re: #238 Joe Bacon

We’re on course for another 1912-type election where the GOP splits in two or maybe even three parts—Jesus, Wall Street and Libertarians. I got a gut feeling that Trump will come in with the most delegates but he won’t get the nomination because he doesn’t have a majority. The rest will be split between Rubio, Cruz, Kasich and others. The party bosses will draft either Ryan, Thune, Baker or Romney as a last-ditch effort. Trump’s people will walk out. They may actually seize the GOP line in a bunch of states. The resulting chaos creates an opening for the Libertarian Party to make a move to replace the GOP as a major party. We may see the GOP wind up like the British Liberals did between 1931-89 as a rump party with a handful of seats in the South and Rocky Mountain states.

I’d actually be interested in seeing someone from the LP in office. LP members always insist they can do so much better so let’s see one of them actually govern.