A lot of people are fond of bashing the Republican establishment, and the establishment has earned it by caving to Obama. But not all of the other candidates are enemy as Trump and some would have it. And how do those who oppose the establishment intend to win the Republican nomination if their candidate represents less than 30% of the party? I do believe that these anti-establishment folks can sit out the general election and help Hillary or Sanders win, but unless they can grow the appeal of the anti-party candidate beyond 30% in the Republican Party they’re not going to take over the party. Cruz can do this. But Trump’s a new Republican, a new conservative, a former ally of the Liberals, and his behavior and mouth are alienating most of the other Republican voters.
“but unless they can grow the appeal of the anti-party candidate beyond 30% in the Republican Party they’re not going to take over the party”
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May be true, but the GOPe cannot win a general election without the Southern Conservatives.
I’m not sure what your anti-party candidate is, but it is clear that the Anti-Big-DC is a winning perception.
And no one is taking about the cross-over of Dems to GOP in the IA primary. That was a major contributor to the outcome in IA. Was that engineered by Trump followers, or the ComDems themselves? Or both? Remember Thad Cockran?
I will go along with the notion that Cruz is anti-establishment, but I don't know who else at least that is viable.
If it is Rubio v. Sanders, however, we are going to have our first communist president.