Reminder:
GHW Bush trashed Ronald Reagan for months and months during the nomination campaign. Vicious, dirty stuff. “Voodoo economics.” Remember that?
Reagan asked him to be Vice Prez, and Bush served well as a vice prez for 8 yrs.
And then Bush delivered us straight into the jaws of the new world order. Bush was the poison pill they managed to insert into the ‘Reagan Revolution.’
Yup. Trump needs an intact GOP onboard with his policies, he needs advocates throughout the party. I predict Trump is going to extend an olive branch to key members across the isle as well. The one massive flaw with Obama is his utter and total failure to sign the GOP onto his agenda (it would have necessitated compromise—heaven forbid Mr. Pen and Phone) and now we’ll see how that blunder unfolds as everything Obama forced through will be swept into the trashcan where it belongs. Actually, I’m very glad Obama was such a prick, we can rewind back to Bush and pretend he never existed.
....and picking Bush as his VP was the single biggest mistake of Reagan’s career. It brought us Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama. Nothing short of a disaster.
I trust Trump's judgement.
And. Bush didn’t continue Reaganism after. He was the compromise to satisfy the party, not the people.
WE got Trump in office. Selecting mitt would be as insult to every one of us.
But at that point the Bushes had already dispatched two presidents that weren’t working out for them, so they weren’t concerned when Reagan won. They tried to get him too, but docs saved his life. And disgusting poppy made it to the WH the old fashioned way.
Good point.
I think it comes down to this. Trump has decided in his head who he wants. He obviously wants Romney. He has staff imploding over it. He chooses the guy anyway.
It comes down to Trump will pick the best guy for the job. He might be wanting to see if Romney will convince him, that he’ll be loyal.