Brokered Convention?

[Benton]

(03-02-2016, 12:41 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The last bit could not be more true.  I know you disagree with me on this but I think the GOP either nominates Trump or they concede defeat.  I also think Trump could win.  Hillary is the exact same thing as Bush, a political lifer and tied in establishment candidate.  Trump will eviscerate that and it's one of the things that draws people to him, his status as an outsider beholden to no one.  Trumps smashing win in Mass illustrates my second point, that Trump does exceptionally well with blue collar voters.  While this won't translate to a general election win in Mass it absolutely will in swing states like Ohio and Michigan.  If Trump wins Florida, which seems likely at this point, there's yet another swing state that would likely swing his way in the general.   I honestly think Trump could win the general against Clinton.

you could be right. Part of what's making this so interesting is how unreliable polling data has become. Data from 2-3 years ago up until last fall, Clinton shouldn't have had to even campaign and the GOP looked like whoever could be the most Christian conservative and youngest would have stepped ahead (Carson and Rubio should have done much better according to polling for what people wanted, which should have opened it up for Jeb to be a balancing candidate on issues and age, according to what people polled were saying they wanted).

instead Hillary is winning by coin flips and the GOP frontrunner is the least religious and one of the oldest in terms of age.

I wonder what this will mean for the party next election cycle. Will trump's blatant racism and disparaging of .... Well, everybody.... Drive the next batch of candidates to follow suit? George W brought back the extremist Christian conservative. It worked for him and a lot of the GOP followed suit with how they acted (even though their votes didn't fall in that line). So is trump going to bring in the reign of the jackass? Where GOP candidates feel to get ahead they have to be the most aggressive, most offensive?