Trump shatters the Republican Party

Politico ^ | 2/24 | Shane Goldmacher

[TangledUpInBlue]

No more.

Suddenly, there are three strands of the Republicanism, each entrenched and vying for supremacy in 2016. Ted Cruz is the leader of the traditional conservative purists. Marco Rubio is emerging from the mud of a multi-candidate brawl to lead the once-dominant, now diminished, mainstream lane of the GOP.

But it is Trump’s new alliance of angry populists that is ascendant — and on the precipice of dominance.

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[Liz]

HOLY HEDGE FUND! Jeb-You/re-Next spent over $125 million on his failed campaign? The GOPe must be choking on the chilled Cristal, Oestra caviar, and stuffed lobster in the country club Grill Room.

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IMHO, the ignominious collapse of Jeb-You/re-Next drove a huge stake into the heart of the establishment GOPe. Forget erectile dysfunction. The fallout of being politically castrated is devastating to a powermonger.

The GOPe/s de-b***ing began when candidate Jeb said he didn't need the Republican base .... and proceeded to carry on, business as usual, as his numbers sunk into oblivion.

Jeb telling a key bloc of Republican voters to take a hike is the consequence of the country club GOPe demeaning and dismissing conservatives as not being worthy of their elite party.

The entitled Jeb-You/re-Next took it as Gospel when he heard the Bush elders condescending attitude towards conservatives....people to whom the aristocratic Bush/s feel socially superior.

But the GOPe should know this: they will get no pity from conservatives for their woes......

[GailA]

While I don’t like Trump, I don’t think the Elite Blue Bloods like Mitch and many other RINOS have the GONADS to stop him. Main stream America only hear the sound bytes, they don’t do the in-deft reading we do. Even the ones who do, repeat the lies that his team comes up with over and over after they have been debunked in major publications.

Not even his draft dodging, making his clothing line outside the US, his 3 wives, cheating on wife 1, Nationalized Healthcare that will be more costly than 0’care mandate, seems to penetrate their pea brains. Or the fact he’s pro homosexual, and would appoint justices like his sister. And is for the federal land grab. He says what TICKLES the Itching ears.

[OKSooner]

Burn it down.

Once in office, have real investigations into all the corruption especially on the Republican side, for example the congressional whitewash of the Benghazi crimes.

Then punish the guilty. Mostly with Federal prison time, but don't rule out capital punishment for particularly egregious acts of treason or murder. Deportation might be an option in some cases as well but I doubt if there's anything in current law that prescribes it.

[Stentor]

Well this scumbag Rick Wilson ('consultant' to the GOP) DID say they needed to "put a bullet in Trump":

I'm hoping he's gone SAS to get out in front of the FEDGOV affirmative action losers.

[Uncle Miltie]

I’m a conservative purist who will vote for Trump as necessary.

This election is about the defeat of the Establishment Uniparty.

When Republican Leadership rubber stamps and funds 100% of 0bama’s priorities, then the whole goal has to be their defeat.

Who does it is of secondary importance.

Conservatism can never have a chance in the R Party until those jerks are decisively defeated.

Conservatism has a fairly direct vehicle in Cruz.

Conservatism has an indirect vehicle in the populist Trump.

Trump will randomly promote conservative or liberal ideas, depending on what he had for breakfast. But that’s a vast improvement over the Republican Leadership who practically promote only liberal ideas.

[ctdonath2]

“there needs to be some pretty fast “smokey back room” agreements to get everyone but Rubio to drop out.”

Except that giving all the dropout votes to Rubio still doesn’t give him anywhere close to enough to win. He might just barely edge out Cruz with those extra votes. And the theory assumes ALL those extra votes go to Rubio, and not to Trump or Cruz.

Finally, remember that it’s not voter percentages, but delegate counts that matter. There’s a difference.

[Uversabound]

Something is amiss.

Rather, its a good thing?

How else to take down both GOP and DUH?

The combination of these two is good.

One is strong in one thing, the other is strong in what the other is lacking....

Its not going to be a party, no pun inteneded. We have a lot to fix, I imagine deporting will be an upheaval but the American people need relief. Go Trump/Cruz

[Hattie]

The Republican Party will cease to be in a few short years. Houses divided won’t stand. The three different parts cannot gel because of extreme differences. It’s like trying to combine good and evil — cant be done.

[zek157]

And then there were Whigs.

[Enlightened1]

Go Trump!

[painter]

Something is amiss.

I hope so. A Trump/Cruz ticket would awesome.

Cardiac doctors would make Billions in Washington DC !

[OKSooner]

Come to think of it, I’ve got a new tagline...

[OKSooner]

Version 1.2:

[EQAndyBuzz]

“I hope so. A Trump/Cruz ticket would awesome.”

I am not thinking a Trump/Cruz ticket. I am thinking a Cruz SCOTUS pick.

[BigpapaBo]

Agreed FRiend.
Shine a spotlight on all of the criminal cockroaches. Expose them all.

[huldah1776]

Trump will not fall to the side nor will he give up complete control.

by the way, foxnews just showed trump saying “now we’re gonna get greedy. we’re gonna get greedy for the united states and we’re gonna GRAB, GRAB, GRAB.”

Well in my opinion THAT IS NOT THE UNITED STATES I KNOW AND IT IS DEFINITELY TRUMP.

So much for a Christian point of view. No more good Samaritans. No more greatest love and laying down your life for your friend. So be it, America, you are speaking.

[JayAr36]

Since The Republican Party became a sub-set of the Democrat Party I don’t see what they are complaining about. Hell they have either Hillary or the commie to fall back on.

What ever the Republican Party was it is no more. The Democrats have become socialist and the Republican Party filled the vacuum.

There are some that try to hide behind the label of conservative but even that label is so distorted these days I don’t know what it means anymore.

[LS]

No Republican Party? Good. The Party of Lincoln and Reagan is gone.

[HarleyCruzer]

South Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada .... PRICELESS !!!

[Madame Dufarge]

No way I’m giving up my cool Hugh Boss uniform.