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Stinky The Clown

(67,832 posts) Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:56 PM Mar 2016

So lets assume Drumpf is yesterday's news. Now what?

Who do we now root for?

Will Drumpf's supporters be reabsorbed into the woodwork?

After Drumpf, will Cruz seem reasonable and, dare I say it, likable by comparison?

Will the universally despised Cruz be able to somehow enjoy support of the rank and file GOPee? Of fellow GOPee politicians? Of the GOPee leadership?

Should we forget about Cruz and Katich and look to the likely brokered candidates? Maybe Ryan? Maybe . . . . Mittens? If not them, then who? (I actually have a name to consider - Mike Steele.)

So . . . . now what?

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So lets assume Drumpf is yesterday's news. Now what? (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 OP

We root for Cruz and Kasich to pick up enough delegates morningfog Mar 2016 #1

Il Douche is still the overwhelming favorite to win the nomination... First Speaker Mar 2016 #2

How would he pick up 25-50 delegates if he is short morningfog Mar 2016 #3

I think if he's that close... First Speaker Mar 2016 #4

morningfog

(18,115 posts)

1. We root for Cruz and Kasich to pick up enough delegates

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:11 PM

Mar 2016

To block trump on the first ballot.

After that it doesn't matter what happens, the goopers are fucked.

But whether trump has finally begun his descent is yet to be seen.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

2. Il Douche is still the overwhelming favorite to win the nomination...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:44 PM

Mar 2016

...his people won't care much about media "bumps". I think he'll recover a bit in Wisconsin, nearly tie Cruz, and go on from there. He'll be maybe 25-50 delegates short going into the convention, and probably pick them up by the time of the first ballot. The GOP "establishment" will bite the bullet and accept the inevitable. Andm hopefully, he'll be annihilated in November...

morningfog

(18,115 posts)

3. How would he pick up 25-50 delegates if he is short

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:53 PM

Mar 2016

on the first ballot?

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

4. I think if he's that close...

Reply to morningfog (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:05 PM

Mar 2016

...the GOP elites will be the ones to blink first, and accept him rather than have a convention bloodbath, or risk him running as a 3rd party. A deal will be made, and enough delegates will be found to put him over the top.

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