A Cabinet Ted Cruz Would Have Picked

Amy Walter: “If personnel is policy, most of Trump’s cabinet picks suggest he’ll govern more like a traditional, conservative Republican than a populist, big government or anti-establishment GOPer.  Yes, senior advisor Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn, his pick for National Security Advisor, are controversial and potential bomb-throwers. But, the rest of his choice thus far are for more conventional.  In fact, his cabinet picks thus far don’t look a whole lot different from those a President Ted Cruz would have chosen.”

“For a guy who spent the campaign in a kind of ideological fluidity, he’s put together a ‘dream team’ on the Cabinet for conservative and mainstream Republicans who have long pined for lower taxes, school choice/private school vouchers, an end to Obamacare and a dismantling of Dodd-Frank.”