I assume that the Hillary staff is savvy enough to plan for a female replacement

[CK_John]

of Trump.

IMO, It will be the Gov of SC or long shot the former Gov of NJ.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Whitman wouldn't be seen with him

But the pick will be obviously designed to shore up an area of need. Problem is there are so many, and not just demographic groups. He has no experience at the federal level, no FP knowledge, no experience running anything but his mouth, etc. He also has major sharing issues so any pick that sucks up media attention or highlights one of his many weaknesses will make him angry. Will be interesting, but I don't see it solving anything for him after a few news cycles.

[CK_John]

2. I said a replacement of Trump, ie gone.

[BeyondGeography]

8. Oops...that's not happening

[democrattotheend]

36. Isn't Whitman pro-choice?

If so, there is no way Republican delegates would nominate her. McCain wanted to pick Lieberman as his VP in 2008 but was advised that doing so would result in a floor fight at the convention.

[Eric J in MN]

3. Trump will be the Republican nominee.

The alternative is for millions of people who voted for him staying home.

[CK_John]

4. I don't think he will make it to Cleveland.

[Eric J in MN]

5. Why not? NT

NT

[CK_John]

6. He is sinking like a rock and he never wanted the position to begin with. IMO

[JudyM]

42. Romney and Paul are stalwarts and rethugs are very march-in-line types... They likely wouldnt

be holding out (Romney is outright rejecting him) unless they thought there was a real chance of replacing him.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. This is bait and switch.

Trump will be gone before the GE.

Hillary will have a different opponent. Be ready.

[cali]

7. I assume that someday you will write something that is rooted in reality

I won't, however, hold my breath waiting.

[CK_John]

10. You have a nice day now.

[cali]

13. Have a day grounded in reality, friend.

[sufrommich]

11. It wouldn't matter who the replacement was,

it would be the GOP establishment ignoring the popular vote. If they replace Trump,they'd do it knowing that it's lost them the presidency and the Tea Party voter for decades.

[Chan790]

12. What's the tea party going to say about it...

if Trump (who I've doubted all along wants the nomination as much as he wants the publicity for his projects and is as surprised as anybody to be here now) holds a PC (following a negotiated withdrawal with the RNC) and announces that following a recent health scare, he's decided to change his priorities in life and withdraw to spend more time with Melania and his adult children.

What can the tea-partiers say really? They'll call him every name in the book, but it's not like he cares. They're his dupes and he's still a billionaire.

[sufrommich]

14. Trump isn't going to drop out,he's driven by

a thinned skinne fear based ego ,he'd rather die than quit.

[CK_John]

17. Their convention will be will be a lesson in new politics and we get

to after them and will know the players before we have to release ours.

[eastwestdem]

38. Exactly!! nt

[BobbyDrake]

15. Christine Todd Whitman would not agree to lead this GOP.

She was never a movement conservative and never will be.

[CK_John]

18. I agree she is a long shot but they may try to change the brand.

[BobbyDrake]

21. No. They closed that door.

They ignored their own commission's advice on how to expand the party, and publicly so. The GOP has to wait pretty much a full generation of voters to re-brand now. They lost all of their moderates years ago.

[Vinca]

16. That's an interesting thought.

I'm more inclined to think the GOP is going to eat this election and try to regroup after the Trumpenfuhrer is gone.

[Demsrule86]

20. Don't underestimate this guy

Hate wins sometimes.

[Demsrule86]

19. Trump is not gettig replaced. nt

[athena]

22. Because we women who support Hillary Clinton because she's a woman

support her only because she's a woman and would just as happily vote for any woman.



I'm sure Hillary Clinton and her campaign realize that her supporters aren't idiots. I think they have a lot more respect for us women who support her because she's a woman than some people here on DU do.

