2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPlan C: Third-Party Run A Daunting Task For GOP Establishment
WASHINGTON Hopes of stopping Donald Trump short of the Republican nomination ahead of this summers convention came to a crashing end Tuesday night after Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas dropped out of the race following his loss in Indiana.
What hope remains is being channeled into a Plan C: Have another Republican run for office in addition to Trump.
Around Washington, chatter about the possibility of an independent run by a traditional conservative is becoming louder. It is fueled in part by the business end of the political cycle: Campaign consultants eagerly await and financially plan for the quadrennial, billion-dollar payday that is a presidential election.
Rest assured, the Donald Trump campaign will offer no shortage of opportunities for grifters. But if youve been a charter member of the Washington establishment, your calls probably arent getting returned as quickly as you might like, especially if youve spent the past half-year typing the #NeverTrump hashtag into your Twitter feed.
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(10,367 posts)...is if the Republicans put up someone who could win some "blue" states, and thereby deny Clinton a majority of the electors. Then it goes to the House, where they appoint their choice.
On edit: Of course, we would be busy doing what we can to make sure it doesn't go that way.