost every movie and TV series you can name.
As you say, a new paradigm is going to have be introduce, and for the GOP-E, they want the status quo.
You will be roundly criticized for your treatise no doubt, but sometimes you have to step back and take a realistic look at things.
Right now in mid August 2016, Trump/Cruz is our best bet, not just for conservatives, but more importantly, for all of America.
Best of all, we can save our nation from Jeb, Hillary and any Dems, Kasich and the rest of the RINO squishes.
Trump/Cruz will put the best and brightest of our conservatives to work in their administration as well.
The GOP-E wants to divide us and run Jeb up the middle.
It’s time we run something up their middle.
Flame retardant suits—on.
Hahahahah! Good one!
I see today that they're trotting out Al Gore. Oh, please. Have to think back to Rubio's hilarious comment at the debate, along the lines of, "I'm glad there are so many capable Republicans running. The Democrats can't even find ONE."