Conservatives don't want him. (Liberals don't want him either, god knows!) So who's the next prospect?
The appetite for a third-party candidacy is small, setting aside the comparatively small group of libertarians who would back a Ron Paul run.
In the absence of a clear way forward, conservatives are confused and dismayed.
“I was disappointed that the grassroots movement even in our own state was just not able to overcome the money that can be poured into a campaign,” said Patricia Sullivan, a prominent Tea Party activist in Florida who endorsed Gingrich. “We had the passion, but not the finances to beat that kind of establishment machine.” ...The Hill
What's happening just below the headlines is a bitter fight for delegates within the Republican party. The Hill's report doesn't mention Jeb Bush. The point is, the right wing of the party is learning about how candidates rise to the top. It's about money.
We can stop typing out, laboriously, "the Republican establishment" and just type this: $.
