The Other GOP Problem: The Presidential Race | National Catholic Reporter

The Other GOP Problem: The Presidential Race | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The House just got worse, McCarthy opted out of the Speakership,



Trump is on top because he exudes a certain Reaganesque boldness.  He is this year's central casting version of a leader - which shows you that central casting mainly does reality TV.  Still, there are polls that show that more Republicans are against him than with him. Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson are better pollers, but its early.  All three are disasters and Carly and Ben are performance art, much the way Herman Cain was, with Carson drawing the people who say they oppose Obama but not for his race (a lie) and Carly as the alternative to Clinton (who may lose to Sanders or Biden).  I suspect when the real voters show up at the caucuses, John Ellis Bush will get support if he does not withdraw before then.  Marco Rubio is the sop to the Latino community about immigration - except he is Cuban.  Cuban exiles gain residency simply by showing up, which shows how much Cuba had been an American colony.  This goes double for Cruz.



 Is Bush a shoe in, maybe.  Kasich is too moderate for the noisy part of the GOP - but people need to remember that the Screw It caucus is not a majority.  He may well be the person who wins it if the Primary electorate reads the tea leaves and realizes that no one wants yet another president named Bush (or Clinton).