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2015-11-05 : Free Republic's Patton@Bastogne's Bold Political Predictions

(1) Yeb Bush will make a good political campaign decision "intelligently" REFUSE to exit the 2016 GOP Presidential Race until he is DEFEATED in the 2016 March 15 Florida Primary. Yeb Bush's political "ace in the hole" is the hopelessly corrupt Florida Republican Party ... the ones who redistricted the great Allen West out-of-office.

(2) Meanwhile ... Dr. Ben Carson will be polling "single digits" by Christmas 2015 ... at which point he'll endorse (suprise, surprise) Yeb Bush ...

(3) Marco "Amnesty" Rubio (lavishly funded by Yeb Bush's former donors) ... will place FOURTH in Iowa (abandoned by the Tea Party Evangelical Christians for being a greedy bad-faced liar) and FOURTH in the Florida Primary (in a "blood-sport" death-match with Yeb Bush)

4) Ted Cruz SHOCKS the "Washington Establishment Cartel" with a three-percent Florida victory over Donald Trump ...

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On November 5, 2015 ... it was revealed that Dr. Ben Carson supports Transgendered Bathrooms (political suicide for his Evangelical Christian base) ...

... and Dr. Ben Carson has "lied" about the names of guys he supposedly beat-up in high school

... which, when combined with the "ridiculous" Pyramid Theory statements, is beginning to make Herman Cain (2012) and John Edwards (2008) look like Einstein and Gen. George Patton Jr.

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"Anything" can happen in a "New York Minute" in American politics.

Just ask Machiavelli, Abraham Lincoln, JFK, Bobby Kennedy, Vince Foster, Gary Hart, Buddy Holly, U.S. Senators Hale Boggs, Ted Stevens, and Paul Wellstone, Herman Cain ...

and Napoleon at Waterloo (who was winning the battle, and Wellington admitting DEFEAT, as late as 5:00 PM in the afternoon).

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Ninety-eight (98) GOP Convention delegates are at stake in Florida's "mas mucho rigged" state Presidential Primary (Winner take All).

That makes it more convenient for Yeb's GOPe Chamber of Commerce Political Whores (aka the Florida Republican Party) to hand Yeb 98 convention delegates on a silver platter.

Yeb Bush has absolutely NOTHING to lose by staying in the presidential race (anything can happen).

Is it a longshot ? Absolutely.

Has Karl Rove already planned for this scenario ? Absolutely.

Will Dr. Ben Carson endorse Yeb Bush when the good doctor is "finished" ? Absolutely.

As a romantic interest once told me ... "It's All About the Money" ... perfectly applicable to Yeb Bush, Ben Carson, and Karl Rove.

Trump can win all the primaries in all the normally Republican voting states and still come up zero at the convention if has has not won outright majorities, that is 50%+, in eight of them. If bush wins majorities in 8 states that normally vote Democrat in the elections and are characterized by their gope Republicans but does not get a single vote in any other primary then Bush will be the Nominee by the present rules as promulgated and binding by the RNC. If neither candidate gets the eight majorities then the RNC will change the rules again to hand it to Bush or the Convention will be open, which just means that the superdelegates which are controlled by the RNC will give the nomination to Bush in combination with the ousting of portions or all of the delegations from states that are represented by non Bush delegates. This is not an Election and the nominating organization can make whatever rules it deems appropriate.

It is possible that Jeb will turn out to be too embarrassing a candidate for the Bush family and Jeb will be induced to drop out in which case Rubio will probably become the RNC candidate and nominee. Even someone like Kasich is not completely out of the picture as Rubio may be making himself obnoxious to the Bushes and thereby to the RNC. Rubio's job was to collect conservative base votes- and not steal gope votes from Bush- and then bow out handing his delegates over to Bush.

Trump can win all the primaries in all the normally Republican voting states and still come up zero at the convention if has has not won outright majorities, that is 50%+, in eight of them. If bush wins majorities in 8 states that normally vote Democrat in the elections and are characterized by their gope Republicans but does not get a single vote in any other primary then Bush will be the Nominee by the present rules as promulgated and binding by the RNC. If neither candidate gets the eight majorities then the RNC will change the rules again to hand it to Bush or the Convention will be open, which just means that the superdelegates which are controlled by the RNC will give the nomination to Bush in combination with the ousting of portions or all of the delegations from states that are represented by non Bush delegates. This is not an Election and the nominating organization can make whatever rules it deems appropriate.

It is possible that Jeb will turn out to be too embarrassing a candidate for the Bush family and Jeb will be induced to drop out in which case Rubio is supposed to become the RNC candidate and nominee. Even someone like Kasich is not completely out of the picture as Rubio may be making himself obnoxious to the Bushes and thereby to the RNC. Rubio's job was to collect conservative base votes- and not steal gope votes from Bush- and then bow out handing his delegates over to Bush. Rubio has deviated from the script and that may not be acceptable to the RNC.