The GOP Establishment

[Originalist]

The GOP Establishment does not care if they lose in 2016.

To them, going back to holding 40% of the power in Congress is a fair trade-off for getting to keep all the perks in place.

They are not seeking to run their own candidate (by hijacking the convention or running a candidate 3rd Party) because they think he would be more conservative or have a better chance against Hillary. On the contrary, they have only one thing in mind....keeping the perks in place that the Tea Party originally wanted to take from them, and that Trump/Cruz want to take from them now. Losing in November to achieve that end is a small price to pay.

Unlike the hand ringing ,Evangelical ,"Never Trump" minority, the establishment is not concerned about Christianity or morals, either. However, according to Carl Rove, it is these gullible, foolish Christians they plan on using to do their dirty work this November. They will run a candidate that meets all the establishment criteria, but will sound like an Evangelical prince, and thus the Evangelicals will become willing participants in driving the final nail in their own coffin....and they will deserve it. This has come about due to the fact that too many Evangelicals are voting on some vague , abstract "principle" rather than from a fervor to preserve religious freedom. Thanks for nothing, brethren.