Establishment for Trump?
The GOP Establishment is in a tough spot.
Their preferred candidates- Jeb Bush and
Marco Rubio- lag far behind front-runners
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson.
With Carson fading, they may be forced to
choose between the top two. Their choice
\It is more than an open secret that the Republican Establishment so hates
Ted Cruz that they are more and more openly rooting for Donald Trump
to win Iowa.
I just got today’s Hotline from National Journal. It is behind a pay wall,
but it is worth noting their top story confirms what I have been seeing
and hearing. Josh Kraushaar writes,
It’s the $64,000 question for establishment-minded Republicans:
Would they rather see Ted Cruz or Donald Trump win the Iowa
caucuses, assuming none of the more moderate candidates prevail?
In an informal survey of senior GOP strategists, the clear winner was
Trump. Their arguments were reasoned but underscored: a) how
they’re still underestimating Trump; and b) how much they personally
hate Cruz to the point where emotion is trumping strategy.
The Establishment thinking is that if Trump beats Cruz in Iowa, they
can then beat Trump with Rubio, Bush, or Christie.
It's an interesting strategy, but will it work?
Source: AAN
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