If it were any other year, the GOP race would already be over. The Trump campaign is already working to lower expectations for Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary, with Katrina Pierson predicting it will be the “last competitive state at this level”. [Donald Trump Spox: Wisconsin ‘Last Competitive State,’ Schedule Forward ‘Very Complementary’ to Trump, by Alex Swoyer, Breitbart, April 2, 2016] But even after one of the worst weeks of his campaign, Trump still has a “yuge” lead in the next primary in his home state of New York, 56% to Cruz’s 20% and Kasich’s 19% . [Poll: Clinton, Trump up big in New York, by David Wright, CNN, March 31, 2016] Cruz has to win an overwhelming majority of the delegates in every upcoming states for his nomination to remain even mathematically feasible. Only Trump has a realistic path to the nomination before Cleveland.
However, both the Republican Party and its Conservatism Inc. flunkies seem to be looking past the general election. There’s a palpable sense that the entire American Right, outside of Trump and his supporters, are actually indifferent as to whether they can win in 2016. There are even reports the Republican Establishment is preparing to nominate a candidate who hasn’t even competed in the primaries this year, most likely Open Borders fanatic and Jack Kemp clone Paul Ryan. Obviously, they can’t expect to win over the millions of voters who supported Trump in such a scenario. But that seems not even to have occurred to what critics sarcastically call the “GOP Smart Set.” As in 2012, they just know the donors will like it. ...
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