Posted on 10/07/2015 6:54:14 PM PDT by Mariner
All signs point to the nation numbing to Donald Trump’s shtick. His poll numbers are in a holding pattern and his favorability among Republicans is slipping. His pranks aren’t as good as they used to be. He isn’t tossing out entertainingly insane Trumpisms at the pace he used to—or if he is, fewer people are paying attention.
“Mr. Trump’s ability to command both voter and news media attention simply by being his outlandish, bombastic self is starting to wane,” the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The Times points to ebbing social media chatter about Trump’s hijinks as well as a dip in mentions and appearances on conservative talk radio shows.
Trump’s campaign has lived off a strategy of constant free media exposure—something he earned, we should note, by expressing many “newsworthy” opinions that a not-insignificant number of human beings found oddly compelling in a presidential candidate. That’s how he has been able to dominate the race after only spending a couple million dollars of his own money. The problem with Trump’s strategy, though, is he’s created exceedingly high expectations for himself: Unless he keeps upping the ante of bombast, he’s going to see a cratering or even collapse in his media coverage.
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Sofa change, to Trump! LOLOL!!
Didn't you mean Duh?
Well, there is that....
I think this would be a good chance for Ben to chuckle and say please don’t make me into a token. That’s what has gone wrong with this whole game in the first place.
Close but no cigar, Slate.
Some of the hundred dollars bills probably had lint and potato chip crumbs stuck on ‘em.
;)
Will Slate run out of love for the racist, jew-hating Nazi scum Obuma?
Vermin is right, little mice that tease the cat and dog before scurrying back into their hole, hopefully living long enough to repeat their tactic.
And we've had how many primaries?
Obama advancing Islam’s game plan for six and and a half years.
Crickets...
Trump advancing Concervative policy...
The demand for fire and brimstone...
No, I mean Huh. But you are always free to give your own point of view on the matter.
Which would probably start to happen about the 4th year of his second term. What we have in the white house now is a selfish, stupid, affirmative action, narcissist ass.
Trump's a leader. Always has been. The difference will be extremely palpable when we all the sudden we have a real leader who really loves America.
Hate him because he's rich or whatever else all you want. America's going to buy into some real (positive) change this election.
In a primary SEASON, mister Duh.
I’ve seen that, at my house....well, on quarters and dimes....but still ;-)
Boom boom boom boom.
Well, Murdoch has a point...LOL.
Obama is only HALF black.
Trump is in their heads, and they don’t like it...the White House, the administration, the GOPee, RINOs, talking heads, and the media...
They have done everything they can to crash Trump and the more they try, the higher in the polls he goes, and the more people like him...
He is his own boss, and he says it like it is, and after he wins the nomination your really going to the fire works going off...he is in this to win, we supporters know this and are completely behind him in whatever he does or says....
He is here to heal America and the Legal Americans, and heal he will do, and we can’t wait until the day he is sworn into office of the POTUS....
You can whine, lie, scream, stomp your feet, do what ever you want, Trump is our next President....live with it!!!
What isn’t being lost on the peon electorate is that every political interest of controlling means has a desperation mentality about them.
Trump IS the outsider and he is not welcome to the DC cabal.
I wonder why?
Same thing....but on a *much* larger scale.
;D
A heterodox candidate from New York City isn’t supposed to be doing that. He’s breaking all the rules. It isn’t fair. It isn’t right.
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