Strategy - If she shot Negan and the driver got away with everyone else, they can get back to base and tell people. New Negan rises and they come attack.
Shoot the driver and then nobody can leave. Then you can take out everyone else, go to the camp and take out everyone else.

That puzzled me too. While Kirkman could have gone the easy route and added a panel with Rick saying "No...Negan is mine" (something like that), they disregard the obvious and continue to keep him alive.

If Kirkman still wants a certain level of realism in this book, Rick and everyone with him shouldn't survive this. I think Negan will go all super villain and capture them to bring them back to his base and kill them there though. Then something will save them.

If anyone, it would be her. He wouldn't choose Carl because he actually likes him.
Speaking of Carl, I wonder if maybe after Negan is gone, Carl will try to take his place. I know it's a stretch but it's an interesting concept regardless.

eh, i feel like if negan just up and left, we could all sit around and say "why not just fucking kill him when he has 6 guys with him?" I feel like the options are A) Rick made a gut judgement call and is going to pay dearly. 2) This is all part of some plan set up by Rick, the kingdom, jesus, and the guy who defected (who BETTER tell them Negan travels with a huge backup crew), or D) Rick got double crossed and someone told Negan rick was planning something, so negan started traveling with a huge mob just in case

This shit is getting dumb. If you're a despot and you're truing to intimidate people, you should probably show them right from the start how badass you are and that it is absolutely futile to try and resist us. Instead, Negan has hidden all of his guns and rolls into the compound with only a few people, essentially begging to be murdered. What happens when Rick just straight up shoots him in the face before he leaves? Fucking stupid.

Eh, i feel like Negan might have THOUGHT he proved that when he beat glen to death in front of rick, with the numbers he has shown he had. He seems like the kind of guy who would want a little mystery surrounding him, too.