With the second place finish of Ohio Governor John Kasich in the New Hampshire Republican primary, the Republican Party has been given a lifeline to avoid the total disaster of Donald Trump!
But this requires other candidates to drop out, including Dr. Benjamin Carson, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio in particular, as all have failed to prove they are electable.
Ted Cruz should also drop out, as it is clear legally that he was born in Canada, and cannot, therefore, become President.
Were this to occur, it would leave the race as three men–Donald Trump, Kasich and Jeb Bush, and that would be good for the party, and would insure that Trump would not be the GOP nominee for President.
Whether one agrees or not with any of the candidates, it is clear that Kasich more so, Bush less so, would, ultimately have the best opportunity to keep the Republican party viable in the future, as both would promote mainstream conservatism, instead of the right wing extremism promoted by other candidates.
The spotlight, whatever happens with others dropping out of the race, will be on Kasich, and it would seem his chances of ending up as the GOP nominee have been greatly improved, as the Ohio Governor now seems very electable!
From what I have heard, it’s a nightmare for the Republicans because they can’t decide on one establishment candidate.
How, my I ask, has Rubio failed to prove that he is electable?
Even by his own admission he did indeed have a sub-par debate performance last Saturday night, but why does that suddenly mean he is now unelectable?
I’m not Rubio’s biggest supporter as I do like Governor Kasich but it seems a little unfair to say that Rubio has failed to prove his electablity, simply after a bad debate performance and having a dissappointing outcome in New Hampshire. I’m not saying that he will win the nomination, but I think you would agree, that there is still much to be decided.
Christie and Fiorina have dropped out.
Carson is staying in, thinks he’s going to win big in South Carolina. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/10/politics/ben-carson-staying-in-race/index.html
Kasich, the supposedly relatively “mainstream” one in this insane, extreme Republican 2016 field, plans to defund Planned Parenthood in Ohio.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/02/gov-kasich-bill-defund-planned-parenthood
Princess Leia, I am not defending Kasich, just saying out of a bad bunch, he is the least terrible!
What a field of candidates!
Jim Webb will not be running as a third party candidate. http://www.bluevirginia.us/2016/02/breaking-jim-webb-not-running-for.html