From Trump to McDaniel: Is Ted Cruz Running a Brilliant Stealth Campaign?

DailyCaller ^ | 8/17/2015

[scottiemom]

I feel like you do but maybe more like Vice president. I keep thinking Ben Carson could promote the dignity of his race and take back some of the lost years that Obama has stolen. He speaks from a heart filled with the knowledge of God. Ben is a model to emulate for all young people. Once he was an angry, hostile and violent young man. He gives credit to God for making him what he is today. He was a standout in a field that requires the highest order of problem solving skills. There is no telling what his I.Q. measures. Yes, I think Cruz and Carson would be equally yoked. From my lips to God's ear.

[afsnco]

Cruz would be a far better Supreme Court justice, preferably the chief justice. His conservative beliefs would be the gift that keeps on giving.

[Resettozero]

Yours was a persuasive post and I listened to you. Something for me to remember. Thnx.

[Resettozero]

...Rand, who told them to "get over" Cochran's win and his support for Cochran.

Had slipped my mind. But wasn't going to support Rand anyways.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Cruz is running the smartest campaign he can given the circumstances. If Trump does get out he will likely inherit either an endorsement from Trump and/or his voters and if Trump wins the nomination Cruz may get the number two spot on the ticket. Win win.

You have to ask yourself, IMHO, what the proper strategy is for naming a VP. Constitutionally, the choice of VP should be made to unify the country (hence, the incentive to not name a VP from the presidential nominee's own state). Apart from the specific stricture in the 12th Amendment, the usual procedure is to nominate a VP from the opposing faction of the party. Reagan considered nominating Ford, and settled on Bush. Eisenhower nominated Nixon.

My bet would be that if Trump wins, and has an arrangement with Cruz, it would result in a nomination to SCOTUS for Cruz. Much as we’d like to se Cruz as POTUS, every conservative would IMHO celebrate a Justice Cruz as much as a VP Cruz - if not more so.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yes it would not shock me if Prez Trump put Cruz at AG and/or SCOTUS.

[Jack Black]

"I see no reason presently why Trump doesn’t sweep to the nomination and actually win the General Election. Only Trump takes out Trump."

Romney won a lot of states by plurality, that is he got less than 50% of the vote, but the most of the candidates. Because the winner gets Bonus delegates he eventually got over the number to nominate. But Romney was getting about 40% in those wins. Not sure if Trump marches through getting 25% of the vote and first place in state after state, if he goes into the convention with enough to win.

Maybe we end up with a brokered convention. I don't think he wins the nomination in that scenario.

[RitaOK]

I defer to your experience, Jack. Many of us forget that this contest is a state by state contest and that there are delegate assumptions already in place about how states will fall, even if no candidates had yet announced.

When Trump moves through the calendar and begins to rally the blacks and Hispanics, I expect him to inspire many. We will just have to see how that inspiration translates into votes. The truth and leadership in the truth is something the human soul recognizes regardless of race, creed or color, enough that perhaps it can surprise us and effect a positive outcome in these toss up states. Thanks for the reminders.

[monocle]

Is it possible that Democrats, posing as independents or Republicans, are telling pollsters they favor Trump.