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It won't end the GOP. At worst they will spend another 8 years outside the whitehouse, while a disgruntled population also throws them out of congress. The bug
by steve19 10y ago
It won't end the GOP. At worst they will spend another 8 years outside the whitehouse, while a disgruntled population also throws them out of congress.
The bug/feature of a two party system is that ~40% of the population (the non-swing voters) have no alternative to the GOP.
Sigh, I lost some money on betting Trump would not being the nominee (so take my political acumen with a grain of salt)
- Grishnakh 10y ago>Sigh, I lost some money on betting Trump would not being the nominee (so take my political acumen with a grain of salt) Trump is NOT the nominee. Not yet. He still hasn't gotten enough votes to become nominee, and if he doesn't, then they go to a brokered convention, where most likely Kasich will win. That's why Kasich is still in the race even though he has very few delegates. You may still win that bet.
- r00fus 10y agoTHe GOP would be stupid to throw away Trump's popularity with their base. They will do what they did in 1980: Marry the populist (Reagan) with an insider (Bush) and dog-whistle to their establishment that Trump won't make any really meaningful decisions (that aren't supported by the insiders). It's a tried and true winner. The last brokered convention was 50+ years ago without today's retail politics.
- Grishnakh 10y agoThe problem with this idea is that they can't control Trump, and he's completely unpredictable. Reagan wasn't.