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GOP Establishment Loses Hope of Winning, Iowa, New Hampshire
libertybele:
I know it's too early to completely count out the establishment candidates ... but it sure is tempting.
GOP establishment loses hope of winning Iowa, New Hampshire
HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) — After months of predicting a comeback for their preferred candidates, Republican establishment leaders now concede the first two contests of the presidential race, in Iowa and New Hampshire early next month, are Donald Trump's and Ted Cruz's to lose.
That leaves many GOP traditionalists, who fear each candidate would be a disaster in the November general election, pinning their White House hopes on a feat no Republican has pulled off in modern political history: securing the nomination without winning at least one of the first two states on the calendar.
It's a risky strategy at best, and party officials are hoping that weaker candidates will drop out before the South Carolina primary that follows New Hampshire, allowing voters to more easily coalesce behind an alternative to the billionaire real estate mogul and the Texas senator.
"I don't know how they can convince themselves that they'll be able to go into South Carolina and get something going, having come in a distant third, fourth, fifth place in Iowa and New Hampshire," said Mike Dennehy, a New Hampshire Republican operative. "Especially when you will have two candidates who have been very strong."
Trump and Cruz are atop the field in Iowa, where voters caucus Feb. 1. Preference polls find Trump with a commanding lead in New Hampshire, which votes Feb. 9, and Cruz in the mix for second place.
The nine others in Republicans race are fighting to emerge from the pack; there's little sign anyone will drop out before voting begins.
Among them are Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Each is competing for the same pool of center-right voters...
...The risk for the more mainstream candidates is that Trump or Cruz generates momentum in the first two states, and it's too strong to stop as the race turns to South Carolina and beyond. Since 1976, every major party presidential nominee has won either Iowa or New Hampshire, with the exception of Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992....
http://news.yahoo.com/gop-establishment-loses-hope-winning-iowa-hampshire-171937927--election.html
HAPPY2BME:
Man.
There sure is a lot of silence on this one.
Longiron:
--- Quote from: HAPPY2BME on January 18, 2016, 08:32:05 am ---Man.
There sure is a lot of silence on this one.
--- End quote ---
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Trump or CRUZ is going to walk away with first prize. Either way the RINOGOPe and the party of ONE Lose. Long way to go BUT could not happen to a nicer group of scumbags. :beer:
EdinVA:
--- Quote from: Longiron on January 18, 2016, 12:26:26 pm ---.
Trump or CRUZ is going to walk away with first prize. Either way the RINOGOPe and the party of ONE Lose. Long way to go BUT could not happen to a nicer group of scumbags. :beer:
--- End quote ---
:patriot:
Even the Republican Party does not consider Trump and Cruz part of the party... interesting...
GAJohnnie:
Out side of possibly Florida, do they really think they are going to win anything in the South?
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