Great minds think alike.
“VP choice will likely have more weight than compared to past elections.”
I agree fully. I think that if the *right* choice was made well ahead of the convention, such will (could) go far in the delegate’s decision making process. Of course it could mean absolutely nothing depending on the level of manipulation the delegates experience beforehand.
I think the V.P. choice will be mostly insignificant due to those strong personalities. Cruz’s is the most important because he is a more unknown and less understood quantity to the voters (because people are ignorant about what conservatism is due to the schools and media not telling anybody about it). So Cruz’s choice will be scrutinized as a way for people to judge who he is. That’s why Carly is a good choice. It makes him look “softer” by picking a woman while actually picking someone who is a vicious attack dog on Hillary...kills 2 birds with 1 stone.
The establishment would love for Cruz to be the V.P. nominee if Trump is the president. Because they will expect and help the ticket to go down in flames. So they could taint Cruz and marginalize him with the defeat for years. Has a losing V.P. candidate ever later run successfully for President? I know losing Presidential candidates have.
I would expect Trump to lose as well, so I would hope Cruz doesn’t join the ticket. If he’s being put in the position of having to clean up Trump’s messes, he probably won’t be able to avoid being stained with the excrement.