<p>Former President George H.W. Bush is one of many establishment Republicans who can&rsquo;t seem to get behind Donald Trump&rsquo;s insurgency campaign. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;This is a protection racket here, and they [the Republicans] have never been under greater threat,&rdquo; says Democratic pollster Pat Caddell.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not surprising in a way,&rdquo; said Caddell, speaking to Breitbart radio host Alex Marlow. &ldquo;We misunderstood that this Trump thing is not so much an ideological contest, even a partisan contest. It&rsquo;s really an insurgency against the political class by the people. That&rsquo;s why both Bernie Sanders and Trump did so well&rdquo; in the primaries. ;</p>
<p>Establishment Democrats are overjoyed that Hillary beat out Sanders, but Republicans didn&rsquo;t get so lucky, and they don&rsquo;t take kindly to the idea of Donald Trump succeeding without their support. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Behind closed doors, what you have is a sense of an alliance,&rdquo; said Caddell. Power may fluctuate between parties, but they still &ldquo;eat at the same trough&rdquo; in Washington. ;</p>
<p>Both parties&rsquo; ability to maintain power is dependent on presidential candidates&rsquo; understanding that they must win the support of either the Dems or the Republicans, but this doesn&rsquo;t explain how Donald Trump has been able to come in and take everything from the GOP without their permission. ;</p>
<p>The Republican big wigs want Donald Trump to know that he can&rsquo;t win without them, which is why many GOP leaders like Bush are refusing to endorse him. ;</p>
<p>Caddell calls Trump&rsquo;s candidacy an &ldquo;insurgency,&rdquo; and in the eyes of top politicians (in both parties), this is true. ;</p>
<p>The chances that Trump will win are unlikely, but what the billionaire has shown the Republican Party is that he doesn&#8217;t need their leaders to succeed; he just needs to know how to work a crowd.</p>
<p>A Trump presidency would shatter the Republican Party&rsquo;s precedent of established political candidates and pave the way for more outsider candidates to run for office in the future.</p>
<p>For establishment Republicans, voting for or against Trump isn&rsquo;t about morals or ethics, it&rsquo;s about political power, and many of them would rather see Hillary take the White House than allow Trump to win without following their rules. ;</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> H.W. is being loyal to his son, primary contender Jeb Bush, who seems to be stuck in the anti-Trump mode, despite his promise to support the eventual Republican nominee. ;</p>
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