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Republicans Admit That A Trump Or Cruz Win Will Destroy The GOP For A Generation
PoliticusUSA ^ | January 5, 2016 | Jason Easley

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.


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: cruz; gope; trump
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To: JoSixChip

Don’t be so hard on Don Trump, it’s his first campaign.


41 posted on 01/05/2016 6:50:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: teletech

Let's see... The left is worried about the destruction of the Republican party. Trump/Cruz must REALLY be over the target!

Bingo


42 posted on 01/05/2016 6:50:07 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Some things just need killing.


43 posted on 01/05/2016 6:50:08 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am old enough to remember when nominating Reagan was going to destroy the Republican party.


44 posted on 01/05/2016 6:50:10 PM PST by kennedy (No relation to those other Kennedys.)
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To: Paco
Actually, I think it would be a second party.



45 posted on 01/05/2016 6:50:11 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Republicans Admit That A Trump Or Cruz Win Will Destroy The GOP For A Generation

That's thinking too small!

46 posted on 01/05/2016 6:50:51 PM PST by Ken H
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pretty good article! (now that I’ve read more than the headline).

If Trump/Cruz is the nominee the RINO Cheap Labor Express donors will contribute instead to down-ballot Democrats to try to block Trump/Cruz’s immigration policies in congress.


47 posted on 01/05/2016 6:50:56 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe, it is time for the so called moderates to just fully commit to being democrats?

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of these selfish “moderates”. I want them out of our party.


48 posted on 01/05/2016 6:50:57 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
They said the same exact thing about Ronald Reagan
49 posted on 01/05/2016 6:51:04 PM PST by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Miller)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do they mean the way Obama has destroyed the Democrats for a generation?


50 posted on 01/05/2016 6:51:15 PM PST by Lake Living
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They talked like this about Ronald Reagan in 1980 too.


51 posted on 01/05/2016 6:51:18 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The “bench” is usually the next old fart in line. This gave is Dole, McCain, Romney, etc. Trump is a symptom of the tone-deaf GOPe.


52 posted on 01/05/2016 6:51:22 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Washington elite GROPe alert!

The very guys they are quoting ARE the problem.


53 posted on 01/05/2016 6:51:45 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
they will destroy the GOP for a generation.

Well, uh, yes, that's the general idea...

54 posted on 01/05/2016 6:51:55 PM PST by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown Are by desperate appliance relieved Or not at al)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You’re reading it wrong.

The Republicans in question are the Republican Establishment. They aren’t “admitting” anything, they’re telling you what THEY intend to DO if Trump or Cruz is the nominee.

The Republican Establishment is TELLING everyone THEY intend to destroy the GOP for a generation if Trump or Cruz is the nominee.


55 posted on 01/05/2016 6:52:14 PM PST by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Republicans are wondering whether or not they will have a party left after Trump and Cruz get done with them.


They say it likes it’s a bad thing.


56 posted on 01/05/2016 6:52:26 PM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: GraceG

CORECTION!

Republicans Admit That A Trump Or Cruz Win Will Destroy The GOPe For A Generation <<

BINGO!...We have a winner!!!


57 posted on 01/05/2016 6:52:41 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Republicans meant that a Cruz or Trump win will destroy the GOPe for a generation...

Fixed it...

58 posted on 01/05/2016 6:52:59 PM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: JoSixChip

Yes Jo they are. They made a deal. Why do you think cruz went to trump towers and met in private. it is playing out as the donald planned it.


59 posted on 01/05/2016 6:53:41 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools: Go Trump!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

Patriots need to exercise their voting muscle to peacefully ”force” the corrupt feds to surrender the 10th Amendment-protected state powers that the feds have stolen from the states back to the states.

Patriots also need to work with state lawmakers to amend the Constitution to prohibit political party support for federal lawmakers and presidents. After all, where federal domestic policy is concerned, it should not take multiple policial parties to decide policy for the US Mail Service (1.8.7).


60 posted on 01/05/2016 6:54:10 PM PST by Amendment10
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