The GOP is using Ted Cruz to defeat Donald Trump and will throw both of them overboard...

[kentuck]

as soon as their convention arrives. Neither will have the necessary 1237 delegates to claim the nomination.

Ted Cruz is the only person that can stop Trump but he will have nowhere near the number of delegates needed and the GOP establishment hates his guts.

Just as Karl Rove stated yesterday, the Party will be looking for a new face. Both Ted and the Donald will be on the outside looking in.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Exactly, then Donald runs 3rd party guaranteeing the Democratic candidate, which I hope is Bernie

wins

[kentuck]

2. Will it be too late for Donald to run as Third Party?

One thing for certain, the Trump supporters will be pissed off to the max.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

3. It may even have been his plan all along, to just be seen as a protest candidacy that ultimately

helps his brand and gives him something to do.

He literally despises the people who support him....They are poor, ignorant peasants (in his mind) and he despises them.

I wanna know who did his exams for him at university, him and George W. , neither are capable of degrees at their respective universities.

[kentuck]

4. But he knows people...

and he will soon figure out, if not already, that the GOP is out to screw him.

[B Calm]

7. It will be too late to get on the ballot in maybe up to fifteen states, but

Trump will do it anyways just for SPITE!

[kentuck]

11. At this point, it is a chess game.

I suspect Trump will flip the board and scream, "Why must I lose to these fools!"

[B Calm]

13. LOL, just have a lot of popcorn bought up, it's going to be entertaining

watching how this clown show ends.

[kentuck]

16. There Will Be Blood...

[B Calm]

18. I was really hoping they would be allowed to carry guns into their convention,

but looks like they are not going to allow that.

[LiberalElite]

34. I don't think there's enough popcorn in the world for this epic fail nt

[MANative]

21. Not necessarily. If he gets on enough ballots and manages to win a couple...

of states, it could deprive the Dem candidate of the 270 electoral votes needed to win. The election then goes to the House of Representatives. If Republicans still control the House, whoever their little lap dog is would be "selected" rather than "elected."

[kentuck]

22. That is a possibility but...

it would be difficult to see how the Democrat would not get a landslide with the Republicans splitting their votes??

[MANative]

25. I do think that's the more likely scenario, but I think we need to be...

cognizant of the possibility for enough shenanigans in states where there are likely to be voter suppression efforts to create "wins" for Repubs that aren't legitimate. GOTV will be even more critical than ever, I think.

[kentuck]

26. You have a point...

about voter suppression and shenanigans.

[B Calm]

5. Spot on kentuck! They hate Cruz probably more than they hate Trump. The

GOP leaders have someone in mind to try and save this election.

[kentuck]

6. The only person that most of the Party has already voted for is....

Mitt Romney. Since they voted for him once, they would probably vote for him again?

[B Calm]

10. I hope it's Romney, after all he is a proven loser.

[dembotoz]

28. Suspect ryan

[kentuck]

30. Yep.

It's already in the plan.

[LiberalElite]

35. Maybe THEY would, but no one else.

The third time will not be the charm for Mittens.

[jaysunb]

8. Cool...just as long as their voters get pissed

and walk or vote for a third party, I'm good

[BillZBubb]

9. Sometimes plans like that backfire big time.

The cruz delegates are as nutty as he is and they won't relent. If he could turn enough trump delegates, he could get the nomination.

People attacking trump and helping cruz are playing a dangerous game. cruz is by far the worst person running.

[kentuck]

12. Of course, Trump is a dealmaker...

and if the GOP tried to pull such a stunt, he would offer Cruz the VP spot and $10 million under the table to put their resources together. This is going to get interesting.

[Volaris]

33. Then then they can both be impeached together for bribery and corruption.

If its a Trump Cruz ticket, Mickey Mouse could run on the Democratic side and it would be a landslide.

No matter what the GOP does, the November election is going to be won in the Democratic Party primary.

Go, Bernie, GO.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Good. Tie them together securely.

No sense in taking a chance that either of them will float to the surface again.

[truebrit71]

15. That would guarantee a Dem win in the fall...

It would literally fracture the rethuglican party...

Let's hope that's how it goes down!

