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In reply to the discussion: Wow! Scaramucci is sounding the alarm on Trump. [View all]Whiskeytide
(4,459 posts)... the Republican Party base that simply will not support any candidate not named trump. Thats the problem they have. They need those voters to win in primaries and red states, so they bow down to trump to get them. If the math ever starts to work against that equation because traditional republicans can no longer hold their nose and vote for him, hes out - because the trumpers alone are not enough to win most elections.
However. That also means that the party is split. Running Romney and Haley might get the traditionalists on board, but huge chunks of trumpers would leave the party or stay home.
They fed the crazies red meat for 4 decades, but they still ran traditional cereal (at least for national offices). Then trump came along and galvanized a bunch of the red meat eaters into the basket of Deplorables- and theyre not going back to cereal any time soon. The republican powers that be are trying to balance these two groups, but its getting harder to keep it from tipping toward true insanity.
Im really most afraid theyll find a trump-like candidate whos not also an embarrassing asshole. I think - and this sounds nuts - were lucky trump is such a trump. Can you imagine where we might be today if their prez was someone who thinks like trump but, instead of being a bloviating fool, was smooth, polished and charming in his/her presentation?