Posted on 11/20/2015 12:40:57 PM PST by Kaslin
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RUSH: Now, we know The Politico's where the Republican establishment goes to leak. The Politico, that's where the Republican Party establishment leaks their plans. That's where they leak their intentions. That's the mainstream. The Republican establishment has chosen The Politico as their jumping-off point to have people in the establishment know what they're doing, as opposed to leaking it to me, as opposed to leaking it to, take your pick of a conservative, they go to the Politico.
So here it is, the headline: "GOP Group Plans Most Aggressive Anti-Trump Campaign Yet." And there is a companion story here about how frustrated they are. There's a companion story that they can't find any donors. They're out of donors, they just can't find anybody to fund their anti-Trump activity, the establishment. The Republican establishment is just at their wits' end. They thought Trump would be gone by now and they can't find anybody willing to help them because nobody thinks it can be done now.
And amidst all that is the story from The Politico. It's by Alex Isenstadt, and what this is is a pro-Kasich super PAC is on a mission to take down Trump once and for all. And again they've leaked all this to The Politico. Here are the details. "John Kasich has attacked Donald Trump relentlessly in debates and now his super PAC is planning to invest $2.5 million in the most aggressive takedown of the poll leader yet -- on behalf of an increasingly anxious GOP establishment. The attack, according to a blueprint shared with Politico --" They haven't even leaked it. They shared it with them. "The attack will play out over the next two months on radio, TV, mail and online in New Hampshire. Strategists with the pro-Kasich group, called New Day for America, say the budget for the anti-Trump campaign is likely to grow.
"The offensive comes as some in the GOP are beginning to plot how to combat the real estate mogul and entertainer, who many are convinced would essentially deliver the White House to Democrats if he were the nominee. In launching the effort, the group hopes to position Kasich, who has lagged in the Republican contest and is searching for momentum, as a central Trump antagonist. 'We will be the tip of the spear against Trump,' said Matt David, a spokesman for the super PAC.
"Rather than go after Trump for his business dealings or his past support for liberal causes, as some of his opponents have tried to do, the super PAC will depict Trump as someone who would be a deeply ineffective commander-in-chief and ill-suited for the demands of the Oval Office.
Fred Davis, the group’s colorful Hollywood-based ad-maker who is best-known for producing the 'Demon Sheep' ad in the 2010 California Senate race, is working on a pair of anti-Trump TV ads. The commercials, David said, are designed to 'accelerate what we believe would be buyers’ remorse' that would arise from a Trump presidency." So they're readying ads out there at the Kasich PAC, super PAC that will be showing people regretting they voted for Trump at a mysterious time post-Trump inauguration.
"The group’s first volley came Thursday, when it released an ad that pictured the billionaire side by side with President Barack Obama. 'On the job training for president does not work,' says the ad, which invokes last week’s tragic Paris terrorist attacks. The group is currently spending about $600,000 to air the commercial, though David said more airtime is being purchased. For all the nervousness about Trump’s candidacy, however, few in the GOP have directed resources toward defeating him." By the way, that's bogus. I mean, in each of the first two debates we heard how this Republican faction or that was assigned to take Trump out. Maybe they mean this is the first serious expenditure of money. "Republican groups such as the Chamber of Commerce --" really? The Chamber of Commerce is a Republican group still? Who would have thought. Yeah. Here we go.
"Prominent Republican groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Karl Rove-founded ... American Crossroads, both establishment vehicles, have not spent any money against Trump.Yet with the Iowa caucuses just a little more than two months away, and with Trump still riding high, the calculus may be changing. This week, as top party operatives and donors gathered in Las Vegas for the Republican Governors Association meeting, many contributors privately expressed unease about Trump’s consistent lead in early state and national polling.
Trump responded to the news by lashing out at Kasich on Twitter." (laughing) Trump responded to the news.
Well, anyway, so there you have it, the GOP -- and I can't find the companion story here. I thought I printed it out. Here it is. It's a Breitbart story and the headline is pretty indicative here. It says the GOP admits it can't raise money to defeat Trump. "GOP Establishment Operative Can't Get Donors for Anti-Trump Super PAC."
Now, this is not New Hampshire, this is South Carolina, this is a whole different super PAC. This is not the Kasich super PAC. Apparently the Kasich super PAC have got no trouble here getting money. Or maybe they've already got the money. They're just allocating how they're gonna spend it. This story says this.
"On Tuesday, in an unwitting and probably grudging admission that Donald Trump’s power is not going to erode any time soon, Politico published an article acknowledging that efforts by Katon Dawson, the former chairman of the South Carolina GOP, to form a super PAC for the express purpose of derailing Trump have found no donors willing to commit. Dawson acknowledged, 'I specifically did not find the right donor to get me to go to that effort.' The GOP establishment, befuddled at Trump’s resilience, expressed confidence that Ben Caron’s discomfort in answering foreign policy questions --" Oh, did you hear what Carson said? They're all over him, too.
