Posted on 02/29/2016 4:12:35 PM PST by Enlightened1
With Donald Trump set for a yuuge victory in tomorrow's Super Tuesday slugfest - oddsmakers see 80% chance of Trump being the nominee - tensions are mounting dramatically within the Republican establishment. As The FT reports, many mainstream Republicans believe Mr Trump would struggle to beat Hillary Clinton and are urgently rallying around their man Rubio with some senior Republicans saying privately that they might consider voting for Mrs Clinton if Mr Trump were to end up as their party nominee as one conservative commentator exclaimed "we are on the verge of a real meltdown in the Republican party."
Trump's lead in the polls over his GOP nominee 'peers' continues to grow...
As The FT reports, while Mr Rubio and Mr Trump ramp up their attacks on each other ahead of the March 1 primaries, Republican grandees and lawmakers are turning to the Florida senator as they become increasingly worried that the property tycoon could lock up the GOP presidential nomination within three weeks.
They fear that a victory for Mr Trump could fatally fracture the party and prevent them from winning the White House in November.
Many mainstream Republicans believe Mr Trump would struggle to beat Hillary Clinton, the clear Democratic frontrunner after her resounding victory over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina on Saturday, given the comments he has made about Hispanics, Muslims, women, disabled people and people who have criticised his campaign.
But, as the following chart shows, it's far too close to call...
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Senior Republican establishment losers can kiss my Sasse.
These are the guys that keep telling us to plug our nose and pull the lever for the GOP candidate whoever it’ll might be.
Well, it’s their turn to plug their noses and pull that lever!
These same people voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012
As I said, they don’t call it the stupid party for nothing. the sooner the current GOP “leadership” is booted, the better.
Oon the face, the entire statement makes NO sense. Let’s see, some senior Republicans who worry that Trump can’t beat Hillary, are thus going to vote for.....Hillary?
The uniparty protects its own.
Go, TRUMP, GO!!
The Rebellion is on!!
I’d say something about them taking their balls and going home, but...you know.
Hey GOPe - crawl under a rock and die.
I welcome them to vote for Hillary. But don’t stop there...Campaign with her!
The GOP is dead to me. I now vote for the man, not a party.
Let them vote for Hillary. The difference will more than be made up by the Democrats voting for Trump.
Hey, GOPe, A Trump Presidency? You are doomed, book your passage to Venezuela now while you can. I still say they fear Trump up turning their money carts.
If Trump was truly a liberal, the Republicans would be falling all over themselves to support him and call for the other candidates to get out of the race.
Your logic is illogical. You cannot say that Trump is a liberal when the party he is on the verge of representing will not support him.
the so-called GOP leadership, deserves to be tarred feathered and ridden out of town on a rail.
GOP wanted more voters to come out and vote for the party.
trump comes along and changes everything by every state thus far has seen an increase and the GOP does not now want this.
If the GOP had done the job they were elected to do and fight this fairy then this would not have happened, but instead they gave us the middle finger and never fought. Now they fight ,but against us the voters,.
Well screw you here is my middle finger GOP and the ruling ,elitist establishment,.
Any Republican office holder who doesn’t support Trump should be voted out next cycle
All the masks have dropped.
i think its funny rubio got the pink line
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