Nothing's Gonna Stop Him Now: Why The GOP Can't Derail Donald Trump

Talking Poinsts Memo ^ | December 9ByLauren Fox, 2015, 6:00 AM EST | By Lauren Fox

[Cringing Negativism Network]

There is a myth circulating in the beltway. The myth is that bombastic business mogul Donald Trump can be taken down if only a Republican donor were to write a big enough check, if only a fellow GOP contender were to attack him with a vengeance or if only someone, somewhere concocted the right campaign-combustion cocktail.

Pundits, pollsters, reporters and donors have been racking their brains in war rooms and newsrooms from Washington to Iowa since the summer trying to understand the best way to explain and then to solve the problem of Trump. Underlying most of the scenarios gaming out the GOP primary has been the universal assumption that, if they really wanted to, the GOP "establishment" could step in and put a stop to Trump.

It's not to say that Trump is going to win the nomination. There is plenty more action ahead, candidates to drop out and Trump stumbles to be had, but an organized campaign by the establishment isn't likely to be his undoing.

The notion that the "establishment" or the party's "adults" ultimately control the process has been around for a lot longer than Trump, an artifact of an older political era, when backroom deals and convention wheeling and dealing among party stalwarts would produce, often messily, a nominee. But the myth has persisted, perhaps because it rarely gets held up to much critical scrutiny in its own right.

With just two months until the Iowa caucuses, it may be time to recognize the reality that the myth has been obscuring: No strategic intervention is going to stop Trump now.

(full article)

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/nobody-can-take-donald-trump-down-except-donald-trump

[Cheerio]

The self-appointed masters of the Grand Old Poofters think we're just having a childish temper tantrum, or a summer fling, and that we'll soon settle down and go back to voting RINO like we're supposed to.

Yup - they saw us do it in 2008 AND 2012. That was the last for this voter.

[Cheerio]

the electorate be damned.

That is what the District of Corruption has been all about for the past 7 years. Start with SCOTUSCARE, Dodd-Frank, Iran Deal, on and on. None of this 'TRANSFORMATION' have been embraced by the electorate. DC is broken beyond repair - term limits would help but Congress is never going to approve that - Article V is the only answer other than smashing DC and starting over.

[going hot]

Heck, write a big enough check and even -—> I <——would go away.

[A CA Guy]

They see irrelevancy in their future and won’t face it.

[Himyar]

If Trump has enough primary votes he should be the nominee. If the GOP inserts another candidate, the political system of this nation is done.

[Osage Orange]

I agree....but I think they are stupid enough to do it.