Romney desperately trying to salvage Republican Party

Myles Hoenig made the remarks while commenting on a recent speech by 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney in which he called Trump “a phony, a fraud.”
 
“Romney has attempted to be the spokesman for the establishment Republican Party in denouncing Donald Trump in order to save his party,” Hoenig said.
 
“He is calling on the voters to choose any of the other candidates surviving this primary process to come out as the winner. Romney and others are terrified that Trump may be the nominee and thus bring the party to an ignominious defeat in November,” he added.
 
“However, each of the existing candidates would actually fare worse in a match up with the Democratic nominee, whether it be Clinton or Sanders,” he stated.
 
“As polling goes now, the odds of Trump even beating Clinton is real, as Clinton comes with her own baggage in this election. Only Bernie Sanders has proven in poll that he alone can beat any of the Republican candidates.”
 
Voters of both parties are angry
 
“Romney attacks Trump as being a fraud, a con artist and a liar. It is his view, and likely that of others, that a real executive would be more suitable. The only executive still running is [John] Kasich, Governor of Ohio, but is the least favored by the voters,” Hoenig said.
 
“The voters are angry, within both parties. They don’t want status quo, which Romney represents. That is why Sanders is doing so well among younger Democrats and the chance of Jill Stein of the Green Party coming out stronger in November is a real possibility. The insiders have enormous liabilities this election series,” he stated.
 
“Ted Cruz has won more primaries and caucuses than Rubio. However, Cruz is not at all popular among his colleagues. In fact, he doesn’t have any senatorial endorsements and they even joke about him being assassinated. His constituencies include the most extremist, Christian fundamentalists who have no desire to see any secular laws enacted or enforced. They represent an extreme fringe.”
 
Rubio appears to be petulant
 
Hoenig said “Rubio is untested and appears to be quite petulant, crude and childish. He’s a one term senator who has already claimed he doesn’t like his day job. He has been accused of being totally scripted and would likely not fare well in a debate with the more experienced Clinton or Sanders.”
 
“Romney and the establishment have a serious problem.  Trump could very well be the nominee, if this coming Super Tuesday goes his way. Trump is the anti-establishment and yet the establishment controls the convention,” he said.  
 
Democratic establishment backs Clinton
 
“We’re seeing much the same with the Democrats, as Clinton represents the Democratic establishment who is doing all they can to manipulate the primary elections in her favor,” Hoenig said.
 
“If anything should befall Clinton before the nomination, such as a groundswell of voter opposition or perhaps even an indictment for her email scandal, then both parties would be in total disarray,” he noted.
 
“This bodes well for third parties, whether it be Stein of the Greens, or Trump breaking ranks and going on his own, or even the establishment Republicans mounting an independent fight against their own party. Nothing is normal in this election cycle and may be the end of politics as usual, for awhile at least,” the commentator concluded.