OK, Donald - If You're Willing to Be a Team Player, So Am I

by Dr. Ellen Brandt


The Playoffs are over. It's time for the World Series. And my Team is Red.


I don't apologize for having proclaimed myself NeverTrump. Of the 17 prospective GOP nominees we started out with way back last summer - (it seems like a century ago, doesn't it?) - I would have preferred 13 others to Mr. Trump - and I'm not saying who the other 3 were!


But my Party has spoken, even if our voice has been distorted by the static of non-kosher "open" primaries, media bullying, dirty trickery, and fatal missteps from the other teams contending.


As in the great political sport of baseball - or football or basketball or third-grade intramural dodgeball - the preliminaries are done with; we presumably have a presumptive nominee - and the alternative is likely to be Hillary Clinton, apotheosis of Limousine Liberalism, which all GOP'ers know has damaged this country to a frightening extent, especially during the past few years.


Of course, if the rest of we Republicans are going to come around and root, root, root for the Home Team, candidate Trump needs to do the same from now on in - and there are some encouraging signs that he will do just that, particularly on the economic front.


We intend to write a series of articles on this omnibus topic over the next several days, including our analysis of 5 key groups of GOP voters and influencers Mr. Trump needs to court, woo, and, if necessary, grovel shamelessly before as soon as possible.


First, though, our take on how candidate Trump might pick up and run with our own Party of Yes theme, especially as it applies to the media. And since everyone else is already speculating on it, too, we'll offer our suggestions about what kind of vice-presidential running mate Trump needs to choose, in a move calculated to win over prior NeverTrumpies and unite the Party for our 2016 World Series run.