Hypothetical: you're a Republican, and you really want a Republican in the White House. [View all]

[DisgustipatedinCA]

Who do you vote for?

Right up front, this is a hard game to play. Every one of the Republicans at the kid's table and the "adult" one are a horror show. Bush is polling lower than low, Walker's getting the same. Rubio, Cruz, Jindal--they know these people will never be President, and I can't imagine anyone actually wants that. Carson? Yeah, aside from the crazy, he has a GOP-melanin problem that will only manifest if he rises in the polls. Chris Christie? They don't like him. Fiorina? Sure, she's getting some anti-Trump sympathy points this week, but sympathy points don't put a person in the White House. I'm sure I've missed a couple of glue huffers and other GOP luminaries, but you get the idea--the Republican field is bankrupt, and if my guess is correct, even Republicans are feeling that way.

So...Trump. Undoubtedly, some percentage of his support is from mean, aging, dumb Republican males who are into his brand of brash, loudmouth, know-nothing politics. Aside from those people, I'm beginning to wonder if some Republicans are supporting him because they know their entire field is corrupt. And they'd rather see Trump break shit on a national stage than to support a Democrat. Is a Trump vote a kind of weird protest vote for some Republicans?

Put another way, if you can even manage to imagine such a thing, who would you vote for if you were a Republican, and voting Republican was more important to you than any other consideration? I can't empathize with these people, and I don't even want to, but I do find myself wondering what the 2016 race looks like to them. They're between a rock and a stupid place.