October 28, 201510 yr Would not hurt my feelings. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/68ad308a-7cdf-11e5-98fb-5a6d4728f74e.html#axzz3psH3VrSi
October 28, 201510 yr Would not hurt my feelings. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/68ad308a-7cdf-11e5-98fb-5a6d4728f74e.html#axzz3psH3VrSi Can you summarize it? Looks like you have to have an account to read the article.
October 28, 201510 yr Can't read the article - I keep getting directed to a sign-up. What does it say? I suppose whether or not my feelings would be hurt depends on what takes the GOP establishment's place.
October 28, 201510 yr If the GOP establishment dissolves in favor of something like the nutty Tea Bags that have wreaked so much havoc on the Republican Party , the Democrats will control the White House for the remainder of the century and the SC will be filled with liberal justices. Sounds like the end of the GOP establishment could advance a rather adorable scenario.
October 28, 201510 yr Article is really short and boils down to this: Opinion polls can no longer be dismissed as fleeting moods. Mr Trump has led the Republican field now for almost 130 days. It is all too easy to imagine him sustaining that lead in the remaining 96 days before the Iowa caucus. Almost the same applies to Mr Carson, who has stayed in second place — and now first, according to one poll — for most of the past three months. No other candidate, including Marco Rubio, the Florida senator, who many now see as the establishment’s only viable choice, has managed to sustain a showing in double digits. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/68ad308a-7cdf-11e5-98fb-5a6d4728f74e.html#axzz3psH3VrSi I'll repost what I said in the Jeb thread because it might be more relevant here: FWIW I do wonder if what's been playing out in the House might translate into the primary elections in some manner. The Tea Party isn't as surgent as they were in 2010, but it seems that style of Republican has staked out enough of a foothold that they are now using it to push back against the "establishment" rather than Democrats exclusively. It's not likely, but it's also not beyond the realm of possibility that some sort of faction branches off from the Republican party and competes independently. Trump is the most likely choice in the sense that he can fund himself and has enough celebrity to garner a following. Who knows what he'll do. It's more likely than not his numbers collapse and he has no following to take and he withdraws with a whimper. But, I could also see someone like Cruz ending up as the Tea Party faction candidate. In that event he might be able to threaten the "establishment" candidate during the length of the primary without gaining enough to win, then branching off and running independently, taking his followers with them. If the establishment guy is Bush then this might catalyze such a reaction further. Like I said above, it's hard to go against history on these things and there's a hugely obvious incentive for Republicans not to split, but this primary does seem very strange and there certainly are rifts within the Republican Party. And it isn't above someone like Cruz to put their ego above their party's best interest. It's fun to speculate, at the very least.
October 28, 201510 yr IMO Cruz is delusional But he's such a fine debater. Doesn't that count for something?
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