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Xolodno

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20. I don't think there will be a Cleaveland Surprise.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Apr 8, 2016, 04:12 PM

Apr 2016

The real question the GOP is asking, how do you minimize the damage and prevent this from happening again.

With either Cruz or Trump you lose the GE and a choice of neither will alienate GOP voters from both camps and cause you to lose the GE. So its a question, of who do you want to alienate and realize for a few cycles, you won't get those voters.

If the GOP leaders are smart, they put Cruz up and just face facts that the racists of their party just need to go and find ways to win without them.

Trump will run a write in and with Cruz, go down in flames. The loss will embarrass Cruz in the Senate so badly (they'll even blame him for some of the GOP Senate losses) and he'll probably run for Governor or something afterwards.

They'll be rid of both problems at once.

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