The Rod Martin Report: November 5, 2015

The most electable...aren't. Trump's endgame, or lack thereof. And most Democrats now consider themselves Socialists.

by Rod D. Martin
November 5, 2015

Most important political fact of the week: The people you think most electable may not be, and vice versa.

Yesterday’s Quinnipiac poll confirmed the trend we’ve been following: Jeb Bush dropping like a stone (now at just 4% with a net negative favorability of 33 points), Donald Trump still in the lead at 24% but statistically tied with Ben Carson (23%), with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio also statistically tied – for second – at 13% and 14% respectively.

But the real insight from the poll concerns electability. Conventional wisdom among Beltway Republicans has always been that consistent conservatives are anathema to the American electorate. This is why they’ve worked so hard to give us Presidents Dole, McCain and Romney. This year, with at one point an 18-candidate field, there hasn’t been as much consensus as in the past, but one thing they have decreed certain: Ted Cruz – and anyone like him – would destroy the Party next November.

Alas, the American people …