Posted on 03/11/2016 5:36:45 AM PST by McGruff
Last night's "civil" GOP debate helped Trump
Individually, we get why Donald Trump's rivals mostly backed away from challenging the GOP frontrunner in last night's 12th -- and possibly final -- Republican debate. For Marco Rubio, who saw his fav/unfav drop eight points in the past month in the NBC/WSJ poll, the nicer debate allowed him to dial back from the nasty, personal insults that dominated the previous two gatherings. For Ted Cruz, the current status quo helps him get closer to his desired one-on-one matchup against Trump. And for John Kasich, he simply followed the same strategy he's been using throughout this race. But collectively, backing off from challenging Trump only helps the frontrunner. Don't get us wrong: Rubio took issue with Trump doubling down on his "Islam hates us" statement; Rubio and Cruz hit Trump over his support for normalization with Cuba; and Cruz again questioned Trump's Republican credentials. But none of Trump's rivals made the explicit case why the GOP frontrunner should be stopped. And folks, we are four days away from Trump having a firm grip on the Republican nomination by winning Florida and/or Ohio.
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Understanding the issues is important also. Especially when you have no core beliefs over the course of your life.
People just don’t get how good Trump is at this game.
Every attempt to bring him down results in free publicity and an increase in support.
But he’s doing the same exact thing with the big picture, going up against Clinton. The media thinks he’ll lose to her, but they are wrong.
His successful election will be the result of hundreds of small rope-a-dopes, and one great big one. :)
The first thing they don’t get is “attempts to bring him down” are being seen as attempts to shut his supporters out. They should at least be able to see that.
Of course, this is what some of us have been concerned about, and I say this as a tongue-talking Pentecostal.
Agree, Trump needs debate tutoring, maybe by Newt.
Yet last night, he stammered when one of his canned responses didn't fit the question. I thought it was a really weak performance by Cruz. The other debates I thought Ted did pretty well but last night he definitely seemed off.
And Trump not biting may have been one of the reasons.
IMHO that is a cheap, below-the-belt shot at Ted’s faith.
But one that will no doubt be effective.
Again, that is not leadership
Cruz has proved he has none
Trump has not led in the number of votes in terms of percentages. That’s fact. That’s reality. The odds of a contested convention are great. Who do you think will get Rubio and Kasich’s delegates”
If they nomination is stolen away from the people, as you suggest, the Republican party will be like a ghost town this fall.
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