Who is the Republican "establishment" candidate....?

[Bigmack]

Trump says he isn't... and it's true. (Maybe the only true thing he says.)
Cruz isn't. The Senate hates him, and he's getting no Repub endorsements.
Rubio isn't...

Was Jeb the establishment candidate?

Or did the Repub establishment just not field a candidate this election?

[Skwmom]

1. Clinton. She will be selling herself as the Republican in the GE.

[Fuddnik]

4. Agree.

But, where else we gonna go?

[Broward]

2. If this was pre-Reagan, Hillary could pass as one.

[Scootaloo]

3. Jeb was, now it's Rubio. Might be Mitt later.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Jeb. The script was Jeb v Clinton.

[H2O Man]

6. Rubio is.

And not because they like or respect him. But they can control Marco, easily.

[ZX86]

7. Trump has said a couple other things that are true.

Bush did not keep us safe on 9/11.

Iraq War is a boondoggle.

There were no WMDs.

Granted he's a world class asshole but he has his moments.

[Recursion]

8. It was Jeb!, now it's Rubio. It would be Kasich if anybody voted for him

But they aren't, so it's Rubio.

[Bigmack]

9. The Weekly Standard says Rubio wasn't the ...

establishment candidate...although he may be now. But not with any enthusiasm.

"As for Rubio, none of the party big wigs wanted him to run in the first place, as evidenced by their attempt to keep him out of the race at first, deny him resources once he got in, and then spend tens of millions of dollars attacking him as he ran.

That's all changed now. As you watch the Republican establishment and money rally to Rubio this week, you have to understand that this isn't the act of a class protecting one of its own. It's an act of surrender. The Republican establishment has lost. They are embracing Rubio in an attempt to form a coalition in which they're the junior partner."

http://www.weeklystandard.com/is-marco-rubio-really-an-establishment-candidate/article/2001239

[valerief]

10. They all are. They all want to give money to very rich people, through tax

breaks and WAR PROFITEERING. And they all want to drastically cut money from programs that help the 99%.

Don't let the different styles fool you. They're all the same.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. doesn't have one?