“You are obviously a Cruz supporter who wishes Trump will pick Cruz as VP”
Yeah. Pretty much my position for most of the campaign. Same as a lot of Freepers. I think that includes the owner of Free Republic.
“so you are working hard to convince people of Cruz’s appeal, trying hard to deny what the RATS will do to invalidate the ticket to hand over the presidency to the RATS”
That’s NOT going to happen. And if the demons on the left really have enough power to thwart the outcome (which they don’t yet) then it just means Civil War 2 needs to come sooner than later.
I mean, if conservatives really are too afraid to run a conservative, then the battle is already lost. The left does not care where Cruz was born. Focussing on that will cost them a lot of credibility when they treated it as such a non-issue for the past eight years. The left really hates his conservatism, but they can not target that AND his place of birth at the same time. There is NO advantage for the left to target that.
If anyone disqualifies Cruz for his birthplace, it will be the GOPe. And it will be so they can replace him with someone else. They might even let him get the VP spot and then refuse to seat him so Ryan can take his place. But we have to cross those bridges when we get to them.
As far as Cruz’s appeal, Trump needs to shore up his support from the base. The largest group of the base who is not currently supporting Trump is the group who supports Cruz. Make Cruz the VP, and Trump has enough support for the general. Otherwise Trump will have to make peace with GOPe. One or the other. I think Cruz is his best option. Also, he can negotiate from a position of strength more before the convention than after all the votes have been cast.
Cruz and Trump need to make a deal. It could be contingent on how the remaining delegates are won or lost. But they both need to align against the GOPe before the convention.
‘The left does not care where Cruz was born. Focussing on that will cost them a lot of credibility when they treated it as such a non-issue for the past eight years. The left really hates his conservatism, but they can not target that AND his place of birth at the same time. There is NO advantage for the left to target that.’
I appreciate your thoughtful post.
However, with the help of the media, the left’s credibility won’t suffer no matter what they do. So they will target Cruz’s eligibility because it is the easiest way to attack him. Cruz’s issue is different from obama’s (as far as the left is concerned) - they believe obama was born in USA whereas Cruz is born in Canada! So the media will justify it for them instead of making them out to be hypocritical for ignoring obama’s nbc issue but attacking Cruz’s.
There is every advantage for the left to target Cruz’s eligibility issue - last time they showed off obama’s so-called Hawaii bc to protect him, this time they will blast Cruz’s Canadian bc all over the airwaves until there is chaos and the GOP will replace the entire ticket!
Even if you are right that the left will not target Cruz’s nbc issue, we still have to answer to our own conscience that we are helping to dismantle article 2 in the Constitution.