I had trouble sleeping last night, so in a moment of desperation I turned on CNN.  I surprised to hear the panel discussing Bill Clinton’s sexual misconduct and how it relates to Hillary Clinton.  While one of the panelists opined that Hillary should get a pass as a wife in love with her husband just trying to save her marriage the others just laughed.  The abandoned and abused woman routine isn’t that compelling when one is running for Commander in Chief.  But then I realized that, at least among Democrats, none of this will matter.  Hillary will probably rise in Democratic polls because the more Republicans criticize her, with or without merit, the more Democrats rally around her. When you think about it, this is exactly what happens when anyone criticizes Donald Trump. There is something compelling about the person under assault who refuses to yield an inch.

If we end up with a Trump vs Hillary contest we may have an Pepto-Bismol election, where the party able to get more of their people sick to their stomach at the prospect of voting for either of these clowns to stagger to the voting both and pull the lever for the lessor of two evils wins.

But then I realized something else.  Republicans, not named Donald Trump, have resorted to attacking each other.  There is one exception.  Ted Cruz rarely attacks anyone.  Recently all the other also-rans have started attacking him. I suspect this will back fire big time and will result in a Trump vs Cruz battle for the nomination. I am not sure Trump would mind.  Sometimes I wonder if Trump even wants to be President.  I mean why take such a huge cut in pay?  Would Trump really sell off his empire in exchange for being President?

Ted Cruz is an interesting guy.  He has managed to become absolutely loathed by the establishment in both parties.  Republicans are disgusted because he embarrasses them by forcing them to take the same stand on issues in congress they take during election cycles.  Democrats loathe him because he has often been the principle roadblock in their path to victory.  In other words, politicians in both parties hate him because he stands on principle.  This is like the kid in high school who not only refuses to cheat on tests; he warns the teacher that there is cheating going on.  That kid never becomes the Class President.  But in this case he just might become the next President of the United States.

At some point Donald Trump may have to debate Ted Cruz man to man and that may be a difficult assignment.  Cruz is unlikely to resort to the finger waving of a desperate Jeb Bush.  Instead, he will confront Trump with cold hard facts and a razor sharp intellect that makes few mistakes.  It will be even more of a mismatch if there is a debate between Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz.

We just may see the rarest sight in politics; an honest, yet brutally capable politician, ready, willing and able to actually fight for truth, justice and the American way.  What if we accidentally elect the right guy?

TDM