I've said it many times:
The Republican Establishment do not want Trump (or Cruz) to be president.
The Democrat Establishment do not want Sanders to be president.
If the two nominees are Trump and Sanders, then the political Establishment will face a crisis. I think Obama will find some sort of "emergency" and will cancel the election and offer himself up for a third term.
The Republican Establishment will praise him and thank him.
The Democrat Establishment will praise him and thank him.
The Supreme Court will do nothing.
I think Obama will find some sort of “emergency” and will cancel the election and offer himself up for a third term.
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Agree. I think this is a very plausible scenario. All he needs is an excuse to cover his power grab. For example, his “temporary” continuity in office is necessary to ensure national stability and continuity in this this time of “crisis”. The media would fully support him.
I fear that there is some slight truth in what you say.
If it’s Trump vs. Sanders then there will be a major 3rd, and possible 4th candidate. It won’t be Sanders. We can have a crypto-communist like Obama, but a real-life communist is still a reach.
Trump would still win, but one party or the other will ‘capture’ him like the Minnesota Democrats did to Jesse Ventura. And I expect that in his attempt to “make deals” that the Democrats will be very accommodating to the nominally republican president. They’ll shift their emphasis back to the courts, Media & bureaucracy to push their agenda.
Listen. If any of that comes to pass, I will be in open rebellion.