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They're scared shitless that Hillary will win, but they're scared also that the Republican Party doesn't have its shit together enough to defeat her. And they couldn't be more right on that point. The party is a laughing stock in its current state. And as much as many here, yourself included, may be oblivious to the fact, Donald Trump's announcement just made things worse.

I respectfully disagree. I get what you are saying, but there is another way to look at it, which is how more people are.

Everyone is tired of the pre-packaged, don't say anything real, avoid controversy, candidate by acclimation process that brought us candidates like McCain, Romney, Dole, Bush (W.), Hillary, Kerry and Gore.

The younger the voters the more these types seem ridiculous. The entire five year run of the Cobert Report was a long Gen-X sendup of both the candidates and the reporters who cover them.

The GOP is looking vibrant. We have real debates, real personalities, real differences and we have choices. Eventually we will get to the voting and a lot of people will quickly fall away. A 1% finish is a 1% finish.

The party that looks pre-packaged, phony, unwilling to do anything but us professional liars and PR agents to "message" is the Jackass Party.

When you are trying to prop up Bernie Sanders as a helpful candidate to get some faux-debate going and look genuine, you are in a very very bad position.

I think our wealth of candidates is a strength, and will pay off down the road in many ways.

Thank you for your well thought out and respectful response. Far too many it seems are ready to attack other FReepers simply because they do not endorse their particular candidate. And that is unfortunate.

You quoted me but you omitted the part wherein I said, "Try attending a PAC meeting in your town and see how unwilling people are to give their hard-earned cash to the party." I was speaking from experience. I won't name the organization but I do attend regular meetings and I speak with its members on a regular basis. They don't like Trump, they believe he is making a joke of the party and they don't want him in the race. That's not because they support the status quo or Jeb Bush, or some of the crazier things others here have said. It's because they, like me, see Trump as a clown who is not to be taken seriously. You are free to disagree as is anyone here.