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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
Another thing that the Establishment has going for them is that the nomination process is not fair. Each state GOP party runs its primary or caucus--which means that the elections are being run by the Establishment. And delegates are not always awarded in a one-to-one fashion with the popular vote. There are lots of little rules and procedures for actually getting your delegates to the convention--disputes over which will be resolved by GOP secretaries of state or GOP party chairpersons.
Once the Establishment settles on Rubio/Christie/Bush, I think that you will see a lot of pushing and pulling behind the scenes to make sure that that candidate wins. You are not seeing it yet because you don't have a consensus Establishment candidate.
The GOP Establishment that people are discounting here currently has control of the vast majority of state legislatures/governorships, both houses of the U.S. Congress, and a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court. It knows how to play politics and win.
Most of the "OMG Trump is going to destroy the GOP" stuff I am seeing comes from liberals who are wishing more than predicting.
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it's because of this that Sanders has no hope.