And which end game is it??????

So let’s pretend Mr. Trump is going to win not just the Republican nomination, but the Presidency. And our good friend Senator Cruz (oh yeah that is right, it is Senator Cruz) heads back to the Senate with his tail between his legs especially after how brutal things have been so far and what may come about in the Convention this summer. What happens next?

Does Senator Cruz pull together all his buddies in the Senate and block everything Mr. Trump wants? Probably good for Mr. Trump that the Senator has never really won Miss Congeniality in the Senate. There are some die hard Tea Party members and maybe even a few establishment Republicans that may decide not to play nice in the sand box. Or does everyone jump on the Trump bandwagon till he actually does something that either ticks off the donor class or actually alienates his current supporters. It may take much for the latter to happen, but sooner or later like the rank and file tea party members that are upset at the current Congress for not passing what they feel was going to be passed; Mr. Trump is actually going to have to produce. Or convince all these riled up supporters who voted for him, it is not his fault, but the obstructionist Congress… wait doesn’t that sound familiar.

Oh and speaking of Congress, how does all the Super PACs for the two parties in Congress feel about Mr. Trump? Does the Senate Leadership Fund decide to support Cruz? These Super PACs like having the people they choose to win, win. Do they feel a Trump presidency interferes with all their hard work to get the “right” people elected to Congress?

This will be interesting to find out. Am I right in my fear that Mr. Trump is a false prophet and since he comes from the billionaire world he will eventually support the 1% agenda. Or are his supporters correct and he will actually try and dismantle the free trade agreements, follow through on his put America first agenda, reduce what he thinks is unnecessary military spending and a few other of his ideas to “make America great again”.  The wall on the border scenario is a pipe dream that even if he really wants is not going to be the first item on Mr. Trump’s agenda. Much less anything that is accomplished in the infamous first 100 days.

So do we have a battle royal between the Trump presidency and Congress? Does he actually have a few pragmatic ideas that by popular will Congress acquiesces and some of Trump’s agenda is passed? Or will the donor class (1%) through the super pacs completely shut him down by their control of Congress?

How much does the Democratic side of Congress get to play into this? Will their donor class clamp down on them and they support an agenda more in line with what the establishment wants with Trump on their side as mentioned above as my fear.

So if Trump wins, who wins?

Ms. Clinton is a known evil. There will be lip service to a few social agenda items that make some headway. Unfortunately for her, one of the biggest liberal advancements has already happened when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage. This one kind of stole her thunder. So how far to the left in social issues will she have to go to appease the left wing of the party. We all know the status quo in DC and Wall Street will be allowed to continue their undue influence over our government. How well does she hide it from the newly inspired Bernie Bros in her party that we aren’t going to see much of what Mr. Sanders has been campaigning on?  Will they bolt before November if they wake up to that truth in time or can she fake it enough to win their votes? I think most of the Bernie Bros are already attuned to the truth about Ms. Clinton which hurts her dramatically in a head to head with Mr. Trump.

One oddity that might happen is the Bernie Bros turn out for Trump and the establishment Republicans turn out for Clinton. Headlines to this effect are starting to pop up quite frequently so I do not claim any personal triumphant breakthrough on this idea.  How much this happens is yet to be seen, but it would not surprise me that it happens so strongly it creates a wash so it boils back down to how well Trump supporters come out to vote vs the Democratic mainstream holding their nose long enough to vote.

Going back to the original question and thoughts, how much will Cruz cooperate now that Trump has insulted his wife and Dad and who knows who else before it is all over. Can Cruz muster enough support among Congress to wreck a Trump presidency? Will anything he does matter going forward if he is pushed aside for the rest of the primary and then out of the convention?

It is not a complete definite yet, but the drama maybe over and the Republican convention may end up being a civil acceptance of the fact Republicans on main street are ticked off at the establishment and the establishment may just have to wait four years to get their party back. Or will they ever get it back? My guess is yes. The super billionaires et all have way too much at stake for one crazed ego maniac to ruin their dreams. They still own Congress so our hope rests in taking over Congress or any Trump presidency will become a side note in populist history.

And as I always ramble on about, we need a new party that represents the middle class and takes on the dismantling of the current establishment in DC long enough to enact legislation that actually benefits you and I. This is something that would take a few election cycles to accomplish and at the very least would put a hold on the 1%’s march of the ruination of democracy, our constitution, our country, and us.

Long live the Constitution, the Constitution is dying.

No question about this… it is one beautiful spring night here in North Texas. I am still ticked at the Mavs for losing the last regular season game against the Spurs bench.  Did ya see how things turned out for Portland? Sheesh!  Anyway the Stars are moving along and the Rangers are doing a few things right so hopefully the Dallas Sports world will have a good May and June.