How will the GOP out-Trump themselves in 2020?

[Rocknrule]

Will they nominate David Duke? Ted Nugent? One of the Duck Dynasty guys? Or will they be a regional party based in a compound in rural Idaho by then? We can only hope.

[salin]

1. Rush Limbaugh?

Sean Hannity?

[Democrats Ascendant]

2. Eastwood's Chair?

Kidding aside, I shudder to think what horrors have been dredged up by Dumpster

[tonyt53]

3. Looks like Reagan will be getting dug up.

[vlyons]

4. I've wondered who might compete in the next go-round

Certainly Ted Cruz, Pence, and Rubio will be in the mix. Christie will be in jail, so unavailable. I think the GOP will look for a kinder, gentler, more compassionate Christian version, like Kasich -- who still has the old GOP policies of cut cut cut taxes, kill Roe vs Wade, destroy the safety net etc

[Algernon Moncrieff]

12. George Will wrote that the best thing that could happen to the GOP is a loss by a landslide

His reasoning is that it is the only way they will learn to do meaningful outreach to non-whites.

Earl G posted on this. He feels Trump will go around again. I told him that the next GOP nominee will be Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. If you are unfamiliar with Hogan, think of a less abrasive Chris Christie.

I also think more women will be in the next go-round. While the campaign has been going on, Nikki Haley has been quietly leading South Carolina out of the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, which was a sizable flooding event. Joni Ernst could also be in the mix.

I think the bigger question is this: if Donald Trump loses, what will the Republican party look like? Will they try to continue their go-along-get-along approach, or will the Bush/Kasich/arguably Ryan wing of the party split with the Donald Trump/Tea Party wing. Evan McMullen may also be in the 2020 mix. Billionaires like Peter Thiel may throw their hats in the ring.

Another interesting question: did Trump rise because of the Republican Party or in spite of it? Will we see more independent candidacies in 2020? People (especially billionaires like Mark Cuban) who reason that there is no need to waste a lot of money on primaries, and instead will work to get their names on ballots; develop slick marketing; and focus on a strong social media presence.

[patsimp]

5. grandpa munster ted cruz or little 'i have to compensate' rubio

[awake]

7. 50/50 the GOP may finish self destructing by then

I could see a few House Republicans decide to back a compromise house speaker with the Democrats if the right wing nuts drop Rayn as speaker. The GOP has been in a civil war for number of years only now has it gone public. Trump will continue to tear it apart when he is defeated tomorrow.

[Glitterati]

8. Yeah, I don't think there's much hope for them as a party together

the nutjobs hate the moderate republicans as much as they hate us Democrats, so I don't see anything but more civil war within the party itself.

My guess is that the TeaParty/Trump nuts split off into a separate party splitting the republicans apart.

The GOP will not be winning any more elections any time soon.

[spanone]

9. re-animation of adolph himself.

[Rocknrule]

10. He tells it like it is!

[neeksgeek]

11. How about Palin-Nugent?

At least it'd give political cartoonists some new material!

[LanternWaste]

13. After Palin, I'd really thought they'd learn the lesson

After Palin, I'd really thought they'd learn the lesson, out of necessity if not conviction. Yeah... I was WRONG!

[JanMichael]

14. There is a scary German movie called "Look who's back". Get it?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/05/13/the_netflix_movie_look_who_s_back_is_like_ali_g_but_with_hitler_and_it_s.html

Hitler!