Yeah, he was talking about Syrian refugees and others at this moment in time, he said, "If you had a rabid dog in the neighborhood, what would you do?" And so they're now running around saying that Carson compared Syrian refugees to rabid dogs. And again everybody knows that's not what he meant. If he was comparing anybody to rabid dogs, he's talking about these terrorists that just wantonly kill like a rabid dog does. But these are the broad base generalizations and assumptions the media is only too happy to make about Republicans.
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Yeah that real "smart" GOPE, go to losing campaigns for advice on ads.
Might be wise for Team Cruz to take a page form their leaders book rather then engage in this fruitless attacks at anyone who does not slavishly worship at their shrine.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3363077/posts?page=1
Watch How Ted Cruz Handles Persistent Reporter’s Attempts to Get Him to ‘Attack’ Donald Trump
The GOPers don’t want the dems to win?
How can they expect anyone to believe that after they put up Romney and “nothing to fear” McCain?
They want the dems to win so everything will go on just as it is and the uniparty can just keep right on selling us out.
Who in their right everlovin mind will vote for Jeb?
I thought it was a good segment. It was one of the only ones I got to hear today.
The GOP-E is attempting to attack their frontrunner through a super-PAC. To the extent it is from Kasich, then it’s just normal fighting in a primary campaign.
To the extent it is funded by the party, it is not fair game.
I DO NOT now send money to the party except locally. Their goals and mine are entirely different.
And here's the "army" (LOL!) that they have sent to fight Trump ....
I agree with you, but I think Cruz would strengthen the Trump ticket, but then again what do I know. He’s unpredictable. I think he’ll pick someone who has the governing experience. Jeff Sessions for example.
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Wasn't this what the ‘pledge’ that the GOPe wanted everyone of the candidates to sign?
Why is the GOPe, media and talking heads going after their own candidates?
We need to brace for some mighty dirty politics suddenly if this is the way the GOPe is playing...unbelievable....
Well, after Trump gets done zotting Liz Mair, she is going to look like Bill the Cat.
No,not “unbelievable”,totally expected
I would think that if your a candidate for x party the head of x party would support you....if your a candidate of y party then the head of that party would support you...
No wonder we have such a messed up country....12 months isn’t going to get here soon enough....
Or Mr. Bill!
It’s possible that it’s just Kasich attacking Trump through his PAC. That is fair in a primary campaign. If Kasich is getting cash from the GOP to attack Trump, then that isn’t fair. But, if it’s one candidate against another, then it’s just normal business.
For me, the real point here is that Kasich is going no place, and I don’t see this vaulting him into any solid position. I think he’s just PO’d at Trump for battering him during the debates, so he’s getting even. He’s got this money, and rather than return it, he’s going down spending it all against Trump. I’m surprised Jindal didn’t do the same.
Kasich is doing so poorly that it’ll be hard to really hurt him in any poll numbers kind of way, so you’ve got to wonder what his vulnerabilities are otherwise. I’m guessing he’ll try to take Sherod Brown’s senate seat from him in Ohio when it is up, but that’s a ways down the road.
The party protects the party,if a rogue candidate gets in,they must be taken out.See Mississippi 2014.
Wasn’t Club for Growth involved in these ads somewhere? Could that be why Trump’s attorney is going after them?
I don’t know...it isn’t like Kasich is important, he certainly doesn’t have anything backing him that would throw him to the top of the polls....
People I talk to say that as a Governor he’s ok, but they don’t even know why he is trying to be President....beyond me...
“Whose side are they on?”
Why “THEIR” side, of course.
Will be going to the Trump rally in Columbus, OH Monday night!
So the GOPe wants Bush...to run against Hillary....so Bush can loose and Hillary be in the White House....is that what your saying?
If so, never gonna happen....she can’t beat Trump...and neither can the GOPe, media or talking heads or the Chamber of Commerce....
That’s a man, Baby.
I’m in his state. He’s a lot better than the last few governors we’ve had.
He blew it when he entered the race. He should have entered as a conservative, and he entered as an establishment moderate. Terrible decision. He should have gone the blue collar, fiscal conservative republican direction that he does here. That’s who he is, and it probably would have sold better. Terrible handlers, but he makes the final decision. He made a bad one.
Isn’t Club for Growth a PAC? I don’t think they like Trump, but favor Cruz instead. I don’t know if they’re teamed with Kasich, but I would be surprised. It would be a waste of good money.
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