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The social conservatives control the GOP. Even Trump had to become pro-life in order to run. No presidential candidate for the republican nomination can even run, let alone get the nomination unless he sells his soul to religious nuts that control the party. It is a race to how far to right of their opponents they can get. Rubio is a prime example. He went as far as to oppose abortion in the case of rape and incest. Not one of the other candidates said he went too far for fear of pissing off the pro-lifers. Never mind that over 80% of the public are for those exceptions and it will be an issue in the general as much as the republicans will want to sweep it to get votes under the rug once the convention is over. A moderately conservative business republican has no chance at the nomination. Even if they nominate a businessman such as Romney, he will have to be so far to the right and out of touch with the average voter on social issues that he will have no chance of winning. Even the most moderate republican candidate is further to the right of the center of the average voter than the socialist Bernie Sanders is to the left.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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