<p>BTW, for those paying attention, Trump never played to the far right. He was always a liberal #Democrat running as a #Republican.</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - Browns8625 - 3/11/16 3:35pm<br><p>Well he did some playing far right...knows what to say to who and when to say it....but yes basically a democrat, which begs to ask the question why he did not run as one.</p>
<p>Sanders won MI because only his ardent supporters came out to vote #Democrat. Neither candidate is all that appealing to many #Democrats...they both have significant issues. So across the country, #Republican turnout is up 40% and #Democrat turnout is down like 20%. That implies that a lot of rare voters are voting in the GOP primaries for or against Trump, but a lot of #Democrats are also voting in the GOP primaries, for or against Trump.
<p>I don't think Kasich has much of a chance, to be honest. He's playing for VP now. The interesting thing to watch will be the #Republican Donor/Chamber of Commerce/Lobbyist class. They might not want to say it yet but I would wager #Money that they would rather have Trump than Cruz. They know they can work with Trump and they probably know to ignore the 'carnival barker' media manipulation techniques that he employs. They don't even need to support him - just starve the other candidates of $$. </p>
<p>If they are going with most votes in the brokered convention, then it's Trump and I just don't see them choosing him. I will say, it will make for a very interesting and kind of scary #Republican convention!</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - Browns8625 - 3/5/16 1:23pm<br><p>Very scary. Not voting in own nominee will confirm many beliefs of people trying to prevent non politician from getting office</p>
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<p>Rubio has the highest favorability rating of any #Republican running. People like him just fine. He's not getting large voter shares in most places because (a) Trump is sucking the air out of the room and (b) the NOT-TRUMP share is is divided between Cruz, Rubio and Kasich. BTW, Rubio has averaged 21% of the vote so far, Cruz 28% and Trump 34%...but that's severely biased toward the south, where Rubio was not really targeting.
<p>If the #Republicans go to a brokered convention, and do not select the candidate with the most popular votes or most states won... there will be massive anger then...</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - Browns8625 - 3/5/16 2:24pm<br><p>It will Be unprecedented. Will really hurt the party</p>
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<p>If The #Republicans go brokered convention, the guy they choose, can't be already on the ballet because the people have chosen, they don't want Rubio. At least that's what most of what I read/ listen to say, it does make sense, if they wanted Rubio, they could have voted for him.</p>
<p>I shouldn't have used the word un-electable, I should have said, the #Republicans don't seem to like Rubio, they aren't voting for him. He's only getting like 15-20% of votes. If</p>
<p>I've heard that fox #News is trying to get rid of Trump, that they want nothing to do with him. Which is why they tried to go after him yesterday, I just think they waited to long. They tried to go after him with the Trump university, etc. Rubio was their guy but they now know, he's un-electable. I've also read, the establishment #Republicans are now praying for a brokered convention and they would like to get Paul Ryan or Romney in as their guy. Of course, if they do that, Trump probably runs as a third party and takes his voters with him.</p>
<p>Are #Republican Voters Best (only) chance at avoiding a Trump nomination down to hoping for a Brokered Convention?</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - SABR Matt - 3/3/16 11:45am<br><p>Yes, in short. Cruz has no chance of winning more than a handful of delegates in any of the states in:</p>
<p>The Pacific Northwest<br />
The Northern Rockies<br />
The Nothern Plains<br />
The Upper Midwest<br />
The Mid Atlantic<br />
The Northeast US</p>
