Posted on 01/15/2016 7:37:32 AM PST by RoosterRedux
To: RoosterRedux
-- Do you think that if Trump wins the nomination he could bring sufficient pressure and influence to get McConnell to change? And if McConnell changed, what would be the next step? --
Action in the Senate is a non-starter. I had an epiphany a few minutes ago. I'll share it.
Whether Cruz is NBC or not doesn't matter, not in the least. What matters is that the Canada BC creates a vector of plausible doubt. How, in the election process is this doubt resolved? At first, in the states.
Trump is 100% right. In the general election, in every state that Cruz as Pres or VP wins, there WILL be a lawsuit. The loser in an election has an absolute right to sue on eligibility grounds, regardless of the margin or loss.
So, the political issue is, does the party want to run an election that gets decided by 20 or 30 lawsuits? Before or after the voters voted doesn't matter so much - just changes how the general election is influenced by court decisions, which could well go against Cruz. Trump said, hey, 5% chance Cruz loses. Do you want to go to war with that risk?
Yes, there is a con-law issue in there too. But either the GOP "sues itself" in the primary, which flat out WONT happen, Cruz is certified qualified in all the states, so no challenge on eligibility is possible; leaving the alternative, lawsuits in the general.
We're stuck with that. Lawsuits in the general are dead certain, if Cruz is the nominee.
121 posted on 1/15/2016, 10:15:45 AM by Cboldt
As if that will make a difference.
And Barry Goldwater was born in a US territory which was not part of the US at the time. Also, Chester Arthur was born in Canada.
Yet instead of defending a fellow Republican, Trump has sided with the Democrats.
There seems to be some dispute about that - I couldn't say for sure either way. What is not in dispute is that Arthur's father was not a US citizen at the time of his birth.
Not Michelle.
Liz Warren. She promised VALJAR could keep her job if Liz gets elected.
Bernie is a known socialist. Liz is a woman. The likely Republican candidates are white males.
A WOMAN vs. WHITE POWER. The woman wins. VALJAR wins.
Should Hillary be forced out, that is my guess at to what will happen.
Me too, it’s likely to be Liz Warren.
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