Rumors are flying. Perhaps they’re complete fabrications. Perhaps they’re just wishful thinking. I’m going to go ahead and call it a done deal, not because I believe it really is but because I sincerely hope it’s on the table. Between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, whichever comes in lower in Nevada will become the other candidate’s running mate before the “SEC Primaries” on March 1.
I called for the Volton ticket after Trump handily won South Carolina. I don’t like it, but it’s much more acceptable than a Trump nomination.
This wouldn’t be unprecedented even if the circumstances are. The brokered ticket in 1980 was made when the Republican Establishment promised to fight Reagan all the way through the convention unless he accepted George H. W. Bush as his running mate and promised to support him for President in 1988. It saved Reagan heartache and campaign money and gave the Establishment the consolation prize rather than leaving them with nothing.
For 2016, it’s not money or heartache that’s at stake. It’s the survival of the Republican Party and the future of America. Donald Trump is an existential threat to both. If he’s allowed to cruise through next Tuesday’s slew of primaries with big victories, he’s likely unstoppable. Combining the #2 and #3 choices to form a consensus makes the most sense.
There’s a caveat. What if Trump breaks his vow and runs 3rd party? At that point, we’ll know with an absolute certainty that his goal has always been to help his ultimate cronies, the Clintons, get back into the White House. We’ll know that he worked out some sort of deal to either become the nominee and get destroyed by Hillary Clinton or to become the destroyer of the Republican race by running third party. There’s no other scenario that could be in play if that’s the case.
When we view it through that lens of clarity, it’s easy to see that the game has been rigged from the start and Trump was Clinton’s ultimate pansy all along.
I’d love to see Cruz win the nomination outright. I’d accept Rubio if he takes Cruz as his running mate. Otherwise, we’re all lost anyway and it’s time to start preparing for a rocky road ahead.
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