The GOP isn't paying attention to recent history.
In 2012, Obama won the election and a large part of why he won was because the quasi-racist talk coming from the Republicans really mobilized the hispanic vote. That doesn't bode well for the candidate who started his campaign by calling Mexicans drug dealers and rapists. I can see a repeat of 2012, not to mention he's made more than a few comments that have pissed off another Democratic voting bloc: women.
And I think the party elites realize he can't win the general election, which is why they want Ted Cruz to win. Unfortunately, Trump has enough popular support that the only way Cruz can really win would be to basically ignore the Republican voters. It becomes a lose/lose situation for them and I can't help but think, they need to start thinking towards the 2020 election and how they're going to avoid falling into a similar trap.
In 2012, Obama won the election and a large part of why he won was because the quasi-racist talk coming from the Republicans really mobilized the hispanic vote. That doesn't bode well for the candidate who started his campaign by calling Mexicans drug dealers and rapists. I can see a repeat of 2012, not to mention he's made more than a few comments that have pissed off another Democratic voting bloc: women.
And I think the party elites realize he can't win the general election, which is why they want Ted Cruz to win. Unfortunately, Trump has enough popular support that the only way Cruz can really win would be to basically ignore the Republican voters. It becomes a lose/lose situation for them and I can't help but think, they need to start thinking towards the 2020 election and how they're going to avoid falling into a similar trap.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
