Jack Wheeler: Not NeverTrump
"I'm not exactly Trump's biggest fan. But whatever his flaws, Trump is not evil. And Hillary Clinton is."
Dr. Jack Wheeler -- Indiana Jones of the Right, Architect of the Reagan Doctrine, absolutely more conservative than you, whoever you are -- has been one of Donald Trump's most vociferous critics. As in, wow.
Today, he wrote this essay, entitled "Not NeverTrump". It goes beyond that. It also sums up my feelings precisely, and for precisely his three stellar reasons.
Personnel is policy. Trump's Supreme Court list -- and more importantly, his utilization of the Federalist Society to produce it -- was out-of-the park (and seriously: who among our better candidates, except Ted, would have done so well? Any of them?). When Trump picked Laffer, Moore and Kudlow as his economic team, that started adding real depth: he was giving us the best of the best, across a range of issues. Tony Perkins’ tales of the Platform Committee were also beyond encouraging.
But Kellyanne Conway? My buddy Kellyanne? Gee whiz. Most people won’t get it, but you don’t pick Kellyanne Conway for a role like this if you d…