tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post264065979252299824..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Spewful Semi-Predictions for 2016Steve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-68692378859936129662016-01-01T21:09:36.738-05:002016-01-01T21:09:36.738-05:00Cruz is in a much better spot to win the nominatio...Cruz is in a much better spot to win the nomination than at the start of the campaign, but you still shouldn't bet the house on it - it takes a special kind of personality to piss off that many GOP colleagues in Congress, and he's the Goldwater to Trump's Wallace.<br /><br />Far more likely that Trump wreaks havoc until the convention, forcing a last-minute 'cordon sanitaire' and running a wingnut VP pick with an establishment figure on the ticket (a la 2008); Trump screams that the party has "betrayed" him and goes independent. The end result will be the same, nevertheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com