The Donald is dropping out...

[Gregg]

Dropping out would be worse for the brand than losing. You can always blame the voters for sitting on their *hands* if you lose. IL's theory of a few years languishing in the face of what would surely be incredible levels of bureaucracy before throwing in the towel seems most plausible (in the event Trump wins the election, that is).

[iris lilies]

Not that I'd ever want to dump it - but we are seeing there are downsides to democracy. Funny thing is if there hadn't been such a large field of candidates, we probably would not be where we are right now. The anti-establishment folks were backing one candidate (Trump), while the rest of the votes were split across other choices.

A case could be made for Cruz and Paul to be "anti- establishment" though of,course they are currently srving in
The Senate.

[LDAHL]

A case could be made for Cruz and Paul to be "anti- establishment" though of,course they are currently srving in
The Senate.

It would probably be fair to say that Cruz was less popular in the GOP than Trump (until recently).

[Miss Cellane]

I blame the open primary system. Lots of people who never participated in the GOP candidate selection process before jumped in this year. I also blame the GOP candidates and hierarchy for not working out a smaller list of candidates earlier to allow the reasonable majority of GOP voters to coalesce around. The media had a role in providing Trump so much air time early on especially; perhaps confirming the adage that there's no such thing as bad publicity. Finally, I have to assign some responsibility to the majority of rank and file traditional Republicans, who didn't turn out in large enough numbers during the primaries.

This should have been a nightmare year for the Democrats, but the GOP allowed this erratic, obnoxious fellow to hijack one of our county's great institutions. One can almost envy the Clinton machine's ability to intimidate strong potential candidates from entering the race and utilization of the party's infrastructure in areas like scheduling debates, superdelegates, etc., to prevent their fringe candidate from gaining the nomination.

I agree. I veer between, "The Republicans thought Trump would just stop campaigning in a few months," to "The Republicans couldn't get their act together to promote one decent candidate," to "Is the entire leadership of the Republican Party that stupid?"

Yet I have one Facebook acquaintance who is still posting anti-Clinton messages. She is a staunch Republican. I get that a lot of people aren't thrilled with her. But seriously, given a choice, you'd pick Trump just because he is Republican? I admit that as an "undeclared" voter, I always choose the candidate I think will do the most good for the country/state/county/town, or at least the least harm, so I do not understand the need or desire to vote along party lines.

[CathyA]

I wonder if (hopefully) he loses (surely he will), if all his followers will revolt somehow? They are pretty much angry people and I just wonder how they'll react.

Every once in a while you hear that maybe this is a big ruse on Trump's part. That almost seems possible, since it's all too outrageous to even believe.

[bae]

But seriously, given a choice, you'd pick Trump just because he is Republican? I admit that as an "undeclared" voter, I always choose the candidate I think will do the most good for the country/state/county/town, or at least the least harm, so I do not understand the need or desire to vote along party lines.

Given the choice, I'll vote for Gary Johnson, as he's on the ballot in all 50 states.

[bae]

I wonder if (hopefully) he loses (surely he will), if all his followers will revolt somehow? They are pretty much angry people and I just wonder how they'll react.

At least, that's what the media tells you....

What does "revolt" mean, in this context?

[CathyA]

Oh........just smashing store windows, setting things on fire, etc.
I haven't heard the media say this........have I missed it?

[bae]

I haven't heard the media say this........have I missed it?

I was referring to your "They are pretty much angry people" comment.

[bae]

Trends against Trump, and the fools running the GOP:

http://priceonomics.com/why-is-hilla...te-because-of/