A question for
@gourimoko You definitely know politics a hell of a lot more than I do.
What are your feelings on Bush coming out. Do you still think its inevitable?
I.. don't know anymore. Honestly.
I gave Republican voters more credit than they may have deserved.
Trump is honestly positioned to sweep the early voting states, and his national numbers show him winning Super Tuesday handily.
What can change? What can Trump do that he hasn't already done to erode support enough to allow someone else to step forward?
Rubio, Fiorina, and Cruz are all eating away at Jeb's support. And they are all going to likely fight through at least New Hampshire.
I'm actually quite startled by all this, but with so many candidates in the field, and the lunatic fringe (which is large in the GOP) solidly behind Trump; I don't see how anything can change.
More candidates will need to drop out and very soon.
I think he might be toast, although he still has the money, you can't ignore that. I just don't think people will vote for him. I think that's legit at this point, even though technically we are still very early, and a lot of things happen.
Candidates only drop out when they run out of money or due to enduring scandal. Bush essentially has limitless money and hasn't really said or done anything to warrant a withdrawal. I see him sticking it out, hoping to see something change the current dynamic.
If he can get to the point that this is a two man race, I think he wins; but that window is quickly disappearing.
His actual campaign seems really dry. He's reverted to just trying to tear down Trump to win. When a candidate has to go out of their way to tear down others so much, that just kinda tells you they aren't strong ones at all themselves. I think people are finally seeing through that shit.
They were caught off guard. I think we all were.
No one saw this coming until it was too late.
I don't believe Trump with sustain this momentum though. I think eventually he caters.
It's been going on now for months. I mean, what is left for him to do? What can he say that would be more controversial than anything else he's already said?
So who the hell in going to come out in the Republicans. Rubio? Maybe even Carson? His numbers are surging and rivaling Trump.
Carson is angling for an Iowa win. There's strong reason to believe this is possible.
If Carson wins Iowa, he could be sufficiently bolstered by others leaving the race that he may win New Hampshire. He'd be the presumptive front-runner at that point, and the GOP could do much worse than Ben Carson as their standard-bearer.
I gotta to say, I'd be very interested in Carson if he came out and added Paul to his ticket. I like a lot of Paul's views on things. He doesn't debate very well, he has no chance of winning at all. A lot of his principles on things I like.
Carson and Paul have very little in common, don't share political ideology, and have completely different camps backing them. Carson is being pushed to run for President by some very powerful groups. Paul is running as a reformist; not quite the revolutionary his father is but similar.
There's absolutely no way Rand Paul makes it onto anyone's ticket.
Not saying I'd vote for them, but I'd be at least hopeful if that were the ticket. If he went with Kasich just for the Ohio vote I'd have very little to no interest. I like Kasich personally, just not as candidate for president.
You can bet Kasich is on anyone and everyone's short-list. As would Jeb and Rubio, Fiorina, and others.