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Interesting theory about the future of the GOP. Step one, nominate Cruz. Step two, he loses. This prevents him from running again. Step three,

Posted by mara Apr 14 '16, 09:25

concentrate on House and Senate races this year. Step four, rebuild the Party during the next Democratic administration.

"A Cruz general-election defeat would strengthen the 'Reformicons' who are trying to reform the GOP.... A Trump general-election defeat, on the other hand, would leave them facing a formidable obstacle in 2020: Ted Cruz." (www.theatlantic.com)

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This has been going around for a bit. With Trump you destroy the party, with Cruz you destroy the Tea Party groups. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 09:38
The biggest issue with giving the wingnuts what they want (an ultra-conservative) is that you're expecting them to learn a lesson once he loses. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:32 1
- I kind of agree with that. I have to admit my favorite part about this piece is "Let Cruz run now, so that his loss will prevent him running again." -- nm - mara Apr 14, 09:34
This is the argument I've been making. Put an end to the "if we just went more conservative we would win" debate. It provides the ammunition to move - pmb Apr 14, 09:31 3
- The flaw is they keep thinking its a messenger problem when it's really a message problem -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 09:33 1
  - Right, but this is how that essentially gets exposed. Here's your conservative of all conservatives. The guy who has led the call for being as - pmb Apr 14, 09:36
- Yep. Everyone will just be able to say "Trump wasn't really a conservative. Let's nominate a REAL conservative and try again." -- nm - volnelk Apr 14, 09:33
this seems to be a more abstract version of "let's just wait for Trump to implode like we know he will" -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 09:29

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