The Repugs Missed Their Opportunity To Dump Trump.....

[global1]

they should have taken him out at the RNC. Now it's too late and they are stuck with him and his daily insanity.

If they try and dump him now it will only create havoc in the Party and split the Party in a million pieces.

One thing I can see happening is that Pence withdraws as VP. I don't know how much more covering for Trump's self-inflicted wounds Pence can deal with.

God knows what would occur if Pence quits.

[B Calm]

1. I don't want Pence to drop out! We're still celebrating here behind the Hoosier Iron Curtain!

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. So, what's the bad news?

[anamandujano]

4. Funny except that as long as he's running, it's all bad news.

His idiot pronouncements with the press aiding and abetting is scaring the stuffing out of me and I'm sure many others.

[still_one]

3. They had too many candidates, where most of them should have gotten out the race

much earlier

Their hate and egos wouldn't let them do it

They did this to themselves, and it is well deserved, but no one should assume Trump is going to be easily defeated. There are a lot of hatred in this country, much of it incited by the media, especially fox.

As for taking him out at the Convention, they couldn't. He won the popular support of the republicans who voted for him

The best they could attempt would be a third party run, which would have the possibility of sending the election to the house, where if the house has a republican majority, it could select the President from the list of candidates

[tblue37]

6. Most GOP primary candidates are in it not to win but to enhance their brand and attain

national visibility so they can make money later with books and lectures and on the RW lecture circuit--and maybe get a radio show or even a FOX gig. Nowadays they even can shoot for a CNN or an MSNBC gig.

Remember how Ben Carson stopped campaigning for two weeks for his book tour? He saw no conflict because they were the same advertising campaign.

[still_one]

8. They still fragmented the vote against Trump. If they had one or two candidates against trump

instead of the clown car, they theoretically might have been able challenge him more effectively. It might have very well turned out the same way since the republicans had sold their soul to the tea baggers

[tblue37]

10. Yes, of course. My point was to clarify that it was their greed and self promotion, not their

bigotry, that kept them in the race--and that got most of them into the race in the first place. Certainly they ARE hateful bigots, but they were running for other reasons.

Their presence in the race, of course, fragmented the anti-Trump vote, so he easily won with about 30% in most primaries.

[still_one]

12. We are definitely on the same track

[democrattotheend]

5. What if he quits?

My mom made that point tonight. She said Trump is falling apart too early and he could quit. Then they could nominate someone who could actually win.

[tblue37]

7. That has been worrying me, too, especially because some reasons for quitting (like health

concerns) could draw sympathy from some uninformed or intransigent voters.

[Hekate]

9. Pence is probably counting on getting to be Prez in case of impeachment

[Third Doctor]

11. I don't know.

Trump is too egotistical to quit. If he has a problem it's everyone else's fault. If he is removed somehow the party will be shattered. That is something I would like to see.