re: #108 Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)

I think that the party leadership has private polls in which they see that the redneck, racist GOP base in states like Texas will NEVER, EVER vote for a dirty Messican like Rubio.

And if the GOP can’t hold Texas, it is Game Over for them on a national level.

I don’t think that’s necessarily the problem. They did vote for Cruz, after all. Cruz and Rubio are Cuban which Republicans seem to be okay with as a remnant of the Cold War. Plus, they say all the right things on social issues. And I don’t think Texas would suddenly go for Hillary Clinton if it’s Cruz or Rubio. But I don’t know enough about Texas as I’ve never spent more than 60 hours there.