Posted on 03/16/2016 10:47:06 AM PDT by Jeff Head
My analysis of last night...and a recommendation to the Cruz campaign. (See the GOP Analysis Section).
Trump/Cruz would destroy Trump.
Because Nevada and Eastern Idaho portend well for Trump in California, Washington, and Oregon, it behooves Ted Cruz to take your advice. If these two tickets combine, then Cruz, who is only 44 years old, will be the heir apparent. That is not a bad place to be.
No candidate who is serious about winning will say that he is courting the VP slot. That is campaign suicide, so Trump cannot have Cruz say it either, IF Trump wants to keep Kasich at bay.
It cannot be uttered until after the last state is in the primary results book.
Kasich is so clearly opposed to Trump and all Trump stands for that it’s hard to imagine Trump selecting Kasich as a VP. Kasich is also old enough to not want it.
Cruz, on the other hand, could only be benefitted by it. But again the same caution: unless he wants to kill his votes in the upcoming states and turn 2nd place over to Kasich, Cruz will never indicate that he’s in it for the VP slot.
I agree. Lyin’ Ted as vp or in any faction of government, is still a lyin’n Ted. I dont trust him not to do what it takes to become prez. If Trump links himself with THAT, then as a voter, im done. If the Gope dosenfranchizes thevalid winner, im done. Theres absolutely no reason to vote, or spend the energy and gas trying because its meaningless. There is no vote.
Trump = thesis. Cruz = antithesis. Synthesis = Trump/Cruz ticket. Trump will save America from dying, and then Cruz will nurse it back to health.
No more than Reagan/Bush destroyed Reagan.
Cruz is not electable. And he is not eligible.
Great work Jeff. Thanks!
You are welcome.
To me...its pretty clear what ought to happen at this point.
I'm not opposed to a Trump/Cruz ticket, frankly it's the fair approach as these two got the most votes.
I think it would most definitely be fair...but it would also:
- Unite the vast majority of GOP voters.
- Deal a mortal blow to the GOPe.
- End all talk and speculation about any brokered convention.
- Be a ticket that would absolutely smash Hillar (or Sanders) in November.
They then have four years to hollow out the party and rebuild it.
Cruz will head the Senate.
Money and support will go to Freedom Caucus candidates.
We can do this.
I hope they do.
I’d love to see Trump as Pres for eight years, followed by eight years of Cruz.
We need that kind of time and committed, concerted effort to address the myriad harm that has been done to our republic.
I pray it will be so...and I pray they will actually succeed.
Very thorough. I enjoyed it.
Worst thing about this election so far is that Hillary Clinton is seen as a legitimate candidate for President, with the right experience. To me it is like electing a head of cabbage as mayor.
I do pray she receives justice.
Amen to that.
The best the Dems have is a power crzzy leftist woman who allowed brave Americans to die and then lied about it over and over again, who has attacked woman who were victimized by her sexual preadtor husband, and who was willing to play loose with the security of this nation so that she could keep her official government emails private. either he, or a self-admitted abject socialist who wants to give everything away in the country so he can bring us economically to our knees and double down on the transflrmmation that Obama has started.
That’s it. That’s what they offer.
And they have purposely created millions of mush-headed automatons utterly dependent on the government, who will vote for anyone or anything...no matter who or what they are...so long as they believe that they will to get their “free” stuff, with no earthly conception of how they are being led down the primrose path like a bunch of lemmings.
I think everything that is happening right now is a result of all the prayers from everybody the past 8 years.
Our Saving Patriot(s) is not perfect. That is not the Patriot we need right now. The Patriot we need right now is a fighter who won’t back down, and he is Trump with the legal mind of Cruz.
I know so many not poor libs either voting for their own succes’s demise in Bernie or thinking Hillary is a normal person and a reasonable candidate somehow. Thinking about it makes me wish I could signal Scotty to beam me up. So glad there are likemindeds around here.
FYI...sorry for any double pings.
Hillary & Bernie combined (* ++) 9,753,448
(*Nebraska and Colorado Dem primaries already occurred, but GOP has not=144,330)
Hillary/Bernie Total*:
9,609,118
(++ No votes for anyone other than Hillary or Bernie included)
Republican totals: (**)
20,220,500
(**Carson, Paul, Santorum, Gilmore, Fiorina, Huckabee, Bush have dropped out=1,086,724 including 677,193 for Carson and 249,733 for Bush)
Republican totals (less candidates who have dropped out):
19,133,776
Republican advantage in states that have voted:
9,524,658
In 2012 Obama was not contested. He had 6,158,064. But in 2008, when he was contested he and Hillary combined for 36 million. Sound like a lot?
In the last contested election on both sides, 2008, the GOP had a total of 20,039,034 votes. We have beaten the '08 total by almost 200,000 votes and we are just half way through.
We are halfway through and GOP candidates have totaled 20,200,000. Republicans if current trends hold would exceed the 2008 Dem primary turnout by FOUR POINT FOUR MILLION.
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