Romney SLAMS Trump; first excerpts from speech

[Maxwell]

Frankly, while this a pretty forceful speech, I don't see how the establishment former nominee slamming Trump necessarily hurts him. Maybe it does, but I don't really think it will.

The attacks are working; Trump isn't getting the delegates he needs to win the nomination outright, which is the bottom line.

Anyone to insults George W. Bush over 9/11 while praising Putin isn't winning the GOP nomination. That would be like Margaret Thatcher winning the Labour Party nomination.

Stop saying it because it isn't true - Donald Trump is ahead of schedule, not behind.

[Maxwell]

Frankly, while this a pretty forceful speech, I don't see how the establishment former nominee slamming Trump necessarily hurts him. Maybe it does, but I don't really think it will.

The attacks are working; Trump isn't getting the delegates he needs to win the nomination outright, which is the bottom line.

Anyone to insults George W. Bush over 9/11 while praising Putin isn't winning the GOP nomination. That would be like Margaret Thatcher winning the Labour Party nomination.

Stop saying it because it isn't true - Donald Trump is ahead of schedule, not behind.

He doesn't have a majority of the delegates allotted thus far, and Carson dropping out will help Cruz. A brokered convention is still the most likely outcome, though that scenario would produce either a Trump nomination or a walk-out by him and his supporters.

On paper, yes, Carson should be splitting to Cruz - but that's not how it's split in practice (where it sort of breaks evenly everywhere, though Trump gets the least and Rubio gets the most).

[Maxwell]

What's enraging about all of this - ROMNEY RAN ON A PLATFORM OF ALL OF THIS!!!

Since George W. Bush, Republicans have lied about torturing people, used immigrants and muslims as scapegoats, and have been haters of the first amendment with their criticisms of the free press. With all due respect, the Republicans have been advocating the TRUMP platform for decades - they just finally realize how ugly it is once their platform is personified.

I have no sympathy for Mitt Romney and other Republicans who have finally looked in the mirror. It's disgusting that he has no self-awareness of it.

[Maxwell]

Donald just fell right into Mitt's trap. Romney gave a terrific speech, well supported and eloquent. While Donald gave a 40 minute ramble of insults and paper thin backing of his policies. It was quite the contrast.

Wrong. Mitt fell into Trump's trap. Nobody cares about Mitt's boring, hypocritical speech, and several GOPers are angrier than ever before and support Trump more than ever. Maybe you would be right if this was The West Wing, but this is real life and in America.