[Warpy]

17. There will also be blood on the convention floor

as rabid partisans for both object to being sidelined in favor of some bland but supposedly "electable" establishment type.

[a kennedy]

19. and then the savior of the GOP walks in .......ta da......I give you the next GOP

presidential candidate.....

http://images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/s--h0DnatZU--/t_full/f_auto,fl_lossy,q_75/v1364527489/paul-ryan-weight-lifting.jpg

I swear that's the plan.

[demgrrrll]

20. Charles Krauthammer was just on Fox stating he was considering hemlock.

The panel there was a 50-70 % chance of a contested convention. My scenario is that Trump attends the convention and somehow saves face and in return give the party elites what they want, that NEW face.

[kentuck]

24. Maybe this contested election will remind them of Kennedy's quote?

Ask not what your country can do for you - Ask what you can do for your country. ??

Perhaps they will start to be a little more honest with their supporters and understand that the "government" is "We, the People"?

[demgrrrll]

32. I think they may be forced in that direction or at least have to give that appearance. n/t

[rufus dog]

23. I agree that it is the plan, but it is one shit plan.

Pubbies historically fall in line, but this year might be different.

They will be pissing off the fearful and racist, Trump's base, along with the crazed Religious Right, Cruz's base.

So whoever they pick will need to throw some scraps to each group. Those attempts to pull the groups together will motivate independents and Democrats.

[kentuck]

27. Somebody's gonna be pissed off...

...and Trump's base are prone to violence, as they have already shown.

[AngryAmish]

29. Microsoft says Ted Cruz is the Cuban Hitler.

[valerief]

31. They'll serve up that repulsive Ryan. nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

36. I predict they trot out Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan.

Since they ran last time.

I'm so old I remember moderate, fiscally conservative Republicans. George Romney, Mitt's dad, was one of them.

[geek tragedy]

37. It's gonna be Trump or Cruz

Between them they'll have 85% of the delegates.

Also, Ted Cruz has been working the delegate selection process and getting his people named as Trump delegates.

The Republicans can survive depriving Trump because he really isn't a Republican but rather a big government authoritarian strongman type and is a spectacularly bad fit according to the rest of the party.

But the Republicans can't deprive him and also Cruz, who is a true Republican who fits the party's ideology, in favor of someone for whom no one has voted.

Besides, who would want that nomination under those circumstances?

[kentuck]

38. Just curious...

who do you think all those Trump supporters will get behind?

[geek tragedy]

39. The voters or delegates?

There will be lots of the former, very few of the latter, but in both cases who knows with Trump supporters? They operate from fear and resentment.

[kentuck]

40. But who will they vote for in the general election?

if they feel they have been thrown under the bus?

[geek tragedy]

41. A lot won't vote. I don't have a great deal of insight into that crowd

beyond the obvious--losers who find that supporting an authoritarian strong man makes them feel like winners.

[kentuck]

45. A lot won't vote.

If they can't have the Trump flavor, they don't want any.

[geek tragedy]

46. and they won't be convinced that the Republicans are worth voting for

against the Democrats. It's not the Democrats who stabbed them in the back.

[Flyingbird5066]

42. Doubt they'll be able to stop trump

[lostnfound]

43. I have also thought that to be probable. Paul Ryan?

I've wondered whether they'd get Cruz to beat Trump, then Cruz ruled ineligible due to citizenship.
In convention who would they pick?

I suspect Paul Ryan would have a good chance of beating either of our candidates.

[kentuck]

44. They don't want Trump or Cruz.

I think that is a given. Ryan is a good guess.

[andym]

47. It would be Romney or Ryan I would guess, with Ryan being a stronger candidate

Ryan would be a very strong opponent for both Hillary and Bernie. The GOP smear machine already has enough material for Hillary. They probably have had it ready for years. And now they have the email server stuff. Bernie will face an onslaught on his "tax and spend" "socialism." The scare tactics this time against either potential nominee will likely worthy of Lee Atwater himself, who managed to smear the straight as an arrow Dukakis with letting Willie Horton out of prison, not to mention trying to make him seem "red" at the debates by being "a card carrying member of the ACLU", etc