Trump Sets Up for the Grift

Apropos of my earlier post about understanding Trump, it is interesting to note that he is already starting on the "I wuz robbed" meme. There is much more in it for the Trump Brand to have the nomination "stolen" from him - speaking fees, book tours, perhaps another TV show.  But it does not bode well for whoever the Republican nominee will be, as I'm sure Trump will constantly be sniping from the sidelines.  And, assuming Trump does win the most delegates but does not win the nomination, it will be another example of the establishment Republican Party once again gaming the system to their own advantage. We see it in the constant disenfranchisement of voters through aggressive gerrymandering, restrictive voter ID laws, and even the reduction of polling sites on election day. Of course, the Democratic Party's use of  large numbers of superdelegates in its nominating process is hardly (small "d") democratic either. But with a shrinking demographic base, this is the Republican Party's short term vision of how to retain their grip on power.  As always in these cases, in the long run this will not end well.