Thanks for the article! My two cents. Without a doubt, Ted had the best ground game going, but Trump took the media by storm and had name recognition on the onset. We know all too well once Trump realized that Cruz was a force to be reckoned with that he went ballistic on him and if you recall after Ted dropped out; Trump even remarked that he was a really tough opponent. A lot of what Trump did and said was I think in his mind acceptable because he knew he couldn't win any other way and there was a point in time where Trump would no longer debate him and my hunch is Trump knew he would lose. Trump is going to lose in a debate against Hillary for the very same reason. Trump doesn't have clue one about basic government functions nor any in depth knowledge of issues.
Cruz has a great love and passion for this country and has stood up for the people and the Constitution most of his life. Because of his love of country and passion for the Constitution if Trump were to ask him for his endorsement or to be his VP, I think Cruz would consider it, BUT only if he indeed thought they could win against Hillary, and ONLY IF Trump were to make a public apology to his wife and father. I don't think Cruz would jeopardize his political career and accept the VP slot if he wasn't sure they could indeed win. Right now, things aren't looking so good for Trump. Cruz's ground game abilities, political expertise, expertise of the Constitution, and his supporters would help Trump immensely. Trump really needs Cruz right now more than Cruz needs Trump.
Two things; will Trump swallow his pride and apologize to Cruz and ask him to be his VP and does Cruz think they can work together and win? My hunch right now is 'no'.
I've thought along the same lines, i.e. that Trump needs Cruz supporters or he won't win, period. Cruz, on the other hand, would bite the bullet and be Trump's flacky for the sake of the country, and his own family. The USA is in serious condition, a fact that is not lost on Cruz.
However, there are two problems with this theory:
- If Cruz joined the Trump ticket, after apologies or whatever, 70% of Cruz supporters wouldn't follow. They follow principle, not a man, and Cruz's principles just happen to coincide with their own during the GOP primary. If Cruz violated his principles, even for the sake of the country, he'd lose legitimacy with his supporters. His would be as empty an endorsement as Palin, Carson's, Cristy's, and certainly that of the hypocrite and lying, fake Christian "Pastor" Huckabee.
- Trump lies, reflexively, consistently, and with reckless abandon. Not a word of anything Trump could say would make any difference to Cruz or any other non-Trumpkin GOP voter, because the only thing one can be certain with about Trump is his consistent dishonestly. Cruz could never make a deal that Trump would keep.
So, there we have it. The GOP has a loser for a candidate, a 50 state, Senate and half the GOP House scale loser, and there's no saving the party or this election. Trump could keel over dead tomorrow, and the election results would remain exactly the same. Trump blew up the most solid, consistent constituency the GOP had, and it'll never be unified again.
