Think Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump doesn’t really stand a chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination?
In the starkest sign of how unsettled the situation is, what once seemed unthinkable — that Mr. Trump could win the Republican nomination — is being treated by many within the Republican establishment as a serious possibility. And one reason his candidacy seems strong is a change by the party in hopes of ending the process earlier: making it possible for states to hold contests in which the winner receives all the delegates, rather than a share based on the vote, starting March 15, two weeks earlier than in the last cycle. Ten states have said they will do so.
If Mr. Trump draws one-third of the Republican primary vote, as recent polls suggest he will, that could be enough to win in a crowded field. After March 15, he could begin amassing all the delegates in a given state even if he carried it with only a third of the vote. And the later it gets, the harder it becomes for a lead in delegates to be overcome, with fewer state contests remaining in which trailing candidates can attempt comebacks.
“Somebody like Trump, who is operating in a crowded field, could put this contest away early if the crowd doesn’t thin out,” said Eric Fehrnstrom, who was a senior adviser to Mr. Romney.
Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser to Senator John McCain of Arizona when he ran for president in 2008, said Mr. Trump could also be helped by the fact that candidates like Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina, with thinner financial resources and therefore likelier to run out of money, are, like Mr. Trump, political outsiders. So their supporters would be more inclined to fall in behind Mr. Trump than, say, Mr. Bush or Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.
“There is a bubble of delusion among Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., with regard to their parties’ respective nominating processes,” Mr. Schmidt said. “There is no magic date upon which the air will come out of the Donald Trump balloon. The notion that Donald Trump cannot be the Republican nominee is completely and totally wrong.”
Wait. Aren’t these the same folks who wanted to change the electoral college system to proportionately divide the votes each state had among the candidates? In other words, when states like Wisconsin go Republican at the state level and Dem at the presidential level (as happened in several states, um, recently), they were talking about changing the rules to split delegates, thus taking away delegates from Dem presidential candidates in purple states like Wisconsin and Michigan.
Trump has been success, what has Hillary ever done?
If your measure of success is how many times someone has filed for bankruptcy, then yeah, Donald Trump has been a “YUUUUUGE” success.
However, as a businessman Trump has been a pretty miserable failure, as this link notes.
Who is this “Hillary” person you refer to? I don’t see anyone named “Hillary” mentioned in the original post, so why would you be bringing her up? Maybe you have an obsession with her, and should go see a therapist about this.
Don’t feed the troll. I’m dealing with him through comment moderation.
However, thanks for reminding me that I forgot to remind Dohnal to stay on topic.
Bob, if you can’t stay on topic I’m not going to allow you to comment. Hillary Clinton has nothing to do with this topic.