Trump is GOP Nominee

Which is also the group he gives exactly zero ****s about doing anything for.

 

I remember using "erstwhile" incorrectly, thinking it meant distinguished or highly regarded .... Imagine my embarrassment when I found out what it really meant!!

 

Kept calling your wife your erstwhile lover?

 

Ha! Close, but no.... I used the word a lot in high school and early college before a girl I was dating at the time handed me a dictionary when I referred to one of our professors as the erstwhile Dr. So and so (forgot the guy's name, honestly!)... It actually became a running joke between us after that. Until she became my erstwhile girlfriend!

 

I'd bet on Rubio too

 

Fair point, but the spread appears to be at 19 right now. Quite a gaping gash.

 

I said that 2 years ago, too. Haven't changed my mind yet. My only consolation is that at leaSt it won't be Bernie sanders.

I think in the end Rubio will get the GOP nod. But doesn't matter if trump goes 3rd party or not, Hilary will win.

Ugh.

 

Rubio +130

Trump +320

On 5 dimes

 

There is 68% of the points in the field for people not named Donald. And like Highlander--there can be only one.

 

Just looking at the polls and the kinds of candidates that are popular, I think it'll be Cruz.

 

Cruz +450

 

I referenced an article in another thread that said as much. Trump is no one's 2 or 3 option.

Rubio or Cruz will get some traction. And I'd still not entirely count jeb out yet just due to the power brokers.

 

But the sane candidates (Rubio, Bush, Kasich, Christie, Paul) are running at about 30% combined. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that someone I hate will be nominated.

 

I prefer jeb, but I'm voting Rubio because he can win even despite the fact I think he might have an iq around 100

 

Odds are supportive. There is extremely little to like in the 2016 candidate pool. It's an American tragedy.

 

I don't hate the current pool. Better than the last few honestly. I just don't like the ones in the current pool who are doing well.

 

Yeah, I see Rubio as George W. 2.0. He is slightly more articulate.

 

Completely agree

 

I'm in this boat, the odds of someone even sort of palatable getting the nod seems low.

 

Hence my nearly ten year defection from the Republican Party.