[TheRealThing]

I don't think that the establishment candidate will get out of the race. It is a longshot but if Rubio's internal polls show him losing big to Trump in a few days, he might withdraw to avoid a humiliating defeat. Kasich seems delusional and is apparently willing to accept the nomination under any condition.

It would be best for the country for the establishment to throw in the towel and persuade Rubio and Kasich to get out of the race to provide its voters with a clear choice. The problem is that I think that the GOPe hates Cruz at least as much as they hate Trump. They have only themselves to blame for trying to rig the process in Jeb's favor.

I completely misjudged Rubio. I thought he was more mature and thoughtful than he actually is. Jeb was their choice, like Romney was their choice and they flushed millions of dollars in negative ads, mostly constructed of false claims to manipulate the minds of voters. It was laughable to watch them fumbling around in disbelief as they doubled down on their own naïveté. If it was not for the fact that the campaign to fight Hillary looms ever closer, it would have been hilarious. And you are exactly correct. The GOPe does in fact hate Ted Cruz. And he isn't the guy I would want to go fishing with for a week either, but he'd make a very good President.

We will suffer for all the back room wheeling and dealing. Not the millionaire power brokers who dream all this stuff up. The only chance we have as I see things, is if the will of the people is eventually realized.