[semimojo]

Perhaps it's because life-long conservatives have heard enough of conservative pronouncements from Republicans to not believe THEM anymore.

I think that sort of proves his point. For many, winning is more important than what is being won.

[mrsmith]

Just the opposite.
It’s not winning but getting results that matter.

Trump, apparently, will get conservatives the result they want on immigration. On other issues he hasn’t pinned himself down enough to say whether he will or not. Which is par at this early stage of the campaign.

[Political Junkie Too]

I don't think so. Changing the rules of the game is what is important now.

The old labels have no credibility anymore, and the politicians throwing around those labels as ad hominems and epithets have no more credibility, either.

The deck is being reshuffled.

-PJ