>> The most important question for the next eight years is how much of Obama’s destructive legacy a real president can actually dismantle <<
Couldn’t agree more!
>> In that area, Trump and Cruz seem pretty close <<
Mr. Trump gives so few specifics, and he evinces so little understanding of many important issues, that I find it impossible to agree on that point.
But thanks anyway for your thoughtful thoughts!
I believe Cruz would go to Congress with several lists of specifics. Pass this bill repealing Obamacare effective the end of 2017, with no replacement. Pass this budget with zero funding for Planned Parenthood, effective immediately. Pass this bill raising funding for border security and ICE deportations and streamlining or eliminating frivolous appeals, starting in 60 days so they have time to plan and to ramp up.
I believe the Trump approach would be very different. My hope is that Trump would say "pass bills within these broad parameters", without caring about the details. He would sign even bad bills that only get part of the job done and then say "that's not enough, go back and do some more to secure the border or to cut federal funding for abortion". I agree that Trump has less understanding than Cruz on many issues, and I'm okay with that if he can demonstrate the ability to hire the right people in the political world (a weak area for him so far).
I'm okay with both approaches.