That's an interesting comparison. California had their Ted Cruz in Tom McClintock, but voted for their Trump in Arnold Schwarzenegger. The biggest problem with Schwarzenegger was that he turned out to be a go-it-alone governor. He extended no coattails to other Republicans to help build a coalition or groom future Republicans in a state that desperately needed it. He wouldn't even endorse McClintock when he ran for Lt. Governor in the next election. When he got his reform amendments slapped down by the unions, he capitulated, and that was the end of the Schwarzenegger phenomenon.
A serious question about Trump's Republicanism (I won't narrow it to conservatism) is whether he will bring along the next generation that is being frozen out today by our Republican leadership, or is he going to disappoint Republicans by giving key positions to Democrats, too?
-PJ
I would bet Trump would give positions to businesspeople, Dem and Rep---but not cronies. I do think he's serious about fixing things.
Would he focus on "grooming" the next generation? Hell no. But right now, our problem is so much more desperate than that.
Think of it this way. You have a cage with a vicious lion in it. A lion tamer like Cruz or Walker goes in, but no matter how good they are or how committed they are, they don't have a whip or a gun. The lion might get on the stool for a second, but he's only sizing up his prey, then it's over.
Trump walks in with a whip and a gun. He can't be bought, can't be bribed, and doesn't care what others think (actually, Arnold did).
What you are concerned about are the younger lion tamers watching from outside the cage. That's important, but right now we need to get the lion's attention before we can train him. I'm not at all worried about who is in training, because if we con't get the lion's attention now, we're done.