The Republican establishment has gone all in on Donald Trump. If you believe the pundits on Fox News, this basically paves the way for Trump to win the nomination. They could be right about that, but perhaps they are missing something really big. The primary appeal of Donald Trump is that people view him as someone who will fight for them. He is the ultimate anti-establishment candidate. When the Republican base was trashing Trump, it just elevated him in the eyes of people who are furious with the inept Republican establishment. Now that the Republican establishment has embraced him and welcomed him to the club, that may change. Ironcially, by hating Trump, the establishment helped him. Now by loving him they are likely to hurt him. A classical example of the Republican establishments incedible arrogance and ignorance.
On the other hand, the Republican establishment has openly admitted that Ted Cruz will not cut deals with them. That is why they hate him. It is also why we hate them. Glenn Beck is already campaigning with Ted Cruz. This morning Rush Limbaugh painted Donald Trump with the establishment brush. A lot of people listen to these guys. This has the potential to spread like wildfire in conservative’s hearts all over the country. LBJ once said that if he had lost Walter Cronkite, he had lost the country. He had certainly lost the Democratic base. Trump may soon realize that if he lost Limbaugh and Beck, he has lost the Republican base.
Ted Cruz may also benefit from the most important endorsement of all. Bob Dole said that Ted Cruz was the worst possible choice for the Republican establishment. Dole fears that Cruz would lose in a general election. No one has more expertise in losing an election they should have won than Bob Dole. Bill Clinton was in serious trouble running for re-election in 1996. The only thing that saved him was the idiotic decision of the Republican establishment to run Bob Dole. Remember all the brilliant things Bob Dole said over the last twenty years? Me neither.
TDM