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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#115976: Mar 15th 2016 at 6:46:57 PM

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.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#115977: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:00:13 PM

How badly does tonight sink Bernie's chances?

After today the territory will be swinging more on Bernie's side, right?

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#115979: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:01:58 PM

There's always Kasich

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#115980: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:06:23 PM

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

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#115981: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:07:31 PM

Not in the slightest.

Oh really when?
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#115982: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:07:52 PM

He's not likely to win, but if he and Cruz win (or, more accurately, stop Trump from winning) enough states the RNC could pull some major shenanigans at the Convention. Granted that might cause Trump to run 3rd party.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#115983: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:08:07 PM

Kasich 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 Dictionary
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#115984: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:21:52 PM

And Sanders is now being blocked out by CNN and MSNBC, essentially. Let the coronation begin.

higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#115985: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:22:29 PM

I do NOT want a President Trump at any cost. If Hillary secures the nomination, I'm voting for her.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#115986: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:25:08 PM

Sanders' only hope for a win tonight is Missouri of all states, where he's only down about 2% with 30% reporting. He's about 4% back in Illinois, but that's with 64% reporting so that's less likely.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#115987: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:27:07 PM

Part of me hoped Trump would sweep so we can be done with this circus on the GOP side.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#115988: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:30:10 PM

Options:

The republicans go through a brokered convention and kick Trump out.

Trump crushes it and the republicans decide to do nothing.

Trump crushes it and the Republicans choose one of their own to go for a 3rd party run.

edited 15th Mar '16 7:30:21 PM by MadSkillz

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#115989: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:31:41 PM

Or they vote for Hil in revenge. Thats probably the least damaging of their prospects given that they have the privacy of the poll booth to hide behind.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#115990: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:33:04 PM

The Republicans must know that any scenario involving Trump and another Republican candidate guarantees a Democratic win. Granted it's a pretty sure thing if he runs unopposed but it's a certainty if there's two of them.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#115991: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:43:43 PM

Wouldn't the GOP rather have Hillary win than Trump?

I mean if Trump wins you have to spend 4 years of him as the face of your party. His enormities becomes yours.

Seems like the GOP is ready to shift to the left.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#115992: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:55:55 PM

Congratulations, Hillary (still waiting on Illinois to be clear though).

Kasich's confetti game is on point. He deserved that win and I'm happy for him.

edited 15th Mar '16 7:56:20 PM by Hodor2

LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#115993: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:02:08 PM

Damn, Rubio lost at his own home state... He's probably done in politics.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#115994: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:02:34 PM

Sanders' only hope for a win tonight is Missouri of all states

And he did win in Missouri, by 2 percent.

I think? I dunno, just looked at the news for a second.

edited 15th Mar '16 8:04:38 PM by CassidyTheDevil

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#115995: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:02:50 PM

You 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.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#115996: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:06:16 PM

Who would the Republicans run though? None of the candidates seem sane to me. They're either different flavors of crazy or better at hiding it than Trump is.

GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#115997: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:09:33 PM

[up][up] What happens if Trump as a Third-Party outdoes the Republican Candidate?

Wizard Needs Food Badly
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#115998: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:11:35 PM

Well presumably he'd still lose the election since the vote would be split between he and then.

Otherwise, we run to Canada.

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#115999: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:12:19 PM

A very difficult place to immigrate to, so I hear.

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#116000: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:15:37 PM

[up][up][up]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


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