Schieffer: GOP "will be replaced by something new" after election (Bloody fight will split the GOP)

[HAPPY2BME]

If Trump wins the nomination before the convention, and it looks like he probably will, it will turn the Republican party on its ear. If it goes to an open convention, it will be a bloody fight that could break the party into two parties. In either case, the Republican party we used to know will be replaced by something new.

Schieffer: GOP "will be replaced by something new" after election

Bob Schieffer has covered every presidential election since 1964. That's 14 and counting -- each one different, and none quite like this one.

He sat down with "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley to share what he thinks the implications may be for the Republican party.

SCOTT PELLEY: What do you make of all this?

BOB SCHIEFFER: On the Republican side what we're seeing here is a changing of the guard. If Trump wins the nomination before the convention, and it looks like he probably will, it will turn the Republican party on its ear. If it goes to an open convention, it will be a bloody fight that could break the party into two parties. In either case, the Republican party we used to know will be replaced by something new. Exactly what that will be is uncertain, and that's the scary part. Because the one thing that never bodes well in politics, or economics, or national security matters is just that -- uncertainty.

PELLEY: Can Trump actually win the presidency?

SCHIEFFER:He could, but historically nominees who come from outside their party mainstream do poorly. When Republicans split over civil rights in 1964 and nominated Barry Goldwater, they went down to a historic landslide defeat. When Democrats kicked out party regulars and nominated George McGovern in 1972, he lost every state but Massachusetts.

Under the old rules it would be coming down to a couple of basically flawed candidates -- but in today's politics who knows what that means or where this is going.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/campaign-2016-schieffer-gop-will-be-replaced-by-something-new-after-election/

[sinkspur]

To paraphrase Groucho Marx:  "I will never belong to  a party that has Donald Trump as a member."

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Probably true.  I see it splitting 3 ways:  Establishment compromisers who snub principled conservatives, Trump Deal maker compromisers who punish principled conservatives, and Constitutional Conservatives who ARE principled conservatives.

A three way split will be easily gobbled up by the left, unless they split too, which I don't see happen.

The next 40 years should be fun.

[libertybele]

A three way split will be easily gobbled up by the left, unless they split too, which I don't see happen.

The next 40 years should be fun.

It depends on who is seated in the oval office.  The best case scenario is Cruz; a principled conservative who I firmly believe will shake up Washington and put an end to the Washington cartel.  With Trump it's a gamble and can go either way; he will either follow through with what he's been proclaiming (which I highly doubt) or he will do what is in the best interest of Donald J. Trump and the heck with the rest of the country.

With the DEMS we will lose our rights, our Constitution will be shredded and this country will be unrecognizable. If that's the case, the U.S. will no longer be a desirable place to live.

[A-Lert]

Over the last few decades the GOPers have literally given away the farm. Compromise legislationwould be refreshing for a change.

[libertybele]

Over the last few decades the GOPers have literally given away the farm. Compromise legislationwould be refreshing for a change.

Granted, the GOPe have given away the farm, by compromising conservative values and principles.  Both parties have put on quite a horse and pony show blaming the opposite party for not compromising.  In order to make a 'deal' one needs to know where their principles and values lie, and NOT compromise one's principles and values in order to cut a deal.  We need someone who will push up against the 'system' and unify conservatives; thereby strengthening the party rather than weakening it.  Compromising conservative principles and settling for liberalism hasn't worked, isn't working and won't work.  Ted Cruz WILL reignite the Promise of America.  He will and always has stood up for "We the People. 

Ted Cruz 2016!  Reigniting the Promise of America

[Carling]

To paraphrase Groucho Marx:  "I will never belong to  a party that has Donald Trump as a member."

I will never belong to a party that has sinkspur as a member.   

[A-Lert]

Granted, the GOPe have given away the farm, by compromising conservative values and principles.  Both parties have put on quite a horse and pony show blaming the opposite party for not compromising.  In order to make a 'deal' one needs to know where their principles and values lie, and NOT compromise one's principles and values in order to cut a deal.  We need someone who will push up against the 'system' and unify conservatives; thereby strengthening the party rather than weakening it.  Compromising conservative principles and settling for liberalism hasn't worked, isn't working and won't work.  Ted Cruz WILL reignite the Promise of America.  He will and always has stood up for "We the People. 

Ted Cruz 2016!  Reigniting the Promise of America

The problem with the GOP is they don't know how to win. They collapse like a house of cards in the face of Democrats. They lack leadership, conviction and persuasiveness.