Trump needs to do what Reagan did with Bush in 1980 and work together with Cruz to get him on the ticket.
Trump has indeed won far more contests (20), but Cruz has won eight contests, and he probably is going to win four or five more.
Coming together brings that that winning streak (right now that would mean 28 out of 32 contests) in very absolute terms while also destroying the GOPe.
This would short circuit any idea of the GOPe tryin to throw together Rubio’s delegates with Kasich’s delegates and then trying to get Cruz to go together with them and fight Trump.
A Trump/Cruz ticket, like the Reagan/Bush ticket in 1980, wins the presidency AND breaks the GOPe. That’s a win-win scenario.
Telling Cruz to basically get lost would further divide the anti-establishment vote when it does not need to happen...and could threaten the chance for a win in November when that does not need to happen either.
Anyhow, that would be what I would suggest to Trump and Cruz.
Thanks, Jeff. I respect you so much. Yes, Reagan and nasty Bush, and also Kennedy and nasty Johnson. It is a curse. This typical ticket compromises have killed our country through these picks.
Still, I just think in a general election, Cruz drags down the ticket badly, perhaps fatally.
The US Senate represents a lot of states. Republican senators want to hear no more from Ted Cruz, ever. One could surmise there own apparatus in their respective states could hurt the ticket.