Posted on 03/16/2016 9:47:50 AM PDT by revivaljoe
Breaking: Cruz Negotiating With Trump for VP Spot
A high ranking Cruz campaign official has told Elect Leaders that Sen. Cruz is in negotiations with Mr. Trump to become his Vice Presidential Nominee after Rubio dropped out Tuesday. Sen. Cruz has been the most consistent performer in primaries behind Trump. They are seeing the writing on the wall and want to negotiate from a point of strength which will evaporate over time.
The official stated Mr. Trump is interested in using Sen. Cruz’s ground game in the general election, likes his appeal to the conservative base and his stance on immigration. Of the other options for VP none hold as strong of an opinion on immigration outside of Governor Jan Brewer from Arizona who is also being considered.
Senator Cruz in exchange for his support is wanting to be named to the Supreme Court if an opening occurs while Mr. Trump is president. Mr. Trump does not see this as an issue and a small price to pay to bring Sen. Cruz his fundraisers, donors and staff on board
“Reagan would’ve won regardless. Bush brought nothing to the ticket. As it turned out, it was a terrible choice that continued an imbecilic four-generation dynasty of entitled RINOs.”
I still cry over this : )
For some persp3ctive on the context of my comments, see tag line. Sparky. :-)
“Those candidates won because there are a lot of GOP primary voters who don’t prefer arch-conservatives. The little conspiracist world in which people like you live reads those voters out of existence. You make it all some faceless “Establishment” that made those guys the nominee, and ignore the reality that a lot of voters actually preferred those guys.”
That is an interesting viewpoint, and a fair amount of “conventional wisdom”. It doesn’t mean that it is fact.
There is some truth in what you state, but there is also a certain amount of blindness to the obvious manipulation by the media and the GOPe in picking the nominee and doing everything they can to stop “non-establishment” candidates. The methods that have been used would be rejected by most voters, if they were aware of them.
“Manufacturing Consent” is what the establishment and the media do. It is in the process of being rejected.
Even if that is true -- which we don't know -- it's not the point you were making. Your point was that impure tickets lose elections. The Reagan/Bush landslides directly contradict that point.
Guess what, Hoss ? Pandering to the left doesn't work for the GOP. If it did, ringers like McQueeg and Willard the Rat would've won in landslides.
And once again, you are deliberately refusing to recognize the distinction between having a RINO at the top of the ticket, and having a RINO as VP. Romney and McCain were RINO's at the top of the ticket. They lost. Reagan/Bush had a RINO as VP, they won in two landslides.
If you want to make the argument that having a RINO as VP hurts a conservative Presidential nominee, you're going to need other examples.
NO!!! Force the gop-e to run third party! After they tried their level best to trash the one we have!
Problem is how Trump and Cruz can confirm this without confirming it. I already got my sign in KellyAnne Conway’s gop-e remark the other day.
It would kill a campaign for a candidate to admit they were fake running and really wanted a scotus or vp pick.
I doubt anyone would EVER confirm this. It would launch Kasich’s campaign as Cruz became irrelevant.
This would be a good move with no real downsides.
1. Would eliminate the chance of a brokered convention
2. Would unify the base and moderates
3. Would give trump the volunteer base / organization that he needs. His get out the vote effort has been weak and that is why he has underperformed his polls.
4. This is a chance for Trump to look presidential by showing he can be a uniter and a chance for Cruz to show he can work well with others.
5. They are both brilliant in different ways, pulling both together would make for a very strong team.
The “disadvantages” really amount to nothing:
* Eligibility - That is still only a threat to Cruz, Trump is eligible either way.
* Past attacks - Both have said the other is a better choice than Hillary. Trump supporters can overlook his past statements (already shown to be true), Cruz supporters will have to accept this is the best path to get Cruz to continue.
Wait a minute -- you're saying it's not a fact that a lot of Republican voters preferred those RINO candidates? They freaking voted for them over the alternatives. There are Republican voters right now who prefer Rubio or Kasich to Trump or Cruz.
Do you seriously contend that such voters don't exist?
If only Reagan had chosen Paul Laxalt in 1980. El Jebbe could’ve flown off to a shanty town in Guatemala to be with his midget Mexican Rosa Klebb look-alike and run a burrito stand.
If Cruz were to offered VP, that would be checkmate for GOPe. Trump and Cruz have consistently been over 50% combined in the polls, Kasich would lose decisively.
Noooo! Rafael is ineligible to be VP! Dont do it Donald!!!!
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You actually believed that BS?!! ROTFLMAO
LMAO !!
Trump would lose support if he ever did agree to such an arrangement.
“Breaking” from a BS fake website.
I would not vote for Trump in the general election.
HOWEVER, *if* Cruz is his VP, in that case, and in that case only, I *will* vote for Trump.
I believe I’m like a lot of Cruz supporters.
LOL
SO?????? It is my opinion that he does. Look, I am so sick of people on this site claiming that because you say something you must be a lib or this or that ..I refer them to my home page in reference to Obama. And I despise the man.
I call it like I see it no matter how it falls.
Anonymous sources suck. I can’t believe so many Freepers fall for the crap.
“Wait a minute — you’re saying it’s not a fact that a lot of Republican voters preferred those RINO candidates? They freaking voted for them over the alternatives. There are Republican voters right now who prefer Rubio or Kasich to Trump or Cruz.”
No, that is not what I was saying. I was saying that your interpretation of those elections is not necessarily correct; that your view of them has some blindness to it.
The idea that people who do not agree with you do so because of their “little conspiracist world” (they disagree with you) does not mean that their viewpoint does not have substance; it just means that you disagree with them.
I submit that a lot of the voters that you are referring to could, and might well, find many other candidates quite acceptable, even preferable, if the candidates can get their message out without the gatekeeper function of the media and establishment.
That is precisely what seems to be happening with Trump.
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