Posted on 01/05/2016 6:40:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Republicans are admitting that if Ted Cruz or Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination, they will destroy the GOP for a generation.
Politico reported:
One growing worry about Trump or Cruz, top party officials, donors, and operatives across the country say, is that nominating either man would imperil lawmakers in down-ballot races, especially those residing in moderate states and districts.
"At some point, we have to deal with the fact that there are at least two candidates who could utterly destroy the Republican bench for a generation if they became the nominee," said Josh Holmes, a former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "We'd be hard-pressed to elect a Republican dogcatcher north of the Mason-Dixon or west of the Mississippi."
"Trump and Cruz are worrisome to most Republican candidates for governor, senator and Congress," said Curt Anderson, a longtime GOP strategist and former Republican National Committee political director. "Some will say they are not worried, but they are."
What Republicans are suggesting is that a Trump or Cruz victory in the Republican primary would wipe out down ballot GOP candidates and incumbents. A Trump or Cruz nomination would be so bad for Republicans that there would be nothing left of their party outside of their red state strongholds.
It could be argued with a great deal of merit that this process began long before the 2016 and that the Republican Party has been shrinking itself down both numerically and geographically for more than a decade. The 2016 election has changed from a contest to between Democrats and Republicans to occupy the White House to a question of whether or not extremist Republicans are going to burn their party to the ground.
Republicans are openly worried about Donald Trump and Ted Cruz destroying their party. At a time when they should be concerned about potentially facing Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders in the fall, GOP leaders are instead trying to prevent their party from total collapse.
It doesn't really matter who emerges from the Republican free for all as their nominee. The Republican Party is consumed by internal conflict and a complete lack of unity that they will be the underdog in the 2016 general election. The question isn't can Republicans win back the White House. Instead, Republicans are wondering whether or not they will have a party left after Trump and Cruz get done with them.
GOP has been ruined for quite some time now.
Wonderful!
One need only consider the source.
the demorats probably pay them a lot more to stay republican and just vote with them.
If this should happen, then this will be the Legacy left by the Great Mystical Mulatto. The creature’s biggest desire was to destroy the Republican party. That was said countless times by many. Well..possibly that might have happened. Like the Monkey’s Paw, something unforeseen will just take its place. The Rise of the Constitutional Party From ashes to ashes, dust to dust - We will take back our country. It was built once and it can be rebuilt again given the right leaders to take on the YUGE responsibility.
The gope has been screwing up presidential elections for a lot longer time than the 90s
I think they meant the RINO party. And let’s hope it’s for longer than a generation.
“The 2016 election has changed from a contest to between Democrats and Republicans to occupy the White House to a question of whether or not extremist Republicans are going to burn their party to the ground.”
“If you know what is good for you comrades, you’ll be quiet and choose from the Uniparty candidates we present you with.”
Just a generation? I’m kind of hoping it will be for good...
That is depressing. Forever would be cheerier.
The GOP needs to morph into the working party. the party that works for a living and pays the bills vs the fascists who want to keep down minorities to obtain power and wealth for themselves.
Selected Trump articles on FR, from 1:30 PM to 11:59 PM EST, 1/5/15:
Jerry Falwell Jr: Trump reminds me of my dad
Still Chums? Cruz Says Trump Jumped the Shark
Republicans Admit That A Trump Or Cruz Win Will Destroy The GOP For A Generation
How Ted Cruz's new immigration ad trumps Trump's
Total Recall: Donald Trump Clones Schwarzenegger Campaign
Trump Denounces Paul Ryan and His 'Stupid' Budget Deal
RNC Conservative Leaders Endorse Cruz For President
Extended interview: Donald Trump, January 3 [video, Face the Nation]
Donald Trump, the Anti-Bully
Ted Cruz Might Not Need Trump Supporters
LIVE Stream: Donald Trump Rally - Stevens High School, Claremont, NH | Jan 5
LIVE Thread: Donald Trump Speaks in Claremont, NH
British MPs Will Debate Banning Trump [UK Guardian]
Patterson, Declining to Run for Commission, Knocks Trump [Texas]
Trump says Cruz's Canadian birth could be 'very precarious' for GOP
Cruz: Trump has jumped the shark for questioning my natural born citizenship
No, Canada: Sen. Ted Cruz has formally shed his dual citizenship (2014)
Red Cruz Surges to Top Spot in California [sic]
Trump: It Would Be Interesting To Ask Bill Clinton The Difference Between Him And Cosby
Cruz: Unlike Trump, I Won't Let Deported Immigrants Return
Trump Spokeswoman: Hillary Clinton Is 'The Media Spokesperson For Al Qaida' [VIDEO]
Fresh controversy over Donald Trump's first TV campaign ad
Trump Holds 15 Point Lead in Michigan over Rubio - 33-18%
UK Parliament Will Debate Barring Donald Trump from Entering Country [NBC News]
GOP Presidential Candidates can Start a Second War on Poverty
Donald Trump to speak at Liberty University
Donald Trump is ignorant. What's Ted Cruz's excuse? [WaPo]
Reuters Poll [Trump 41% Cruz 13% Carson 10% Rubio 8%]
These Trump Family Fights Are Brutal [Here it comes...]
DestroytheestablishmentGOP
Good!
What has the GOP establishment been doing for the past generation? I hope Trump and/or Cruz will upset their rice bowls.
Nov 2014
Republicans now have every congressional seat for Arkansas for the first time in 141 years
It seems pretty certain that one side or the other is going to walk, or at least sit it out, high leaves the article’s premise pretty much on target.
Democrat John Bel Edwards has defeated Republican Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
in the Louisiana governorâs raceâa win that goes against the national trend towards Republican victories at the state level.
While Vitterâs loss is a setback for Republicans, and provides a boost to Democrats ahead of the 2016 elections, there is a silver lining as well: Edwards ran, and won, on a conservative message.
Nothing they say comes from the planet Earth.
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