You can't have a GOP Establishment openly spitting at the people's front runner (to say nothing of alienating voters by bypassing them). A Cruz win would now just be the death of The GOP. F'ing idiots!
The Republican party has been shattered into pieces. There's no saving it now. But who I blame most for it, are all the right wing talk radio show hosts, and all those on FOX News that have incited this anger within the party. They have continually violated Reagan's 11th commandment--tho shall not speak ill of a fellow Republican.
I am a Coloradoran and it was the
right wing of the Republican party that put the pressure on 4 state Senators that had supported a primary--and then didn't. So this debacle comes from the right wing of the Republican party not what you refer to as the Establishment--who wanted to go ahead with a Presidential primary.
Note that these 4 State Senators were all Ted Cruz supporters, a candidate that the Establishment has never supported anyway. The Establishment really doesn't like, nor has never had a fond opinion of Ted Cruz.
Colorado GOP flubs chance for 2016 presidential primary
Frontloading HQ: Colorado Presidential Primary Bill Dies in Committee
So don't blame this one on what you refer to as Establishment Republicans--ALL OF IT came from the right wing of the Republican party.
A great article for you.
Revealed: Colorado Lawmakers Who Voted to Scrap Election Are Ted Cruz Delegates - Breitbart
To be honest--if a Presidential Primary versus a caucus happened in Colorado- I don't know who would have won. But I can tell you that in Colorado, that the majority of Republicans in this state tend to be more moderate than what you'll find elsewhere. They passed legal marijuana in this state so that should give you a clue as to which way they would have leaned.
But all in all--until the right wing of the Republican party stops chasing off large voting blocks, they will continue to lose National elections from here on out.
Neither Trump or Cruz are capable of defeating Hillary Clinton.
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In their efforts to get a non establishment candidate they have rino'd themselves right into a Hillary Clinton Presidency, a loss of the Senate and a ton of seats in the house, along with down ballot state races all across this country.
Hack post, tbh.
Republicans and Democrats pull the same sh**. If the Republicans break up, it's because their followers have standards. We'll see if Dems follow suit; though, I doubt they will.
The Tea Party did not kill the GOP either. The Tea Party called out GOP sellouts but were infiltrated by the likes of Rubio and Palin.
This isn't about the radio hosts and Fox News; though they have their own games. GOP disenfranchising its members and playing them for suckers is what this is about. Don't use this sh** to grind your axe, asshole.
No the Tea Party is responsible for every smidgen of this disaster. You people are glued or attached at the hip to right wing talk show hosts, that fill your veins with right wing hyperbole--full of half truths, misconceptions, and it's specifically designed to keep you inflamed. All for ratings and those Obscene profit breaks.
Trump will probably be the nominee of the party. I don't see that changing, and I really don't even think it's going to be a contested convention. On first ballot they'll take the person who is in the lead.
Frankly--you deserve everything you get afterwards. Right now 47% of Republican women will not cast a vote for Trump, and millions of Republican men will not take the bait on Trump.
Poll: Nearly half of Republican women wouldn't vote for Trump
I’ll Take Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump
Ted Cruz is no better, albeit he would win Republican men back, but he does horrible with the largest voting block in this country--women. He's too far right on abortion, they would never vote for him. Plus if he is the nominee his eligibility is certain to be challenged from his nomination all the way to election night.
A Race to the Bottom on Women's Rights
You knew all of this. What you refer to as the Establishment put up a few candidates that could have actually won the White House. John Kasich & Marco Rubio. What you did is fly over the rose bushes and landed on a cow turd Donald Trump.