Has been my #1 pick for a long time. He knows how to turn around a troubled state, and he knows how to win against the worst the left can hurl at him. And for his running mate…Carly Fiorina.
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I don’t care who the Republicans nominate. I just want Bill Whittle to write the speeches.
Who will be on the ticket? Jeb Bush will with some reliable establishment hack like Kelly Ayotte as VP. The Republican base will once again be angered by the choices and by the sleezy primary tactics the establishment will use. When the Repub base stays home again on election day, the Dem candidate will once again win.
Now, who would be the best nominee? Ted Cruz. Why? Because the battle is fundamentally an ideological one. Most of America’s political class has been conquered by the political ideology of continental Europe and is trying to remake America into just another declining power oriented around an all-consuming welfare state. Cruz speaks in ideological terms about the limited government vision of the Founding Fathers. If the destructive policies put in place over the last 15 years are to be rolled back, the American people must be inspired to clamor for their repeal. Cruz is articulate, tremendously poised, charismatic and will be truly lethal in a candidate debate.
Walker has demonstrated what should be obvious to any honest observer of American politics: stick to your conservative positions and you will prevail in the end. Sadly, Walker lacks charisma and the firebrand passion that will be needed to undo the damage caused by Bush and Obama.
Ben Carson has lived an inspirational life, but there is no reason to believe he would be a good politician. Go ahead and admire the guy, but don’t advocate putting a political novice on the Presidential ticket.
Carla Fiorina would be a terrible choice as VP. America does not need more corporatist influence in politics. If there simply must be a crony capitalist as the VP, Rick Perry would be a far better choice since he has served as Governor. A strike against Perry is that TX is usually considered a sure win for the Repubs and another choice might deliver a contested state.
In 2000, the RP establishment was talking openly about “managing” Big Government better than the Democrats rather than about promoting limited government. When the American people did not respond well to that message, the establishment respun it by declaring that the American people wanted politicians with business experience that would run the government like a business. There was and is no actual evidence that American voters want corporate CEOs as candidates. In fact, CEOs have done very poorly (Romney, Linda McMahon, Meg Whitman, Carla Fiorina). CEOs want to grow their businesses. Do voters really want politicians who want to grow the business of government?
I would like to see Walker as labor secretary and Palin as energy secretary just to watch the histrionics those appointments would inspire.
The media and the political class care about identity politics. For the most part, American voters don’t. The RP shouldn’t get hung up on nominating women or ______-Americans. The RP should choose candidates who are willing to engage the radical left as the dangerous political freaks that they are. If they do, the American people will embrace the RP with enthusiasm.
Very nice analysis.
I’ll go for Ted Cruz / Dana Perino.
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