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In keeping with observations theme - Bill Kristol's statements in post above (reproduced below for convenience) exhibit just how undeniably rotten things are within establishment GOP. They would rather hand Obama a third term or worse via Hillary rather than listen to the people.

I'm no Trump fan (I do appreciate how he smokes out the issues and the weak/deadwood in the GOP) but would get behind him to defeat Hillary. Let's hope that cooler heads prevail - everyone must understand what is at stake this election cycle - and Hillary (or whoever) must be defeated. Three potential Supreme Court appointments will have quite an impact and last a long, long time.

"In order to defeat Donald Trump, The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol admits he is prepared to hand Hillary Clinton the Oval Office. On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” the Republican Establishment leader laid out his plot to deprive Trump of the 50% of delegates necessary to secure the nomination. From there, the idea is to go into a brokered convention and cut a kamikaze deal that awards enough delegates to an “acceptable” candidate (who will have won far fewer votes, states, and delegates than Trump)."