BTW, a little off the subject maybe, maybe not, but does anyone have a roster of exactly who the top people in the GOP establishment are that want/wanted Rubio/Bush to win (so we could lose again to the Dems) and hate the “outsiders”? (IMO future elections should have ONLY outsiders - career politicians ARE the problem.)
OK, I know Mitch McConnell. Who else? If anyone has a roster with pictures, even better.
Anyway, whoever they are, they gotta go. IMO one way or the other the GOP as we know it has to go.
It would be nice for Trump to sweep on Tuesday and get some distance between him and Cruz.
According to the polls...
Trump was also up by about 12 in Kansas, and lost by 25.
He was nearly tied in Texas, and lost by 24.
He was thought to be so far ahead in Maine, nobody bothered polling. He got clobbered.
He was thought to be ahead in Minnesota and finished a distant 3rd.
He was thought to be ahead by 6-10 in Iowa, and just barely escaped 3rd.
At this point, Ohio is the most interesting for a few reasons. If Kasich pulls out Ohio, he denies Trump a big lump of winner take all delegates, and he likely sticks around for a while... meaning more 3 way races going forward for at least another round. IF he loses, he’s pretty much out, and Trump gets the OHIO delegation, and between FL and OH grabs a 150ish delegates with no proportionalization for the others and pulls further away.
Rubio trying to stick around after losing Florida, will show us just how big his ego is or not... IF he loses FL he’s done, and should be out before next round of states.
Kasich winning Ohio would almost certainly guarantee even more chaos as if so, he’s going to be able to likely stick around until at the Wisconsin vote on 4/5 and probably through the next big vote on 4/26. I don’t know what other state he’s likely to win, especially if its a 3 way race, but I would think he’d be on WI, and probably think he’d play at least in PA and possibly IN. I don’t see a path for him to win, but he certainly can stick around and play spoiler here and there.
There are only a few caucus states left, and those are sparsely populated low delegate states, Cruz needs to show he can compete strong in a Primary state against Trump that’s not in his backyard, and so far that hasn’t happened. The hope of the Cruz campaign is that the establishment piling on attacking Trump and field consolidation will benefit him, but I am not so sure that’s likely to happen and if Kasich sticks around, its even harder to see how Cruz gets above Trump.
Tommorrow MI and MS are the two to watch, with MI being the more important important indicator in my mind.
Time will tell. If nothing else, this is certainly the most exciting primary season in a long long time.
Both Tennessee, Georgia, and SC Senators for starters.
Trump has never won a state by his poll margin which is a testament to Cruz/GOP donors ground game
Trump better not relax
I love good news in the morning.
As for the GOP-e, it needs to be completely destroyed.
I don’t believe any of them. To me, the polls have seemed pretty terrible this cycle. Maybe it’s just me. Don’t get me wrong, I’d like for these to be true, but I’m not banking on them.