Narrowing down the possibilities in Republican field  Dick
Morris's picture   So there are several distinct groupings
within the Republican Party merged together by shared ideals but
with sharply different priorities and perspectives. Imagine that
each sector of the party is like a division in the NFL or in
baseball, with its own separate pennant race and its own
separate champion. Then the winners of the divisions meet in the
primaries. We are still in the pre-runoff phase.  Start with the
economic conservative division. These folks are deeply committed
to free-market economics. Often from big companies and
corporations, they tend to be well-off, to believe in capitalism
and to oppose redistribution of wealth. In their division, the
candidates were Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Tim Pawlenty, Chris
Christie and Mitch Daniels. Mitt is the only one left. He is the
champ of that division, which guarantees him a berth in the
runoffs.  Closely allied to them is the establishment Republican
division. This was the grou