Just think of how many voters the GOP will lose if they succeed in destroying Trump and getting one of their boys (Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Mitt, etc) nominated....
Just think of how many voters the GOP will lose if they succeed in destroying Trump and getting one of their boys (Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Mitt, etc) nominated....
The recent poll that Hillary would smash Trump, but Cruz could beat her, is erroneous. It is one of those fake polls designed to drive voters away from Trump. No poll this far in advance of the November election can predict who will beat whom.
None of the others (Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Mitt, etc) expanded the 'tent' the GOP establishment has supposedly been crying for for 2 decades.
Trump has expanded the tent and has brought in voters in all demographics. Those 'new' voters are not going to jump to the next-in-line GOP candidate, if Trump is not the nominee.
Deep down, however, the GOPestablishment don't really care who wins, as long as it is someone who will maintain the status quo. The GOPe don't really care about being in the majority -- that means they actually have to put out some effort and govern. They are fat and happy in the minority, because they still get a turn at the money troughs and still get invited to the power get-togethers in the DC area.