[CK_John]

23. IMO, the GE will be Hillary vs Nikki Haley.

[athena]

24. And who will vote for her?

If you think Republicans will vote for an Indian-American woman, you're dreaming.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/06/23/why-trump-was-inevitable/

We asked a series of questions about Trump’s controversial proposals (banning Muslims from entering the US, building a wall on the Mexican border, and identifying and deporting illegal immigrants). On all three issues overwhelming majorities of likely Republican voters supported his positions: almost three quarters (73 percent) favored banning Muslims from entering the US, 90 percent favored identifying and deporting illegal immigrants as quickly as possible, and 85 percent favored building a wall on the Mexican border.

Republicans know their base better than you do, apparently. Trump will be the Republican nominee.

[CK_John]

25. She is the Gov of SC and more right than Trump and a better politician.

[PoliticAverse]

32. You didn't answer the "who will you vote for" question. n/t

[Trust Buster]

26. The author of this thread is in dire need of a civics lesson. This isn't like replacing a pitcher in

baseball game. They could possibly hijack the Libertarian ticket but Trump is the Republican nominee and that won't change.

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. Unless perhaps he (Trump) decides to change it.

Never underestimate this man - his specialty is making deals.

This political season has no conventional rules to play by.

[Trust Buster]

29. Even if Trump did drop out, only primary candidates would qualify to be on state ballots.

There are deadlines that must be met. Bloomberg knew there was a drop dead date.

[TheCowsCameHome]

30. There are no rules this time around.

This political campaign year has been like no other.

Be prepared for .... anything.

[PoliticAverse]

33. You are confusing Bloomberg, who was going to be a third-party candidate...

with the Republican Party candidate. There is no requirement for the person the
Republicans choose to be their candidate to have been on any state primary ballots.
No matter who the Republicans choose that person will be on all 50 state ballots (more
specifically electors for that person will be).

[Lord Magus]

39. No, his specialty is bragging about his deal-making prowess, not actually MAKING deals.

He's too narcissistic and egotistical to step down in favor of somebody else. And especially too misogynistic to do so in favor of a woman.

[Adrahil]

28. It's too late for that.

The GOP have clutched him close. They are going to live or die with Trump at the head of their column. It is a spectacular implosion of a national party.

.....Or.....

It is the rise of American Fascism. Not the Fascism-lite like we got from BushCo. either.

[Tarc]

31. This silly fantasy, day after day after day

On the tenth-of-a-percent chance that Trump is not the nominee, you can be certain that his fascist mob followers will burn down...perhaps even literally...the GOP establishment, so they will lose anyways. If the RNC tries to install someone who didn't even run, Trump and the other candidates and their supporters will run crazy.

[CorkySt.Clair]

41. This is the new BoB "concern" narrative

Trump will be replaced, and no matter who they nominate, Hillary can't win.

With the indictment fairy apparently not coming and the voting over, this is what they're down to. Hoping Trump gets replaced with someone that can beat Hillary. Sad, but predictable.

[yellowcanine]

34. The only way it happens is Trump withdraws and that is not happening.

It is not in his DNA and it goes against his version of reality which includes him winning the votes of Latinos, women and California.

[rurallib]

35. they need to spend their time on the enemy that exists

not some phantasm of a remote future.

[karynnj]

37. Long shot former governor of NJ is not acceptable to almost anyone

She is way to the left of the current Republicans. For Democrats, I don't know what would be worse -- her many lies about the air quality in the immediate vicinity of the Trade Towers in the wake of 911 or the pictures of her grinning while frisking a young African American stopped by the police -- who had already been frisked and found clean by them.

I don't think the Republicans will find a way to rid themselves of Trump -- much as they would probably like to already.

I think that HRC is running on her record and no matter who is her competition that won't change. I don't think Trump will pick the SC Governor as VP -- she endorsed someone over him and he hates people he sees as against him. He might be more likely to pick someone like the empty suit loser of a MA and a NH Senate race who endorsed him.

[Lord Magus]

40. This ludicrous fantasy is if anything even more tiresome than the indictment fairy.

And Hillary's staff would be fools if they wasted even a second of their time "planning" for it.