drsmooth wrote:Brantt wrote:He's got the entire political establishment scared to death that he may actually pull this thing off
No he doesn't. No one serious observer believes he can win a general election, or even possibly that he is genuinely committed to doing so. Not one. Pundits pretend that they believe it in public because hey, they need some kind of horserace to report on. Turnip is a failure who will fail at this as he's failed at so many other things he's confidently predicted he would 'win' at.
Sounds like establishment GOP'ers are getting a-scared
At a Priebus dinner with GOP officials and power brokers...
several longtime power brokers argued that if the controversial billionaire storms through the primaries, the party’s establishment must lay the groundwork for a floor fight, in which the GOP’s mainstream wing could coalesce around an alternative
Because of the sensitivity of the topic — and wary of saying something that, if leaked, would provoke Trump to bolt the party and mount an independent bid — Priebus and McConnell were mostly quiet during the back and forth.
But near the end, McConnell and Priebus did acknowledge to the group that a deadlocked convention is indeed something the party should prepare for, both institutionally at the RNC and politically at all levels in the coming months.
