[gg188]

And the Rovians and party insiders in the GOP Elite Establishment are working overtime trying to figure out how to game this system so Cruz will win. And Trump lose. You can bet they’ve got their lawyers, analysts, and every functionary and operative in the party to game this system, above board or below board. They are talking to every delegate. Delegates can be TURNED, they can run on one slate, the flip to another in the rules of many state parties. If the Cruz Washington Establishment can just get to the first vote at the convention and survive, the Establishment will be able to use subterfuge, logrolling and donor/Cheap Labor Express/Goldman Sachs money to prevent the Outsider from winning.

[Neu Pragmatist]

If they do manage to steal it from Trump they will lose the general election , because most of Trump’s army will sit it out . Unfortunately the GOPe is very comfortable with a Dim winning

[arthurus]

I do not think they want Cruz either. Rubio would be a good sub for the pitiful Bush.The nominee, if chosen by the Rovian Establishment can get the nomination without winning it.He only has to be a respectable second or third place so long as the first place candidate does not get the requisite 50+% in 8 states. Then it goes to wheeling and dealing and the greatest dealer of them all can be cut out of the process altogether.

[glorgau]

> Cruz Washington Establishment?

Those people _hate_ him.

[RightLady]

BS they would rather have Trump.