There’s enough credit to go around, I think.
And even if this was entirely Kelly Ann’s idea (and I don’t think it was), Trump still gets credit because he knows talent and hired it on and listened to her before making a decision. That’s a leadership skill that very few possess.
I don't disagree with this.
Not trying to be unfair to Kelly Ann, I've seen her around for a long time. She has seemed to be a decent sort. I can't honestly say she's a die hard Conservative or not. Perhaps others know her better.
I look at all the people who come and go around candidates and I watch what they do afterwards. Even some of Reagan's inside folks are now Leftists.
Many of these Washington, D. C. insiders are nothing more than that. They are consultants for hire. One year they'll be backing your guy. The next they'll be backing someone you know is terrible.
I don't trust any of them any farther than I can drop kick them.
They turn around and write tell-all books. They push people whose policies are terrible. They're guns for hire.
Look at Ed Rawlins. There's another guy that became a talking head on the talk shows. Can't remember his name right now, but he went south. You had Baker and others.
Ronald Reagan's biggest problem IMO, was his inside advisors. I think they were far too willing to work with the other side, witness the amnesty. Some people fed Reagan bad information there. He talked about 1 million illegals in country. He was fed that number, and then it turned out there were 3.5 million that registered after the amnesty was instituted.
So it's not just the idea that Trump doesn't get the credit he deserves. It isn't just that folks think it's Kelly Ann and he'll be different once she's gone. It's also the possibility that she is the reason he talks about registering and remaining in place in country. It could be she's the one telling him to only talk about a 1000 mile long wall now.
I don't trust these short term insiders. They'll feed you a whole pestle of bad info.
I'm beginning to wonder if he's coming to California, or going to fight for New York. IMO, both are not only up in the air, but these states need to have him campaign in them if for no other reason than to play up good policies in-state so that local politicians have more street cred.
He can help turn those states back toward the right.
California needs that desperately. Consultants are the reason no Republican presidential candidate has campaigned in California since George Bush Sr.
So it's up in the air for me what value Kelly Ann will be overall. In fact, we'll never know exactly what pluses and minuses she brought to the table.
Trump needs to get the credit. Period.