Agit8r
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I was mulling over a scenario in my head the other day that I haven't fully developed, but it seems like it could be a possible last ditch end game for the GOP establishment. It goes something as follows:
If Trump were to wins so many primary delegates that it would be impolitic (and possibly result in convention violence) for them not to allow him to be the nominee, they might resort to the same "divide and conquer" strategy in the General Election instead.
This would involve a couple of element.
First, they would have to back a relatively moderate Republican (say Kasich or Paul Ryan--and yes, that is what passes for moderate in the GOP today) in a write in campaign.
Secondly there would be a dark-money ad campaign encouraging voters in the western US to vote for Gary Johnson (or whoever the libertarian nominee ends up being) that attack Hillary on issues like war, civil liberties, or drug scheduling.
Possibly thirdly, to run a dark-money ad campaign encouraging left wing voters to vote for Jill Stein, or the Green party candidate in very liberal states.
They could then potentially keep any candidate from getting a sufficient number of electoral votes, thus throwing the matter to the House of Representatives, who would pick the Establishment GOP candidate as the next president.
Maybe it sounds crazy, but this year, who knows?
If Trump were to wins so many primary delegates that it would be impolitic (and possibly result in convention violence) for them not to allow him to be the nominee, they might resort to the same "divide and conquer" strategy in the General Election instead.
This would involve a couple of element.
First, they would have to back a relatively moderate Republican (say Kasich or Paul Ryan--and yes, that is what passes for moderate in the GOP today) in a write in campaign.
Secondly there would be a dark-money ad campaign encouraging voters in the western US to vote for Gary Johnson (or whoever the libertarian nominee ends up being) that attack Hillary on issues like war, civil liberties, or drug scheduling.
Possibly thirdly, to run a dark-money ad campaign encouraging left wing voters to vote for Jill Stein, or the Green party candidate in very liberal states.
They could then potentially keep any candidate from getting a sufficient number of electoral votes, thus throwing the matter to the House of Representatives, who would pick the Establishment GOP candidate as the next president.
Maybe it sounds crazy, but this year, who knows?
