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Republicans are a lot closer to 'maybe Trump' than 'never Trump'
The Washington Post ^ | April 14, 2016 | Philip Bump

Posted on 04/14/2016 2:54:52 PM PDT by Reeses

The goal of the nebulous, sort-of-a-thing "never Trump" campaign is to do whatever is possible to stand between Donald Trump and the 1,237 delegates he needs in order to claim the Republican party's nomination on the first ballot at the convention. The informal effort has resulted in a lot more anti-Trump ads, and has benefited from the businessman's own natural inability to organize on-the-ground efforts in critical states. But the overarching idea, that the Republican base would slowly turn against Trump, doesn't seem to be paying off. In fact, a new CBS News poll suggests that Republicans are pretty comfortable with the idea of Trump as the nominee -- or, at least, they are compared to the other two candidates.


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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; babbleon; districtofcolumbia; election2016; inyourheadrentfree; neverbump; newyork; philipbump; presidentdonaldtrump; trump; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: Reeses

Hear that before-but always get a chuckle when I see it.


21 posted on 04/14/2016 3:13:09 PM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: Reeses; All
"The GOPe fails again...."

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22 posted on 04/14/2016 3:14:18 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Reeses

The GOPe fails again.


Trump won. There is nothing the GOPe can do about it. Trump has the voters, nobody else does.

20 biggest states

After 4/26

Trump 13
Cruz 2
Kasich 1

Four remaining: CA, IN, NJ, WA


23 posted on 04/14/2016 3:14:30 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Reeses

Heard that before-but always get a chuckle when I see it.


24 posted on 04/14/2016 3:14:43 PM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: Reeses

Trump favorable at 50%?

That can’t be right, because the NBC poll that most of the media and opponents have used for the last month has Trump as 69% unfavorable.

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Someone is not being honest with the polsters when they call!

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25 posted on 04/14/2016 3:14:48 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Reeses
I would suggest that you read Trump'sThe Art of the Deal and you will get a much clearer insight on how this man works. Its worth the price. He is so much smarter than the clowns aligned against him that it defys description.
26 posted on 04/14/2016 3:16:24 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: TomGuy

By next week Ted will need 650 of the remaining 475.


27 posted on 04/14/2016 3:16:37 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When you see a drowning liberal, throw them the anchor...)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

The base is hopping on the Trump Train!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgM2xN5TPgw


28 posted on 04/14/2016 3:17:36 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: proust

They know.
And now we do too.
It is moving into the destroy Hillary party phase. Bout time.


29 posted on 04/14/2016 3:18:28 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When you see a drowning liberal, throw them the anchor...)
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To: babble-on
Republicans will lose the White House again

Interesting comment until your bias showed through.

According to the polls, Kasich is the only one who can beat Hillary, except for that small inconvenience that he can't even beat Trump or Cruz outside of Ohio.


30 posted on 04/14/2016 3:18:39 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

That describes it to a Tee.


31 posted on 04/14/2016 3:18:51 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

“All of the attacks against Trump have only made me more willing to support him.”
___________

You and me both. I think a lot of people feel that way. It’s a total pile-on from media and GOP. Makes Trump more sympathetic, as far as I’m concerned.
I saw an article today (somebody will put it up, I imagine) where Rove is privately telling big donors that yes, Trump can win. I’m sure it irks him to say it. Publicly of course he says just the opposite.


32 posted on 04/14/2016 3:20:11 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: RitaOK

Yes I wastched Trump on Hannity last night as well. Its becoming evident that Trump will be the nominee and the rush to get on board is starting. Ted Cruz is done on April 26th and shortly thereafter the suggestions that he needs to excit the race will start. Its time to move on to the general election mode.


33 posted on 04/14/2016 3:20:25 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty
All of the attacks against Trump have only made me more willing to support him.

Same here. I like Trump because of who doesn't like him. Before this election, I never gave Trump much thought. I've never followed any news or programs he was involved with. I'd never read any of his books. I do appreciate and admire many of the people who came out and endorsed him such as Sarah Palin. I trust their judgement. All I know about him now is from my own research and listening to his stump speeches. I'm not tainted by previous biased opinions of him as many here seem to be.

34 posted on 04/14/2016 3:21:07 PM PDT by upsdriver (I support Sarah Palin.)
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To: Don Corleone

Absolutely...

And sales are going through the roof. My guess.


35 posted on 04/14/2016 3:21:37 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When you see a drowning liberal, throw them the anchor...)
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To: MIA_eccl1212
By next week Ted will need 650 of the remaining 475.

LOL

Sort of like Kasich who need 1090 of the remaining 789.


36 posted on 04/14/2016 3:21:46 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

Yes, Tom, and you know what— with both parties talking about their frontrunners who have the popular vote of the people by miles, and the delegate counts by miles, it’s a given that the country is speaking, on the ground.

Bernie is reduced to a delegate war because he has lost all the popular vote.

Cruz is reduced not only to a delegate war, because he has no support in the popular vote of the people in the states, but also because he has committed fraud to collect most of the delegates he even has.

Theft for President!


37 posted on 04/14/2016 3:21:59 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: Reeses

Well said! “Gradually, then suddenly”.


38 posted on 04/14/2016 3:23:21 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: lodi90
Four remaining: CA, IN, NJ, WA

I just moved to Southern California/Mexico Norte and registered Republican. I think there are about 3 other Republicans in my congressional district, so for once I've got an outsized say in this.

39 posted on 04/14/2016 3:24:21 PM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: TomGuy

:-)


40 posted on 04/14/2016 3:25:25 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When you see a drowning liberal, throw them the anchor...)
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