Kinda...but not exactly. Bush, then Clinton, were the Establishment choices since day one. Clinton had the delegates committed before the primaries even started. Democrats just had to find a way to get that past their idiot voters. Bush vs. Clinton would have been a win win for the Establishment.
The Republican primaries are a little trickier and the State controlled media always ensures that the weakest candidate gets the nod.
In this case, the Establishment (via Kasich) did the same thing.
The Establishment did not intend to run against anybody and, like it or not, they chose Trump as the man to run against their candidate.
