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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Is Kasich likely to win? I mean, he seems like the best choice of the remaining three. But I sort of figured he was a non-starter.
edited 15th Mar '16 7:07:13 PM by Protagonist506
Leviticus 19:34Kasich only has one state to his name. He stands very little chance in the primary, but he may prove useful as a buffer against a Trump nomination.
I'm certainly not happy about Bernie losing Ohio, but I'll vote Hillary to keep Trump and Cruz out (again, Kasich has a snowball's chance on the sun, but if he did, I'd vote Hillary over him too, on account of him gutting my state).
edited 15th Mar '16 7:08:36 PM by TrashJack
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's DictionaryYou know, that's something I legitimately never considered. We've talked about the possibility of the GOP collapsing and the Democrats splitting to fill the two-party gap, but if they manage to stop Trump somehow (brokering the convention against him, he runs as a third party, and gets slaughtered in the general, maybe? He'd still split the conservative vote, but if the official GOP candidate manages to do significantly better than him, which isn't outside the realm of possibility in the general election...), then it could be a sign of sanity returning and the party pulling back from the brink to become its previous center-right self.
A GOP without pandering to Dixiecrats (if opposed by a strong, legitimately left-leaning Democratic party and not just a spineless center-center moderate version) is actually something I could get behind. Not in the sense of voting for them (probably), but in the sense of I don't think it'd be a bad thing for the country.
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One option is that the Republican Party begins to sink into irrelevancy, and its former supporters split off into either the Democrats (which would probably herald a realignment there too), or back into the New Party.
Or, more likely in my opinion, the New Party is a short-lived phenomenon and its supporters eventually fold back into the Republicans.
edited 15th Mar '16 8:17:18 PM by Eschaton

I doubt that the GOP would pick him to lead the ticket, but he might have his eye on the VP slot, a key Cabinet post or endorsements/donations for a run for Governor in a few years.
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