[ConservativeTeen]

So Hatch bashes Cruz and praises Trump. Remind me, who does the Establishment hate more?

[Fledermaus]

Hatch is a DC whore.

[jwalsh07]

Well Trump has the GOPe in his pocket. Wonder how much that cost him.

[BigEdLB]

Utah is one of two states where Cruz is ahead. The bell tolls.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Palin endorsed Orrin last time.

[Sybeck1]

Could it be crowds and Trump’s strong polling in early states? No Trump paid them off to give it to Hillary

[DoughtyOne]

Trump.

I honestly think they think they can work with Ted.

He isn’t like Congress, but at least they see him as being able to deal with Congress in a traditional, all be it more Conservative fashion.

With Trump, all bets are off.

Folks aren’t flocking to a Republican, when it’s Trump.

They’re flocking away from both parties.

Trump IS a new party all by himself.

The GOPe has been conquered.

They know it.

[gaijin]

"It is amazing, the way a lack of options can focus the human mind..."

V.I. Lenin

[11th Commandment]

Exactly, with Trump’s new attacks on Cruz that none of the GOP(e) likes him just tells me that Trump, the deal maker, is going to deal with the very GOP we dislike. It will be the 2000 all over again, a GOP pres and GOP congress that increases the debt, uncontrolled spending and cronyism. The SOTUS picks will be a disaster.

[libbylu]

HAHAHAHA
The new establishment hero donnie boy! Lololol.
He will make good deals you know — for himself? Is he expecting the same pay outs as he used to pay? Odds are.

[Jeff Head]

I think it is clear whom the GOPe is now swallowing hard and deciding where they will turn.

It is easy to understand why. Cruz has shown them that he is willing to fight them tooth and nail and put a stop to their go along to get along attitude.

They KNOW this is the case.

They THINK they might be able to work deals with Trump, so in their desperation, they are seeing that their boys continue to drop in the polls and they are more willing to chance trump than to in any way support Cruz.

My own weekly average poll for the GOP Presidential primary election shows the following:

(Note: Two of these polls were conducted over a time frame that included Palin's announcement. We will not really know until next week if there is any impact on the trends. Right now, the trends are pretty set.)

Continues to pretty much speak for itself.

[Buck-I-Guy]

It’s looking better and better for Hillary. She is gonna owe Trump big after all he is doing for her.

[GodGunsGuts]

The GOPe will take Trump because they know if he gets in he will try to buy them with YOUR MONEY.

[dfwgator]

The GOPe has figured out that the best way to destroy Trump is to embrace him.

[catfish1957]

Trump is in Full GOP(e) mode now. WOOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!

[mrsmith]

Not for the reason you think:

http://blogs.rollcall.com/rothenblog/gop-primary-goldwater-vs-mcgovern/
“A number of Republican and Democratic strategists believe Cruz is the bigger problem for his partys House and Senate candidates. According to this view, Trump’s candidacy would be neither partisan nor ideological, but entirely personal. Voters would regard him as a wild card, not as someone who represents the views of the GOP.
Cruz, on the other hand, is a more conventional Republican nominee, and voters across the spectrum would see him as defining his party. This would be fatal in northern swing districts, particularly in the suburbs, as well as in swing states with Senate races.”

But because Trump is easier to disown.

[CatOwner]

Maybe it will be a Trump/Cruz ticket after all. Many believe Cruz wouldn’t want to be the VP nominee. But if Trump wins and the GOPe is determined to keep Cruz from ever leading the GOP ticket, being the VP would leap the barrier.

[Mase]

Has the Chamber of Commerce chosen their candidate yet? Can’t be far behind given this news.

[ncpatriot]

I think the establishment on both sides (media included) absolutely hate, hate, hate Sen Cruz.

The same group fears Trump.

[frankenMonkey]

Without commenting on Cruz or Trump, this is interesting. I'm in Utah and have seen Hatch close-up for decades, and the only thing he cares about is his own hide.

So I wonder is he's just being his stupid senile self, or if he senses a change in the air, and is hitching his wagon to whom he thinks is the eventual winner. (Of course, if the wind blew differently, he'd be just as happy to endorse Mrs. Clinton.)

[Kenny]

This is more reverse psychology by the establishment. If they can make it look like Trump is one of theirs, it would be a negative.

Fortunately no one pays attention to these clowns or their media.