If their real concern is someone with the temperament and knowledge to function better as president than Trump or Carson, their obvious pick would be Cruz: Trump’s politically audacious conservatism, plus Carson’s spirituality and calmness, plus Mark Levin’s or Antonin Scalia’s constitutionalism.
What really upsets the big-money folks is that they are all crony socialists who have been for decades reassured by Washington politicos to allow the Republicans to win a few elections to vent the public outrage, safe in the knowledge that those Republicans will continue the statism of the Democrats they really love.
In 1976, the Republican establishment forced Ford on us, over Reagan. Ford was the most despised person in the universe at the time and easily lost to Carter. In 1980, Reagan couldn’t be stopped in the primaries, but the REPUBLICAN establishment tried desperately to re-elect Jimmy Carter, running Anderson to siphon votes away from Reagan. It didn’t work. And ever since Reagan, they’ve gotten their guy in the White House. Not this time.
“this seems to be mostly rumor and speculation from his friends”
I gathered exactly that when I read the WAPO article. Drafting this loser (literally)will never happen, and if it does he’ll get as much traction as Bush.
And regarding Bush, just how does he feel, that the party insiders don’t even have any faith in him?
The establishment obviously feels like they are about to be over thrown, and that makes me feel good.
If either Trump or Cruz is not the GOP candidate I will vote for Hillary just to get the civil war underway.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AS IT IS CURRENTLY CAST, MUST DIE.
Romney would not stand a chance. People saw how he lost last time and all Trump has to do is remind people who started romneycare. That failed in Massachusetts.