Last Wednesday, I made the following comment (as a reply to a comment) in Kerry Eleveld's diary about John Ellis Bush's conservative cred:
Well, I'd have to agree with them here - (3+ / 0-)
"the people that vote in the GOP primaries are determined not to nominate Bush because they are certain he's another loser"
But the establishment (R)s want him to run, so they will make that happen in one way or another.
For instance, the RWNJs are most likely to win when party caucuses are held instead of primary elections. Ergo, I anticipate the number of elections to increase, and the number of caucuses to decrease.
I know the (R)s all hope they will win the presidency in 2016, but that looks really unlikely right now. Even they see it. And even if Bush is another loser, anyone else running on their ticket will be an even bigger loser. The last thing they want is to hand a (D) party president a larger "mandate" than is otherwise likely. They will run Bush to keep the loss margin at its lowest potential - and (in their eyes) maybe even win.
by AJayne on Wed May 06, 2015 at 03:33:10 PM PDT
This evening, I read the following on a local (Las Vegas) news website -
Senators approve proposal to dump Nevada's caucus system
Nevada senators have approved a bill that would dump Nevada's caucus system and replace it with a primary to choose presidential nominees.
We'll have to see if the bill passes the Assembly and gets signed into law, but
I should have taken bets. I'll be very interested to see if/how many other states also take that step...
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