Over at The Weekly Standard today, Bill Kristol put up poll results from South Carolina. Although the pollster wished to remain anonymous, Bill explained, he was unaffiliated with any of the campaigns and is both “honest” and “competent.” Here’s where his work indicates that matters now stand:
- Trump 32
- Cruz 26
- Rubio 20
- Bush 10
- Carson 7
- Kasich 2
In re which, a friend left this note in my inbox:
If Bill’s friend’s numbers are right, Jeb needs to get out of this race … for the good of the Republic.
Things are getting serious — and the phrase “for the good of the Republic” does indeed apply, does it not? And it goes without saying that if the moment has come for Jeb, then it has come as well for Dr. Carson and Gov. Kasich.
Gentlemen, it’s time.
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Of course they’re not reading this, but Peter, you might be able to put in a call to someone… I wish they would pay attention, because this is ridiculous.
I wish they’d see it that way. But I doubt they will.
“For the good of the Republic” seems a touch hyperbolic. Â As if the Republic will collapse if Rubio isn’t nominated. Â It just isn’t so.
Well if trump or Clinton are president, then yes we are in big fricking trouble…
Oh? You don’t suppose the Republic will be a better place if someone other than Donald J. Trump receives the nomination? And that the only two candidates with a chance to deny The Donald are Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio?
I suppose on a day on which gravitational waves have been discovered in the far reaches of the universe, we’re allowed to see the country as a mere speck of dust–but only for a moment.
Yes, Fred, the Republican nomination matters to the future of the Republic. And you may quote me in tomorrow morning’s “Daily Shot.”