You can be assured that such an announcement means exactly the opposite.
You can be assured that such an announcement means exactly the opposite.
“IF he is the nominee” <— Operative words.
It will rally around Trump if he is even close or it will deny the WILL of the people.
Zero. Unlike dogmatic screaming heads in the punditry, they are not interested in these mindless daily hysterics about "Conservative Purity". Their job is electing as many GOP candidate to office as possible
They will rally “around” him alright. The guys in front will try to distract him, while the guys behind him will try to stab him in the back.
Sure, they can say this unequivocally because they have no intention of allowing him to become the nominee. They control the rules, they can change them at any time. THEY decide, not the voters, according to their “rules”.
We see right through you, RNC.
[Cruz supporter]
Before Iowa, I predicted that Trump would go into the convention with about 1,300 delegates, enough to win the nomination on the first round. Still haven’t seen anything to change that prediction.
Having said that, I can hold my nose and vote for Trump in the General.
A rattlesnake is honest.
The GOP is not.
They impose statism (RomneyCARE, RomneyMarriage, ObamaTRADE)
and LIE that they did not, as THEY remain EXEMPT.
It is not Nihilism, it Realism. Since 1988 Conservatives have faithfully pledges their treasure and time to the GOP. Despite elections successes in 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010 and 2014 what have Conservative gotten from the GOP?
Prosperity? Nope worse economy since 1979.
Reduction in Government-nope as expensive, corrupt, incompetent, intrusive and bigger then ever
Supreme Court? Nope as far left as it has ever been.
A Nation secure? Nope at risk in a dangerous world. Military broken, exhausted and overextended.
A respect for rule of law and the Constitution? Nope. Government, and society, is more lawless then it has ever been.
A healthy growing vibrant society? Nope stagnant, or in decline, everywhere in every way.
So, it not Nihilism, it Realism. It is a realistic assessment that doing the same thing again this year electorally is going to continue this decline and degradation from DC.You can only overcome inertia in any system with force. So we need to force DC out of it denigrate path onto a new path.
The Dogmatic choir, such as AllahPundit here are clinging to the same slogans and buzz words that have failed for 30 years to accomplish a single thing.
translation: We here at Establishment House have come up with a sure-fire plan to prevent him from being the nominee.
How many Pinocchios does prince reebus get for that one?
IF Trump is such the disaster as the the GOPE Astroturf at Hot Air predict, then the GOPE should let him win simply to teach the GOP voters a lesson for the future. Show them the GOPE knows better then the voters who should be the candidate.
These daily desperate attempts to stop Trump at all costs send the voters the exact opposite message.
They’ve been shopping the idea of a contested convention. If they follow social media, they have to know Trump’s voters will bolt. The only votes they will be casting will be against the incumbents. This is NOT the season for holding our noses to vote for another one of their selected losers.
Let’s put it this way....I’ll believe it when I see it.
If the party rallies around him and gives him support, does that make trump GOPe?
Seems to have made Cruz GOPe in plenty of people’s minds.
I’ve said for weeks not that Cruz is not playing to win outright and that’s clear. Otherwise he should have actively been attacking Rubio and Kasich to ensure that Trump wins both. At this point, It’s Trump or Convention, not Trump or Cruz
Too bad RNC speaks for less than 15%.
It boils down to this:
Does the GOP want to have the House, Senate and White House, or are they willing to lost the White House and very likely the Senate to the Dems?
If they are willing to give the wins to the Dems, they will also likely lose the House in 2018, thus giving President Hillary the Senate and the House. Think what kind of hell that will loose on the Nation. Remember Obama’s first 2 years and multiply that by a factor of infinity — regulations and Supreme appointements and other judicial appointments and massive new and revised laws.
They still can’t see the writing on the wall. I believe Trump will win and his percentages will keep rising. These numbers crunchers don’t seem to understand the concept of momentum (which Cruz does NOT have).