Replies

Good article, David Limbaugh's is also enlightening, but does not so much cover the potential problem EE has made as yours did.

I think EE is making a huge throw of the dice here and is making a mistake in doing so at this point. Cruz has the right position here, don't poke the bear. Most of us here know that Trump is not a reflexive conservative, yet most of us enjoy how he has stood up to the PC nonsense and the ridiculous idiocy that has become our media.

Like it or not, Trump is in the driver's seat, it's his nomination to win or lose. I'm not saying he's a shoe in, he could flame out any time, but it is his unless he does the flame out himself.

How we deal with that fact is an issue for every conservative. Pointing out that I don't trust him yet is where I am. Pointing out his flip flops, and his recent conservative conversion is important, but going after him like EE and the GOPe is doing is short sighted and foolish.

My 2 cents.

Like it or not, Trump is in the driver's seat, it's his nomination to win or lose. I'm not saying he's a shoe in, he could flame out any time, but it is his unless he does the flame out himself.

I agree he's in the drivers seat. I would only add that no driver has ever led the race to the end from this early in the race. Well, no insurgent driver. An estab driver can do that, and in fact, needs to do that, but not an insurgent.

Hell, we're only on the first half lap. I would also say Trump is the only one who can bring down Trump - and given that he has demonstrable liberal reflexes EVEN TODAY - I think he will. But no, Fox cannot, the GOP e cannot - in fact, they only strengthen him when they try. But some comment by say Jindal or Walker or someone in a debate could easily be a string that unravels an entire big sweater of liberalism that cannot be ignored.

Here's the thing about your comment. Let's assume for a moment Trump not only wins the nomination but wins the election. Besides Dem/libs (of course), who will be his biggest enemies in DC? It will be the RINO GOPe establishment---not because they don't share a lot of his values, but because he dared to win an election without kissing their ring.

Therefore, we should ask, who stands to have the MOST power with Trump? Those who support him and move toward him and help shape his policies---the old LBJ "inside the tent pissing out" thing. This is why I think Cruz and Carson in particular have pretty much eliminated any criticism of Trump and why they stand to have a great deal of power if Trump wins.

It is a once in a lifetime chance for conservatives to make sure that on the issues where Trump IS conservative or shares our values, we push THOSE to the fore and push the others off the burners altogether.

I think of what Schwartzenegger might have done in CA had he had any conservatives at all to work with. He didn't do much other than a pension "reform," and CA went much further left. That's the danger. If conservatives turn on Trump and ally with the GOPe, they will not only make sure nothing gets done, but hand the gubment right back to the Dems 4-8 years later.