Prediction time: The Democrat Could Carry 46 States

[PATRICK]

2. This also tells me

Trump is not making deals with insiders, yet. Ironically the Koch's may also be backing Tea Party candidates Trump would be using to threaten the establishment. Now I can appreciate their headache and their spinning from one losing strategy to another, or are they trying to save the whole Tea party debacle from a Trump loss by "saving" the GOP and hijacking the... what should we call it?..whole apparatus.

Parties have split like this before, such as the Democrats(Secessionist/Unionist) splitting to insure the election of Lincoln. That did not work out well at all for them or the country, but the current GOP doesn't give a sh*t about consequences. However, in these more milquetoast times I expect some accommodation/compromise/surrender will be made to maximize success. Nor does any third party seem to promise anything more than venting valves that would really change the result. Downticket panic is what they must avoid, thus no split even though primary challenges are doing that anyway.