Posted on 12/14/2015 12:12:20 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Trump and the Clintoons get along well for a very good reason.
Seen some purges before, lots of class of 98’s went before.
There are so many red flags flying over a Trump candidacy that his starry eyed, yes-sir, rose colored glasses for the severely myopic voters mistakenly think they are standing in front of the U.N. building.
"SEPT 11, 2012 Benghazi attack"
Why do you want purges?
Let it never be said that your Cruz guys are ‘gentlemanly’ when it comes to politics. You’re just as bad as anyone.
Cruz is the latest Carson. He’s another wimpy kind that is suddenly in the news. He’ll fall back down just like Carson and guess who will be on top still?
Want, I said seen.
Why are you promoting the idea of purges?
I’m a girl so gentlemanly is not something I seek. What I said was perfectly true. There are tons of facts posted on this thread that Trump supporters either ignore or justify.
Seen 08 and 12 and what happened.
In Washington, the establishment is aligned against Cruz. Few favorable mentions come from Republicans in D.C. Republican Senators have been willing to go on the record to disparage him. So too have prominent political activists of late, upset with Cruz's strategy of not attacking Donald Trump. This seems more self-interested than serious outrage. Activists and pundits who love a candidate who plays the game well when that candidate is of the establishment are savaging Cruz for daring to play their game well.
But now new polling has come out of Iowa. It is significant polling in that the pollster is Ann Selzer, one of the most respected pollsters in the country. She saw the Santorum surge at Christmas of 2011 and she now has Sen. Ted Cruz ten points ahead of Donald Trump. Selzer, it should be noted, lets the registered voters she interviews tell her if they are going to the caucuses. She does not push them. She does not use lists of prior caucus goers.
Selzer and the Des Moines Register show a 21 point surge for Cruz. Among Trump supporters, Cruz is their second choice. Among Carson supporters, Cruz is their second choice.
Trump has plateaued in Iowa. Carson has collapsed. Rubio is in fourth place with ten percent, having only risen one point since October. Jeb Bush is at six points.
The trend for Cruz is good. We are getting to a point of the campaign season where voters tune out for the holidays only to re-emerge in January, often holding to the same candidate. Then there is a month's long race to the caucus.
The question for Sen. Ted Cruz now is whether he can unite the right. Will CNN give Cruz appropriate talking time reflecting his standing and, if so, how will he use it? The attacks from Rubio on Cruz in Iowa have not hurt Cruz at all. Will Cruz now be able to make the case that he, not Rubio, is the horse the establishment should back to stop Trump?
This has happened before. In 1979, the Establishment lined up against Ronald Reagan. They tried desperately to get Gerald Ford into the race and finally rallied to George H. W. Bush. When that all failed, the establishment begrudgingly backed Reagan with George H. W. Bush as his running mate...." - Source
“And yet he’s stuck at 30% in the RCP average of GOP primary voters, which shows that 70% are not in his camp.â€
Using that logic what is the percentage of GOP primary voters not in Cruz’s camp?
I’ve asked you twice, why won’t you answer?
He has. Obviously you never heard the reason why he became pro life for instance. Check it out. It’s a sobering story and to his credit Trump changed his mind. People should quit telling lies about it.
Exactly!
First, it is still early. Second, you must factor in strong negatives. I haven’t the stats, but I would bet you that Trump has very strong negatives within the Republican Party. He cannot win the general election with 30% of the Republican vote. Will the others rally to him for the general election?
I am not a believer in the idea that there is much wisdom in strategy voting. All it does is ensure nearly everyone gets someone they don’t really want. I’m just speaking to your question without the answer you demand because the answer you demand is simple math and your question is really more of a statement than a question anyway.
LOL!
Where did Trump use emminant domain?
I did, you must have missed it.
@ Post #69: Yes. The rest of the field is divvied up and those "won't wins" need to step down.
If Trump is the only candidate capable of beating Hillary Clinton then what’s the problem in deciding who to vote for? A Trump victory would be much more than just a victory over Hillary Clinton, it would be a “value-added” sort of victory.
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