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.
Thank you for those kind words.
I do not believe Cruz is the drag that many make him out to be.
He has been the one Senator who has consistently stood up to the GOPe...and they hate him for it.
They are going to try and turn to him to disrupt the convention...proposing alliances with Kasich and Rubio.
They would then throw Cruz to the curb and try and bring in a Paul Ryan.
It is those types off deals that are destroying the Republic...and in this case, would certainly fatally split the GOP and lose the November election.
Cruz can avoid all of that by instead endorsing Trump and throwing in with him.
As such, his message, which when you look at the essence of his plans and Trump’s plans, resonate with Trump’s plans right down the line.
Anyhow, an endorsement of Trump by Cruz, bringing Cruz onto the ticket, would untie the GOP voters in a huge way.
The Cruz voters (like myself) are anti-establishment votes as well. I know I would welcome such a decision and support it 100%.
Unite the candidate that has won 20 contests to date, with the 2nd place guy who has won eight (and whose message is very close to Trump’s), and you have an overwhelming defeat of the GOPe, and a resulting administration under Trump that will remake the political landscape of the country for two generations.
Anyhow...that’s my thought on it.
Either way, when Trump wins the nomination, I will be voting for him.
I just want to see that happen now as soon as possible.