(February 21, 2016 at 10:28 pm)KUSA Wrote: I think we can conclude the primary winners will be Trump and Clinton. Who will they choose to run with them?
Trump is ahead for the sole reason that there are still 27 other GOP nominees splitting the vote. I very much doubt that when it's finally whittle down to Trump v. Cruz or Trump v. Rubio that Trump will win the GOP nom.
As for the Dem side, who the hell knows what's going on. Clinton would be the obvious winner in other years, but this is turning into an "upstarts allowed" election and Sanders is doing well.
The difference between Sanders and Trump for me in terms of being the upstart is that Sanders has good numbers against ONLY Clinton, whereas Trump has good numbers BECAUSE of the large candidate pool with the GOP voters. I can't see Bush supporters rallying behind Trump - they'll go to a Cruz or a Rubio; Kasich supporters likewise. Trump might get the Carson contingent when he finally bites the dust because they're on more equal levels with the crazy but everyone else is likely to go to whomever Trump goes against which will ultimately lose him the nomination.
The real question for me is whether Trump will be true to his word and run as an independent when he is finally out matched.
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