The Hatch Has Spoken

Top of the morning, Friends,

If you haven't, I urge you to read my post of three days ago.

I assume anyone who's reading this blog is at least somewhat interested in presidential politics. That stipulated, you're then also somewhat aware of the transformation that's taken place within the Republican party in the last 24 hours.

Not so amazingly, the party establishment is falling in line behind Donald J. Trump.

What? You don't want a piece of this?  Guess you're already tired of winning.

This would not have even been imaginable three days ago, according to the rest of the media.

But as I said in my post on Monday, the late Dick Hatch said it would happen.

The ever-fractured GOP 'always unites for elections' was his mantra.

One by one, the leadership of the party is quickly falling in line behind its presumptive nominee.

The kingpin, House Speaker Paul Ryan, is having his first kiss with The Donald as I write this.

The bromance will then spark, even if there's some vestigial tension for a few days. The Donald didn't become a billionaire in real estate and show business by not being a charmer.

The GOP establishment is as aware of the polls as everyone else, and they're smelling blood.

The polls show that Hillary Clinton is vulnerable to Trump in three key states; Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and winning any one of these could be a path to a Trump victory.

Even though Marco Rubio has said he's not interested in the VP slot, if the party establishment anoints The Donald, that could easily change.

A Trump/Rubio ticket would be all but invincible in Florida and is strategic for many other reasons, not the least of which is Rubio's strong connections to the Latino community.

I'd like to put a name to the phenomenon we're witnessing for the upteenth time in the GOP.

I'd like to call this idiosyncrasy the 'Hatch Principle' in  honor of my late boss who first observed it.

Let's see if  we can make the Hatch Principle get some traction. After devoting his life to political journalism, Dick deserves to be remembered for this.

If you're not telling your friends to read this blog because it's the only source that's accurately called the presidential race from the very beginning, please help me honor Dick Hatch by sharing this post.

Thank you, Friends.