If Trump wins at the convention, I am almost sure they will run Mitt or someone else as an independent 3rd party. The same thing happened against Reagan in 1980 with John Anderson, a RINO Republican.
I’m not so sure they would do the same thing to Cruz. They’d have a much tougher job saying Cruz was totally unacceptable, because his tone is so measured and he doesn’t make outlandish or profane statements. Cruz’ negatives simply aren’t as high as Trump’s, so the idea of a lot of the public saying he’s “unacceptable” is not plausible.
You think the Republican Party offered up as an independent candidate a now former GOP congressman who supported Jimmy Carters grain embargo, me too but not the GOP, and ran with a Democrat governor? Amongst the people Reagan defeated, Robert Dole, John Connally, Howard Baker, George H. W. Bush. And what makes you think Reagan wasn't supported by the GOP? Lots of Anderson's support came from liberals who hated Carter, Israel and Iran were factors, but wouldn't vote for a Republican.
If Trump wins at the convention, I am almost sure they will run Mitt or someone else as an independent 3rd party. The same thing happened against Reagan in 1980 with John Anderson, a RINO Republican.
Exactly what happened. People have forgotten that Reagan got just 50.8% of the popular vote against those two, but of course it was a landslide because of the vote placement on the electoral map.
Four years later he received 58.8% - a massive result and it was from pulling back in everybody, including blue collar (D)ems. He was rewarded for concentrating on and creating jobs, a booming economy and restoring the morale, reputation and might of the USA military.
You could say he made America great again. Trump's strategy is mirroring Reagan's and the reaction of the scumbag (R)epublicrats is precisely the same. Good catch.
One difference I hope to live to see is that Trump carry a grudge and do what Reagan did NOT do and drive a stake into the heart of these GOPe bastards.
It is reminiscent of the fact that the Founders also screwed up by being far too benevolent to the defeated Torrie traitors and loyalists. New York City should have been burned to the ground as well as a few other hotbeds of treason. They immediately regrouped and made the Federalist party their instrument of tyranny. Just like the Communists have made the (D)ummycrat party their own.
If you fail to shoot the wounded enemy and finish them off they *will* appear again on the battlefield in the future, most likely shooting at your children or later generation, not necessarily in uniform.
Nobody "ran" Anderson. He did it on his own and didn't get many Republican votes. With Bush and Baker on Reagan's team it's just silly to say that Establishment Republicans opposed Reagan once he got the nomination.