2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRepublicans Have Only Themselves to Blame
July 8, 2016 By Taegan Goddard
Charlie Cook: My reaction is not terribly sympathetic. If Hillary Clinton is such a horrible person, so ill-suited for the presidency, why didnt they unite behind somebody, anybody, while there was still time to beat her? After Donald Trump lost the April 5 Wisconsin primary to Ted Cruz, the door was open. But when Trump swept the Acela primaries on April 26, winning not only Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island but every county within each state, the race was over. The door had slammed shut.
The truth is that Republicans were not in a mood to nominate Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, or any other establishment-oriented candidate. They also despised Ted Cruz so he would never do. None of the other alternatives measured up. They were so angry with the government that they wanted to fire a shotgun blast at Washington. They ended up shooting themselves in the foot. They got Donald Trump and a gimpy party.
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longship
(40,416 posts)R&
rurallib
(62,491 posts)will lead to total chaos and disaster for republicans.
The people voted and he is their pick. If TPTB try to change that there will be an uprising.
Demsrule86
(68,868 posts)We have worked very hard here in Ohio to revitalize Cleveland, and we have world-class museums, libraries, arts...playhouse square our theatre district is amazing and price so even college kids can afford to see broadway plays...we also have thriving local theatre...damn GOP better not cause riots. We have Kasich the terrible to contend with so it has not always been easy.