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Originally Posted by u crank
I have to ask the question... why is Trump the Republican candidate?
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As opposed to being the Democrat candidate? Well for one thing the Republicans don't have super delegates that decide who wins and who looses. No way was Bernie Sanders going to be allowed to win. A power i'd bet the GoP establishment wishes they had.
If you're asking how he could have beat his competition for the nomination it points to the republicans greatest weakness; failed expectations.
As one conservative columnist put it:
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For years, rank-and-file Republicans asked their leaders do their job: promote the GOP agenda. From tackling illegal immigration to passing a balanced budget to coming up with a viable alternative to Obamacare, the base had a reasonable expectation, especially with Republican majorities in Congress, that these issues would be addressed.
But they weren’t. Instead, lip service and impotence ruled the day.
Boehner and McConnell, as consummate Beltway insiders, were conflict-averse, entirely too comfortable to roll up their sleeves and do the hard work.
Instead, they endlessly complained about their conservative members, criticized without acting, and made “deals with the devil,” giving in to the President and Harry Reid without a fight, despite holding the cards.
The result? After years of saying “do something — or else,” the shoe finally dropped. The “or else” manifested itself as the establishment’s worst nightmare: Donald Trump as presidential nominee.
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