03-13-2016, 11:35 PM
(03-13-2016, 08:00 PM)Lods link Wrote:The other issue is...While we're watching the clown are we actually missing the 'devil' that would be the alternative.
Cruz and Rubio are both right-wing zealots and boast of being inflexible. In that sense, they would arguably be more dangerous as the President than Trump who wouldn't hesitate to ignore what he said in the primaries.
Cruz, though, is pretty much unelectable. He's an anti-populist - a guy who is unlikeable and who will only tell you want you want to hear provided that you're a right-wing evangelical nut job. He won't be able to "pivot to the center" as Americans love to say about nominees facing a general election and he wouldn't necessarily be able to rally Trump's supporters. It would still be a worry if misfortune overtakes the Democratic nominee and he wins à la Steven Bradbury. I can't see Rubio being able to win the nomination even in a contested convention after diminishing himself in the attacks on Trump.
Who knows what Kasich would be like? He has followed a gameplay of being the Simon-the-likeable candidate but what is he really like?