Rand Paul is going to win I guarantee it

[erowe1]

Yeah but Rubio is giving up his senate seat so he has absolutely nothing to lose in this and so he has no reason to ever drop out

If it's clear that he won't win then his incentive to drop out will be that he can endorse the winner and get a cabinet position.

 

[statist slayer]

They are so embarrassed by Trump that they won't want him representing the GOP and because they are career politicians the don't want to set a precedent where people without any experience become President.

The establishment is just a bunch of spineless worms like the average American voter. You give them too much credit. If the wind is blowing Trump's way, they'll jump on board. They actually believe half the propaganda -- we need to antagonize Iran, carpet bomb ISIS, force China to stop currency devaluation, waterboard Muslims. Only those who are directly beholden to illegal immigrant labor wouldn't support Trump.

 

[liberty_nc]

Must have liked that thanksgiving day game. 11-0 strong

 

[dude58677]

The establishment is just a bunch of spineless worms like the average American voter. You give them too much credit. If the wind is blowing Trump's way, they'll jump on board. They actually believe half the propaganda -- we need to antagonize Iran, carpet bomb ISIS, force China to stop currency devaluation, waterboard Muslims. Only those who aren't directly beholden to illegal immigrant labor would support Trump.

Not when Donald Trump insulted military veterans, gave out their phone numbers, ex. What he did was personal to the other candidates. Trump supporters don't care about these things but most Republicans don't care for Trump, the other candidates don't like what he did to them,
etc.

 

[Dr. Dog]

He is the type that will drop out without a first place finish in either NH, Iowa, Nevada, and SC. The other candidates will also back Paul because they weren't bullied by Paul.

Rubio will not drop out. He has nothing to lose right now, he's not running for re-election.

 

[statist slayer]

Not when Donald Trump insulted military veterans, gave out their phone numbers, ex. What he did was personal to the other candidates. Trump supporters don't care about these things but most Republicans don't care for Trump, the other candidates don't like what he did to them,
etc.

I'm not talking about Lindsey Graham and John McCain. I'm talking about the machinery of the party and the donor network. In July, everyone said that Trump's negatives were too high for people to flock to him. Guess what, people have the memory of a goldfish.

 

[dude58677]

If it's clear that he won't win then his incentive to drop out will be that he can endorse the winner and get a cabinet position.

Donald Trump is not someone that anyone would want a cabinet position with. He'll make fun of them or fire them if they disagree with ways of doing things. Someone who gives out your personal phone number publicly is not someone I would want to be their cabinet member. If you disagree with President Paul as a cabinet member you won't be publicly humiliated nor fired. It won't be that way being a cabinet member for Donald Trump.

 

[dude58677]

I'm not talking about Lindsey Graham and John McCain. I'm talking about the machinery of the party and the donor network. In July, everyone said that Trump's negatives were too high for people to flock to him. Guess what, people have the memory of a goldfish.

Your not considering everyone dropping out. Everyone is going to drop out except for Trump and Paul next summer. The other candidates have personal grudges against Trump and won't want to work in his cabinet as result. Most of the GOP voters are embarrassed by Trump and so Paul is the lesser of the two evils to the establishment.

Most of everything that worked against Ron Paul last election will work for Rand Paul in this election.

 

[erowe1]

Donald Trump is not someone that anyone would want a cabinet position with

Sure he is, if he's president of the United States. But that's not who I had in mind. I don't see Trump winning, and I don't see Rubio endorsing him in the primaries even if he becomes the runaway favorite.

 

[Dr. Dog]

Sure he is, if he's president of the United States. But that's not who I had in mind. I don't see Trump winning, and I don't see Rubio endorsing him in the primaries even if he becomes the runaway favorite.

I can only see Rubio endorsing Jeb, Christie, or Kasich.

He will not endorse Rand, Cruz, Trump, Carson, Huck, or any other also-ran.

 

[Dr. Dog]

Your not considering everyone dropping out. Everyone is going to drop out except for Trump and Paul next summer. The other candidates have personal grudges against Trump and won't want to work in his cabinet as result. Most of the GOP voters are embarrassed by Trump and so Paul is the lesser of the two evils to the establishment.

Most of everything that worked against Ron Paul last election will work for Rand Paul in this election.

Rubio is not going to drop out, he has millions of establishment Super PAC money behind him.

Cruz has tens of millions in the bank and will stay in at least till Super Tuesday where he will likely do well enough to be this election's Santorum.

Jeb will not drop out until Super Tuesday as well...unless he has Rick Perry numbers in Iowa and NH.

 

[dude58677]

I can only see Rubio endorsing Jeb, Christie, or Kasich.

He will not endorse Rand, Cruz, Trump, Carson, Huck, or any other also-ran.

Once again without a first place finish among the three you said that Rubio would endorse, they are all dropping out. Rand Paul and Donald Trump will stay in through the primaries and for the reasons I stated above Rand Paul is the lesser of the two evils for the establishment.

It is better to strongly disagree with someone than to publicly humiliate and bully someone. Between Trump and Paul who will both stay till the end of the primaries, the other candidates will endorse Paul even though they strongly disagree politically. Paul simply has more class and wasn't a jerk to the other candidates.

 

[dude58677]

Rubio is not going to drop out, he has millions of establishment Super PAC money behind him.

Cruz has tens of millions in the bank and will stay in at least till Super Tuesday where he will likely do well enough to be this election's Santorum.

Jeb will not drop out until Super Tuesday as well...unless he has Rick Perry numbers in Iowa and NH.

Rubio is going to spend all that money on the early primaries and Rand Paul will follow his fathers footsteps in not dropping out. If Cruz does not drop out he'll split the vote with Trump because that is how the public perceives it Cruz and Trump as anti-establishment and Paul as establishment.

 

[mit26chell]

Folks.... none of this means much if he doesn't poll high enough into the debates. If he gets dropped from the debates, his campaign is over. Period.

This x 100. Campaign is over when he's excluded from the debates due to polling single digits. It's coming people.

 

[puppetmaster]

The cut and run folks........sheesh.

 

[dude58677]

This x 100. Campaign is over when he's excluded from the debates due to polling single digits. It's coming people.

He only gets excluded from the debates if his polling drops to zero and it won't drop to zero because he won't drop out but other candidates will.

 

[nayjevin]

Make it happen.

We won't know for years what Ron's candidacy has done for this country. Same is true of Rand. All out is the only option.

 

[CPUd]

This x 100. Campaign is over when he's excluded from the debates due to polling single digits. It's coming people.

Rand will be in the debates.

 

[Anti Federalist]

LOL

 

[Dr. Dog]

Rand will be in the debates.

Sure, at this one: