After Palin's Trump endorsement, she and Trump are now the GOP party leaders. He also locked up

[AlinPA]

the stupid as well as the religious base of the GOP and of course the GOP nomination.

[Volaris]

1. He surely did.

The rest is just the formality of process. After that, it's on to his ass-kicking in november.
FINALLY the loons over on the other side cannot say
'Well, next time we need to run a real conservative, not some establishment RINO." They're going to get their wish, and when they lose the General they can realize what it means to be not more than 20% of the electorate, and their tears will taste all the sweeter.

Finally.

[johnlucas]

2. Nah, after their defeat they'll probably try to restart the Civil War.

These suckers have always been sore losers & they have been truly fighting this same old war in a semi-covert fashion ever since 1865.
Once they get whipped 3 times in a row which really means 4, 5, 6, 7 times in a row & more, they'll realize that they're about to go extinct as a political force & will start to get dangerous.
That's why those idiots are in Oregon right now.
That's why those idiots are going around in public places with AR-15's.
That's why those idiots are talking about succession all the time.

The Confederacy never BELIEVED in the UNITED States of America.
Not in the 1770s, not in the 1860s, & not today.
And if they can't get their way subverting the system, they'll try to get their way destroying the system.

It has just begun.
The only way we're going to get ANY real progress in this place is to destroy the coalition that props up the Republican Party.
But when we tear them asunder, don't think they're gonna go quietly into the night.
America is about to see some homegrown violence after this election.

Luckily it won't be long-lasting.
The military ain't fighting with those slow gunpowder-packing weapons anymore.
John Lucas