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2016 Postmortem

Bigmack

(8,020 posts) Mon Mar 7, 2016, 10:07 PM Mar 2016

Who is the Republican "establishment" candidate....? [View all]

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?

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Who is the Republican "establishment" candidate....? [View all] Bigmack Mar 2016 OP

Clinton. She will be selling herself as the Republican in the GE. Skwmom Mar 2016 #1

Agree. Fuddnik Mar 2016 #4

If this was pre-Reagan, Hillary could pass as one. Broward Mar 2016 #2

Jeb was, now it's Rubio. Might be Mitt later. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #3

Jeb. The script was Jeb v Clinton. Warren Stupidity Mar 2016 #5

Rubio is. H2O Man Mar 2016 #6

Trump has said a couple other things that are true. ZX86 Mar 2016 #7

It was Jeb!, now it's Rubio. It would be Kasich if anybody voted for him Recursion Mar 2016 #8

The Weekly Standard says Rubio wasn't the ... Bigmack Mar 2016 #9

They all are. They all want to give money to very rich people, through tax valerief Mar 2016 #10

doesn't have one? Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2016 #11