And the party will split if not splinter. And everyone from all sides will be looking to TO this person.

He's in this for Hillary, imho.

Ugh. Whenever they shit the bed they go to Ryan as the backup. If I were him (and thank the gods I'm not) I'd get tired of being their cleanup man.

Back when there were more than a dozen hopefuls, Reince Preibus was bragging on the surfeit of qualified candidates the Republicans were running. Are they going to have a beauty pageant style competition with the contestants answering questions about their hopes for the future (hint: say world peace then shut up)? Or will it be a Survivor-style slog across a deserted island, collecting the snuffed torches of the losers who have gone before, culminating in a big bonfire and a final tribal council meeting?

Since Trump has already ordered his partisans to riot if he's denied the nomination (even if he doesn't secure a majority of the delegates), the Republican brain trust would be well-advised to proceed carefully.

Don't. Say. I. Didn't. Say. I. Didn't. Warn. Ya. (For all the good it will do for these lizard-brained assholes.)

He would no doubt get an Big Endorsement from the Second Coming of Christ, aka Rev. Darkside-of-the Moon (R).

of voting in the convention? Stranger things have happened, though you would probably have to go back to the Republicans in 1876 or 1880 (one of those two elections)

Pataki would be the ultimate generic candidate, though would have absolutely no following, other than Alphonse "Pothole Al" D'Amata.