The one thing that concerns me about the pundits is projection. When they say things like
“You had better believe that GOP leaders will do everything in their power, mainly behind the scenes, to ensure that Trump is not their standard-bearer,” and
“When the primaries arrive early next year, the Trump vote will subdivide further among the other Republican tortoises.”, it suggests that either the fix is in or thy hope that the GOP plans to fix the system.
Either scenario spells the doom of the GOP as a viable political entity. What happens when the people vote for Trump or Carson and the delegates vote for GOPe (assuming the first ballot doesn’t insure the nomination)? All Hades will break lose.
Trump goes down, the Republican Party goes down with him.