Why the GOP Establishment Should Grab For Trump Like A Life-Preserver.

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I say if you have to, nominate Trump. It's a win-win for the GOP...stay with me...

If the establishment guys were smart and started talking like "we have changed our minds about Trump...he's our kind of guy"... get some shots of him chumming with establishment types...wrap their loving arms around Trump...

If it "backfires" and Trump gets the nomination, back him anyway and get the consolation prize: having to deal with his unstable personality for four years; but at least the GOP brand is intact, marred, but intact. The worst possible thing on earth the GOP could do is squeeze Trump out of the nomination by a good old boy pick at their convention. The GOP would be amputating what's left of their base with only a few far right dingleberries clinging on for dear life.

If embracing Trump now works and it drives his support away...they'll need someone else to pick up those people. Someone who still represents an outsider's perspective but is still truly conservative at the end of the day. Someone also willing to fight with the GOP for real. Don't bother in this regard with cardboard cutout replicas. The people will know the real thing from the fake. The days of pulling the wool over voters eyes are long long LONGGGGG behind the Rove-machine. Welcome to the internet and the world library at people's fingertips..

C'mon Lindsey Graham, Carl Rove, Mitt Romney...Trump group hug? Either way you save the republican party. One way just takes longer.

You are exactly what is wrong with the GOP today.

Your whole post can be summed up as, "Fuck principles".