Un candidat modéré chez les républicains, est-ce toujours possible?

Après la performance de Donald Trump au New Hampshire et la victoire de Ted Cruz en Iowa (Cruz, surprenant troisième au New Hampshire), les dirigeants républicains souhaitent plus que jamais réduire le nombre de candidats plus modérés. Leur principal problème est qu'aucun de ces candidats ne se démarquent vraiment. Rubio s'est écrasé lamentablement au New Hampshire après une performance intéressante en Iowa alors que les Bush, Kasich et Christie sont en mode survie. Les dirigeants du G.O.P. sont-ils condamnés à mener une campagne avec un candidat qu'ils préféreraient rejeter?

 "By the time the party gets around to unifying around a mainstream contender, Dowd added, it’s possible Trump will have gained enough momentum to be unstoppable.

It will also complicate the efforts to halt Ted Cruz, who like Trump is running in the insurgent lane. After winning the Iowa caucuses, Cruz coasted to a third-place finish in New Hampshire. But he is well positioned in evangelical-rich South Carolina and a series of southern states that vote in March.

Adding to the chaos is Kasich’s surprisingly strong showing, which empowered him to push forward. While the Ohio governor is unlikely to fare well in South Carolina, where he has little infrastructure, his advisers argue that he will be able to remain in the race for weeks on end and rack up delegates in Midwestern states like Michigan, where Kasich has begun establishing a strong organization. He is virtually certain to win Ohio, which holds its primary a week later, on March 15, and awards its delegates on a winner-take-all basis."

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/new-hampshire-trump-rubio-abyss-219062