4-in-10 GOP insiders want to derail Trump at the convention

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After a rocky start to his general-election campaign, a sizable number of GOP insiders want the party to change the rules to short-circuit Donald Trump’s nomination at the July national convention.

Nearly four-in-10 Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of activists, operatives and strategists in 10 key states — would like to see changes that could deny Trump the party’s nod after the presumptive nominee began the November campaign without a credible campaign structure, in addition to making a series of erratic and inflammatory comments. Among the comments was a recent suggestion that an American-born judge presiding over a civil suit in which he is a defendant can’t be impartial because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.

“Trump's continued descent into madness is dragging the GOP down with him,” said a Florida Republican, who like all respondents, completed the survey anonymously. “A convention switchup would be great politics and save the GOP.”

“Trump will not only lose but will cost us the Senate, maybe the House, and who knows how much in the states,” added New Hampshire Republican said. “We shouldn't enter a suicide pact with him.”

But just as many GOP insiders said maneuvering to deny Trump the nomination after he has earned the requisite number of delegates would be even worse for other Republican candidates.

“Rules are rules, and the blowback from that will do more damage to the down ballot in every state more than we can calculate — more than a massive Trump loss at the top would do,” said a Florida Republican. “We have the ability and means to run separately, but not if rules are changed after he was won the nomination under current rules.”

“Republicans can't do anything to hurt Trump now without knee-capping our other GOP candidates up and down the ballot,” added a Virginia Republican. “It would be like Coca-Cola admitting that Coke Classic is toxic and expecting it not to hurt the sales of Diet Coke. For better or worse, we're all in this together now.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-convention-block-gop-insiders-224152

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

While they can probably change the rules to prevent Trump, it would essentially catalyze the destruction of the party, because it would be a blatant attempt at overriding the will of their constituency. It would be a severe breach of trust.

Whether any of us like it or not, Trump was chosen by the people to represent Republicans.

Perhaps they should work on preventing this happening again by disassociating themselves from the religious right, and work on having conservative approaches to progressive policies widely accepted by the majority of the population rather than appeal to the lowest denominator. 

[PartySick 172,527]

3 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said:

While they can probably change the rules to prevent Trump, it would essentially catalyze the destruction of the party, because it would be a blatant attempt at overriding the will of their constituency. It would be a severe breach of trust.

Whether any of us like it or not, Trump was chosen by the people to represent Republicans.

Perhaps they should work on preventing this happening again by disassociating themselves from the religious right, and work on having conservative approaches to progressive policies widely accepted by the majority of the population rather than appeal to the lowest denominator. 

Gotta love it though. They're screwed either way  make way for the liberal reign of America tbh. 

Spoiler

They have no one but themselves to blame

 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

2 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Gotta love it though. They're screwed either way  make way for the liberal reign of America tbh. 

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They have no one but themselves to blame

 

Well stances are still on a range. There is no such thing as homogeneous liberalism because opinions vary. The more conservative liberals will end up being the new "conservatives"  

But something similar needs to be done now. The majority of Americans support many liberal policies. The GOP should understand that this is the new reality and must adapt to continue serving their own agendas while not being divorced from reality.

[DiamondAngel 5,044]

People chose trump. Stupid people, maybe, but Americans nonetheless. Deal with it. 

[Adakam 2]

Love how even his party is already tired of him, he should have saved his stupidity for the real election instead of just the primary, he ruined his momentum, while everyone is endorsing Clinton, his own party wants him out, beautiful

[Goosey 3,017]

No wonder they do, they're the establishment.

I bet the number is at least as high for Hillary supporters looking to derail Bernie ("drop out", they say. "It's over.")

[Born To Slay 10,996]

2 hours ago, Goosey said:

No wonder they do, they're the establishment.

I bet the number is at least as high for Hillary supporters looking to derail Bernie ("drop out", they say. "It's over.")

#PrayForIndictment 

[Born To Slay 10,996]

2 hours ago, Adakam said:

Love how even his party is already tired of him, he should have saved his stupidity for the real election instead of just the primary, he ruined his momentum, while everyone is endorsing Clinton, his own party wants him out, beautiful

But would he have gotten his far without it tho?

[Adakam 2]

1 hour ago, Born To Slay said:

But would he have gotten his far without it tho?

Probably not, but if he did it in smaller doses it would have been a close fight with Cruz or Rubio, and then shoot it tall when it actually mattered and when it didnt put his reputation with the party at risk