Posted on 02/25/2016 4:55:09 AM PST by Helicondelta
The reality that Donald Trump is on a path to win the GOP presidential nomination is hitting Capitol Hill. Hard.
And it's provoking a range of reactions -- anger, fear, bafflement, resignation and, for the first time Wednesday, support.
GOP leaders are trying to stay out of the presidential race, even as rank-and-file members scurry to figure out what it means. Is the Trump phenomenon real, and can it last? If it does, is it good or bad for their own campaigns? Is the anti-Washington, "Make America Great Again" message aimed at them or President Barack Obama and the Democrats, or maybe both?
Some Republicans are now comparing Trump to Ronald Reagan, the GOP's ultimate iconic figure who expanded the party's appeal far beyond where it is now.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
They are starting to get scared — he is a vengeful fellow who keeps score. They sense that if he is elected, he will be going after them to get even using all the tools available to the US president.
Of course, when Reagan was pursuing the Presidency, the establishment and the media said he was wrong for the job.
The author just dropped in from Mars and hasn't seen Trump's massive rallies and the primary results.
Man, you stole my book theme: I started writing a Trump book in June based on these very stages!
NICE! Look forward to reading it
Yeah it makes me laugh listening to Rove and the rest of the GOP punditry. “Trump cannot win his unfavorables are too high”
Really yet Hillary can win with unfavorable only 2 points lower?
Not really Reagan was elected because he was Reagan
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We forget that Reagan was hated by the old school GOP establishment. What saved Reagan was all the new congressmen and senators his coattails brought in. The new guys were forever beholden to Reagan after. But if it had been left to the old GOPe Reagan woukd have been sidelined once president.
The race is almost over and NOW it smacks them in the face?
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW, ESTABLISHMENT?
“Is the anti-Washington, “Make America Great Again” message aimed at them or President Barack Obama and the Democrats, or maybe both?”
Both. But the first target is the closest one - the Boehners, Ryans, McConnells, Cornyns, etc. in the GOPe leadership. They have FAILED, miserably, to live up to their promises or to do the jobs they were elected to do - that is why Trump has done so well. THEY created him.
Hillary and the Dems will get theirs after the Convention.
Here’s the latest ESTABLISHMENT reaction!
Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican, sent the letter to fellow Republicans Wednesday evening. He’s asking would-be signers to back his push to rally the establishment around either the Florida or Texas senator in an effort to defeat Donald Trump, the current frontrunner for the GOP nomination.
The letter argues that one candidate should continue on in the presidential race while the other is named a vice presidential candidate.
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