Posted on 07/04/2015 12:49:58 AM PDT by South40
Right now, Donald Trump is like a black hole whose stupendous gravitational pull is attracting a lot of media attention and some of the voters associated with the Republican 2016 presidential race. Which of his rivals in particular is this hurting?
After all, Mr. Trump’s poll numbers have risen sharply since he said that this time, he’s actually, positively running. Polling is a zero-sum game: His rise means other folks have fallen. Let’s look at the numbers and see which of Trump’s fellow candidates they are.
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Nationally, Trump’s jump into the fray has affected Marco Rubio the most, according to a CNN/ORC poll. Senator Rubio now stands at 6 percent in CNN’s most recent numbers, down from 14 percent in May.
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That’s my biggest concern. These fringe candidates have a tendency to steal voters from the real conservatives, allowing the GOPe candidates to get the nomination.
Sure hope he does not turn out to be the GOP nominee.
Hopefully Rubio, Christie, Pataki, Bush and Huckabee’s.
Pro-amnesty Marco and his family are staying with RINO Romney ( who is also having FAT JERSEY BOY and family ) over for not so "secret", now, talks this weekend.
Everybodies.
“Everybodies.”
I was just about to say that same thing.
Poor lil Marco. Hand him some tissues.
Not as many as Bernie Sanders is stealing from Hilary.
He will disappear after the primaries — after his work is done.
How can Trump steal votes from Rubio?
They are the most opposite in the race.
Trump has a real job, not in congress, has produced real things and isn’t getting votes because of his race.
Trump is also bashing Rubio relentlessly like none of the beltway conservative pundits, Senators, Radio hosts and Governors will do.
Im thinking Trump is hurting Rubio while every other candidate is in its own orbit.
He is not stealing anyone’s votes.
But he is taking the conversation up a few notches :)
It’s obvious. He will steal the Jerry Springer vote.
P.T. Barnum has been dead for years—his voters are all Democrats now.
He’s stealing the votes of people that don’t vote ... and probably stealing a few votes from Ross Perot.
Marco Rubio is an amnesty shill. I hardly call that conservative. While he might be good on many other issues, what’s more important than conserving the United States?
Allowing millions upon millions of Hispanics to turn the US into Mexico is not conservative. It would be different if they were assimilating, but that’s generally not happening. They aren’t simply illegal aliens. They come from an alien culture that is the antithesis of small government, free market, individual liberty American ideals.
But he is taking the conversation up a few notches :)
Beat me to it. (He's taking it up a few notches in volume, at least.)
As I have been saying, now Trump has penetrated their “Forward Edge of the Battle Area”. Will he now turn and roll up a vulnerable flank? Will any other candidate join him in wreaking havoc on the Rat/media complex while they are in disarray? Is ANYONE serious? Carpe Diem! Scouts Out! If the stupid party can’t see the opportunity that lies before them they deserve the ignoble death that follows.
Folks, the real issue has little to do with violent illegal aliens. The issue here is the media has been riding cover for the Rats for decades. The spineless twits in the GOP just have not tried to fight it. Trump has stepped into it here. The real issue is the media lying and covering. The LIV is beginning to hear this. Now is the time to “turn their flank”. Trump could very well drag those LIV morons back to revisit every bit of media malpractice one by one. The question is, will he?
Who writes this stuff? No, it isn't a zero-sum game. There are people who will vote for Trump who wouldn't have bothered voting otherwise.
Is Trump the one politician who has the balls to tell the truth to morons who don’t want to believe it? The “anti demagogue”.
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