Rather than helping Trump avoid potential embarrassments (i.e., larger-than-expected protest votes), cancelling Republican presidential primaries next year has a potentially negative effect of the incumbent avoiding what could be a needed reality check courtesy of the party's base.
A day after Sanford announced his longshot bid on : “When the former Governor of the Great State of South Carolina . . . was reported missing, only to then say he was away hiking on the Appalachian Trail, then was found in Argentina with his Flaming Dancer friend, it sounded like his career was over. It was . . .
But the difference then vs. now: in 2004, the states that sat out the Republican nominating process did so because George W. Bush was the only candidate to qualify for their respective ballots. Here are two reasons why Republicans should reconsider the notion of cancelling presidential primaries. At least, that’s one of the takeaways from the Republicans’ 1992 experience. Yes, George W. Bush received
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