Posted on 03/16/2016 1:31:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
The biggest plus is a Trump/Cruz ticket would immediately secure the nomination for us (the majority of the right-leaning grassroots voters), end any possibility of a GOPe betrayal at the convention, and would ensure the Republican party is finally with we the grassroots people (tea party, conservatives, religious people, economic conservatives, business people, middle class, blue collar, national security patriots, etc, ie, a rebirth of the Reagan Coalition) and against the globalist GOP big government establishment. It’d be a yuuuge middle finger to the elite ruling classes of both parties.
And it would have coattails guaranteeing a pro-America landslide against the America-hating Marxists and a strengthening of the Republican majority in the congress and in local and state governments. And finally begin a return to constitutional, pro-America, pro-free-market government and a reversal of the slide into godless socialism and globalism.
A mandate from we the people to secure the borders, enforce the law, deport the illegals, end sanctuary cities, end the war on Christianity, cut the taxes, cut the government, cut the regulations, end the war on American industry, end the war on coal gas & oil, bring back a growing economy, bring back manufacturing and jobs, and rebuild the military.
Unlike the GOPe, this is what real Americans want and what both candidates propose doing.
So let’s quit bickering, join forces, and make it happen.
Jim is right and I have been on your side in many recent Trump v Cruz threads...
The first issue is how he would function as the President of the Senate, having apparently burned bridges with many of its members, of both parties. It remains to be seen whether he would whip them into shape, or be faced with a revolt that would stymie the Trump agenda.
Assuming that a Trump/Cruz coalition is the strategy, what should be the tactics? Should Cruz announce the coalition and bow out of the race now, or stay in and let the coalition be announced at the convention? I could see the latter working best if Trump and Cruz can avoid blasting each other and concentrate on blasting the GOPe. This would set the stage. This also assumes the two can get their respective supporters to cease blasting each other.
to my intense surprise and utter amazement, a caller today to Rush told us he attended a meeting at the Trump Palm Beach place that was attended by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Dr Ben Carson
He did not say when but the message was there has been interaction for some time
It seems very likely that what ever they hatched up is now becoming reality
I’m not saying it wouldn’t potentially draw in more votes, I’m saying it doesn’t seem likely to happen since Cruz has already chosen a side, which happens to be the “anyone but Trump, let’s have a contested convention” camp. When he came out spewing the same BS as Obama, Hillary, Sanders, Kasich, Rubio, Romney, et al, I think it became painfully clear, if it wasn’t already, that Cruz sold his soul. Even is he wanted to bury the hatchet with Trump, do you think his new masters will let him?
I have a lot of respect for Conway. Can you elaborate on this "sign"?
Seems to me if they don’t it was all for nought
[From your fingertips to God’s ears.]
Ya’ don’t pull on Superman’s cape and ya’ don’t stick your fingers in God’s ear. (just kidding, I couldn’t resist)
Yes, Cruz needs some maturing. I think this would help him.
True that
Or he can finish out the primaries, see how the cards are dealt, and then he and Trump can decide what they're going to do come convention time.
“You mean the GOPe puppet masters who control him demanded that he ask for a recount in Missouri.”
So, if Trump had lost by .2 percent, he wouldn’t have asked for a recount? That is downright laughable.
These contests are almost all winner-take-all now. Kasich staying in helps Trump enormously. Cruz would out-earn Trump in delegates if Kasich dropped out.
I came to the same conclusion this morning. Trump/Cruz, while not 100% satisfying to all, prevents monkey business, honors the voters, and let’s us focus on defeating Hillary Clinton. It gives Cruz the requisite experience to have a clear front runner shot at the nomination after Trump retires and has a safeguard should a court rule against his NBC status without presidential jeopardy.
And you Cruz guys do the same thing. Pot meet Kettle.
Oo Rah!
My concern is that Cruz could bring more negatives to the ticket than positive. On the one hand, a Cruz V.P. should unite the anti-GOPe vote, but on the other, Cruz is in many ways more divisive as far as the the general electorate is concerned than Trump himself, and I think Cruz gives the enemedia another mode of attack (as if they really need another one). And then there’s the issue of NBC that the enemedia could successfully use against Cruz to sow doubts in people’s minds.
I think Trump’s best VP choice is Chris Christie. Christie is smarter and more knowledgeable than Trump, gives the enemedia back better than he gets, and is one heck of a powerful, straight-talking stump speaker, not to mention, Christie brings tremendous balance to the ticket, whereas I think the general electorate is going to see a Cruz V.P. as doubling-down on extremism.
On the other hand, I would LOVE to see Cruz on SCOTUS or pretty much any cabinet position he would want.
So, there you have it, some of the possible pros and cons of a Cruz V.P. as little ol’ me sees it.
Ted’s lead spokesman (Glenn Beck) came out today and said that Ted would NEVER join Trump. FWIW
I wouldn’t make a Texan my VP.
Just sayin’.
..keep your enemies closer? LOL
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