Honestly, who really cares if Ted Cruz endorses Donald Trump.
Putting Cruz in Prime Time to totally disassociate himself from Trump seems the handiwork Paul Monafort, Trump's new campaign manager. It was his job to properly vet Melania's speech, and i suspect he was instrumental in the choice of Mike Pence for running mate. Pence seems like a nice, lacklustre shill for the neocon establishment line, and will likely be as ineffective in drawing votes for Trump as Cruz was in rallying votes against.
Monafort is basing his decisions on the premise the Trump's only hope of election is to unify the Republican Party.. but that's nonsense. The Reagan, Bush, Romney wing of ideological NeoConservatives AND Cruz's Puritanical Evangelical Right are both utterly IRRECONCILABLE to Trump's brand of pragmatic natonalism and populism. So why even try. They are sworn enemies of Trump.
Trump would have been better off with Christie for VP, who at least is a flexible and aggressive politician.. or even Gingrich, who's smart and tactical (although the guy might be too opportunistic, abstract and insubstantial even for Trump's tastes). Pence doesn't seem flexible or smart.. nor does he seem to have much substance or make a memorable impression. Trump's franchise is with independents and disaffected members of BOTH parties.
What Monafort should realize is that the NeoCon ideology (read that Global Free Market, elitist, trickle down economics bound up with cynical and disingenuous pandering to religious voters) is finished.. it is twisting in the wind. But that's not the only thing that on its last legs in this election. The gender, ethnic, race based politics, moral relativism and economic liberalism of Democrats has become so fragmented, divisive, incongruous and incoherent that they will not be able to hold their own electorates.
Essentially this is a political wasteland.. a new politcal order.. and Hillary is inextricably bound up with old. This is Trump's election to win, even with the massive bungling of his campaign. But he'd do well to ditch Manafort and find someone who is somewhat clued into the new electoral reality and landscape.
Putting Cruz in Prime Time to totally disassociate himself from Trump seems the handiwork Paul Monafort, Trump's new campaign manager. It was his job to properly vet Melania's speech, and i suspect he was instrumental in the choice of Mike Pence for running mate. Pence seems like a nice, lacklustre shill for the neocon establishment line, and will likely be as ineffective in drawing votes for Trump as Cruz was in rallying votes against.
Monafort is basing his decisions on the premise the Trump's only hope of election is to unify the Republican Party.. but that's nonsense. The Reagan, Bush, Romney wing of ideological NeoConservatives AND Cruz's Puritanical Evangelical Right are both utterly IRRECONCILABLE to Trump's brand of pragmatic natonalism and populism. So why even try. They are sworn enemies of Trump.
Trump would have been better off with Christie for VP, who at least is a flexible and aggressive politician.. or even Gingrich, who's smart and tactical (although the guy might be too opportunistic, abstract and insubstantial even for Trump's tastes). Pence doesn't seem flexible or smart.. nor does he seem to have much substance or make a memorable impression. Trump's franchise is with independents and disaffected members of BOTH parties.
What Monafort should realize is that the NeoCon ideology (read that Global Free Market, elitist, trickle down economics bound up with cynical and disingenuous pandering to religious voters) is finished.. it is twisting in the wind. But that's not the only thing that on its last legs in this election. The gender, ethnic, race based politics, moral relativism and economic liberalism of Democrats has become so fragmented, divisive, incongruous and incoherent that they will not be able to hold their own electorates.
Essentially this is a political wasteland.. a new politcal order.. and Hillary is inextricably bound up with old. This is Trump's election to win, even with the massive bungling of his campaign. But he'd do well to ditch Manafort and find someone who is somewhat clued into the new electoral reality and landscape.
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