Question: How would a Trumpeter know that RR chose a running mate in 1976 before the convention, if a Cruzader didn’t tell him?
Answer: He found the answer in his box of Crackerjacks.
ACTUALLY, now that we just had the Pennsylvania “loophole” primary, you could see the logic (as well as the desperation) in Reagan’s naming of Sen. Sweickert of Pennsylvania as his running. ALL the district delegates from Pennsylvania are technically unbound. Reagan was hoping Sweickert would bring maybe half of them with him. But, it didn’t work. Ford won the nomination and went on to lose the general election to Carter.
Carly has been a very good campaigner. Also, Heidi. Maybe Ted’s best surrogates.
The female angle isn’t bad. But, I love what Trump did, saying Hillary wouldn’t get 5 percent of the vote if she were a he. Great jujitsu. Raised my already high impression of Trump.
Cruz has to change the narrative in the face of a ton of good news for Trump. If he can get follow-up this VP announcement with an endorsement from Pence, the way he got from Walker in Wisconsin, he might be able to ski through the avalanche.
With 10 states, many of them being swing states (VA, PA, FL) not having one county go for Cruz..... no way is he going to get the nomination. it would be suicide for the party, he has minimal support out side of his narrow base, which seems to be 14 to 21 % of republican primary voters in those states.
If by some chance Trump commits suicide in the next 2 months before June 7th (say he eats a dead baby during an interview commenting on how he gets them from abortion clinics and they go well with red wine), then the republicans will have to give the nomination to someone other than Cruz. He is way to damaged at this point.
Greg Abbott of Texas comes to mind....
In any case the fact that Cruz is not getting 15 out of 18 of delegate choices in Wisconsin confirmed tells you everything: The GOPE has no plans of supporting Cruz if Trump should falter. Why else would that occur, in state where supposedly Ryan and Walter support him, unless they too see the writing on the wall.
He has even lost the good will of folks who used to want him as # 2 on the ticket. All that talk is fading.....away.
It does not look like Trump will falter. Here in the Northeast folks are actually excited about this election, in a good way. All because of the Trump....