Showbiz politics: Trump, Romney, Obama and Jesus

Romney declined to participate in a debate Donald Trump planned to moderate. (Screen snip from CNN video)Rumors hit Twitter ahead of The Donald’s endorsement of Mitt Romney—the first messages I saw said Trump would endorse Newt Gingrich. I found that hard to believe—the two just don’t go together. That was just my gut reaction.

In the world of big capital and big business—the Trump-Romney alliance made more sense to me.

If Romney should fulfill the prophecies of numerous entrenched Republicans, do I think people will rush to the precincts in November and yell, “Gimme a ballot so I can vote for the guy Trump endorsed!”?

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Reagan White House staffer says Romney 'least electable'

Liberal pundit Chris Matthews discussed the ad the Kennedy campaign prepared for Teddy's Senate race in 1994. Romney failed in his effort to unseat the longtime Democrat party boss. (Screen snip from Political Articles video at YouTube)There’s a deep concern among conservatives of different persuasions that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, should he win the GOP nomination, will not be able to win the White House in November.

Despite victories in the 2010 Midterm Elections—victories directly enabled by conservatives and tea partiers—Republican power brokers virtually anointed a single candidate in 2011. The Republican National Committee Finance co-chair saw to that in October.

Remember if power brokers had prevailed, Ronald Reagan would’ve never been president.

Reagan White House staffer Peter Ferrara wrote an article in the American Spectator expressing concerns I’ve also written about.

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Bush son on board for Rubio; signal to the GOP

Former speaker of the Florida House Marco Rubio talks with supporters during an event in Jacksonville.For a second, the email with a message about Marco Rubio stopped me in my tracks—I always read emails top to bottom to middle for some reason. I saw ‘Jeb Bush’ and had the phone in my hand, dialing Rubio’s campaign. Waiting for an answer, I saw what my speedy eyes missed. “Jr.” The former governor of Florida’s son is endorsing Rubio. And I realized this is probably one of those politically discreet signals politically savvy types enjoy—the Bush fam will probably follow Jr.’s path. And I must say this was a classic campaign tactic, the equivalent of an attention-grabber common in print direct mail, most excellently employed.

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