Trump now could very well be the nominee. We have a real shot of not only the WH , but possibly the house is in play especially in heavily Latino districts. I think NV CO VA NMare gonna be tough for the GOP if trump is the nominee. This is some crazy shit

He was probably drunk.

He would still suck as president.

The top two candidates are outsiders, people trying to come in and hijack the Republican Party. The GOP regulars seem to tolerate this pretty well. Of course, they don't have a candidate who has been the prohibitive favorite for years. I guess Rubio is pretty well connected inside the GOP, but I don't think any of them have the kind of intimate, long standing connections with their party that Clinton has with ours. I am expecting some sort of mainstream backlash against Trump, but it's not happening.

The plan was for Jeb to play it slow and come out in the end...but this pretty much round rejection of both parties established members and policies was not foreseen for some reason. They'll be fine with a Hillary presidency, but even that seems in doubt now.

I'm glad to see things moving, but I'm afraid of what will come when they realize the status quo has no support. Ugly things happen when the old guard don't want to step aside...

Or at the kiddie table

The republican race is an astounding mess.

...at this point are probably just hoping to be VP if anything.

Funny, the ist goes down to .5% and Pataki still doesn't make it.

First of all this poll is supposed to have a Republican sample of just under 1000. But nothing on how the sample was created, executed (phone, what percentage cell phones, phone? If so, what hours were calls made, etc) and over what period of time. Even so, according to the analysis at the link below, polls nationally show Trump with the highest unfavorables (along with Bush), relatively poor second choice numbers, and most polees have already formed an opinion of him-and it's more and more negative. An analysis demonstrates that he's peaked out and his campaign is dead. pragmaticliberalism.com

He does have his greatest strength in the south.

The Rep. nominee is likely to come from the trio: Rubio,Cruz and Bush. They'd dismiss Carson as a niche support candidate (evangelical Christians) but for Rupert Murdoch's apparent endorsement--meaning lot's of time on Fox.

Realistically with Biden out, the Democratic nomination is a done deal for Hillary.

by hook or by crook, as they say.