The Bush strategy was not based on Republican votes.
It depended on a very even primary split (ie no Trump domination) and a cakewalk Dem race for Hillary.
Dems would cross over to elect the softest target for Nov.
Trump and Burney were “disruptors” as they say these days.
That’s the thing, isn’t it?
Bush and his backers never had anything more than a carefully crafted strategy to get him into the White House. By all appearances, they even knew there was no visible voter support for electing him, but they figured they held so much control over the process, they could force his election anyway.
It’s why El Stupido went out on the stump and said he’d win without the base.
The utter gall and arrogance of these people is breathtaking. Thank God Donald Trump stepped in and decimated their attempt to steal the process from the American people.