Posted on 01/20/2024 6:09:07 PM PST by cotton1706
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The first-in-the-nation primary could be the last stand for the anti-Trump Republican.
Since 2016, a shrinking band of Republican strategists, retired lawmakers and donors has tried to oust Donald Trump from his commanding position in the party. And again and again, through one Capitol riot, two impeachments, three presidential elections and four criminal indictments, they have failed to gain traction with its voters.
Now, after years of legal, cultural and political crises that upended American norms and expectations, what could be the final battle of the anti-Trump Republicans won’t be waged in Congress or the courts, but in the packed ski lodges and snowy town halls of a state of 1.4 million residents.
Before New Hampshire’s primary Tuesday, the old guard of the GOP has rallied around Nikki Haley, viewing her bid as its last, best chance to finally pry the former president from atop its party. Anything but a very close finish for her in the state — where moderate, independent voters make up 40% of the electorate — would send Trump on an all-but-unstoppable march to the nomination.
The Trump opposition is outnumbered and underemployed. The former president’s polarizing style and hard-nosed tactics have pushed many Republicans who oppose him into early retirement and humiliating defeats, or out of the party completely. Yet, their long-running war against him has helped to frame the nominating contest around a central and deeply tribal litmus test: loyalty to Trump.
Gordon Humphrey, a former New Hampshire senator, was a conservative power broker during the Ronald Reagan era but left the party after Trump won the presidential nomination in 2016. This year, he has produced anti-Trump Facebook videos aimed at encouraging college students and independent voters who, polls show, are more likely to support Haley over Trump.
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They wish. /s This is only the second vote and a long ways until the convention.
The article is laughable nonsense. The author is vaping 'hopium.'
The Romney wing who voted for fake impeachment
Ron is done. So is Haley.
These are good things.
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Que the Donald Trump Will Never Be President compilation video please. “...take it to the bank.”
That, and November.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slw4pLx08w0
The best part is 4:18 where arrogant Obutthole says, “At least I will go down as President.” (Supposed mic drop). Lolololololololololol!
The author of this opinion piece must be unaware that the 40% of voters in New Hampshire, who are independents are free to vote in the Republican primary. Democrats can change their affiliation and vote in the Republican primary as well. If Trump does not win by a big margin it will probably be due to people who will never vote for a Republican in the general but who are crossing over to defeat Trump. If Trump wins big in New Hampshire, it will demonstrate that he would’ve won really big without the crossover vote for Haley.
Allowing people who are not actually Republicans to vote in the Republican primary seems to me to be like the members of a high school football team being allowed to choose anyone they want from the rival school to play on their team.
Whatever, nothing will stop these clowns.
Huh? NH means close to nothing. It matter not whether Haley wins with democrat votes or loses because they do not turn out in the number she needs. Super Tuesday (3/5) is the date that will tell the tale.
These are good things.
If Ron isn't careful, he will lose any chance of becoming Prez in the future. He has been a good FL governor and maybe that's his ceiling.
The problem is that the GOP has more closet RINOs who try hard to hide their RINOness. Those who oppose Trump, those who ratified and certified the 2020 Big Steal, those cutting budget deals with the Rats and refuse to shut down the government to fix the Bidet Regime’s mess, need to be primaried or voted out of office in November in favor third party candidates.
Governors tend to be better Presidents than Senators/Vice Presidents.
Reagan was the Governor of California. He did great. Dubya wasn't too bad. I liked his aggressive foreign policy which was necessary after 9/11. In retrospect, he shouldn't have bothered with nation building.
I liked Nixon. Watergate was stupid political BS. FDR, another Governor. He did great with WWII, even though his New Deal programs actually made the Great Depression worse.
Early primaries maybe a little more important this year as a test whether Trump could retain some incumbent advantage, but if RDS and Haley can raise money for SuperTuesday, that will be the make or break point as it is most cycles.
My guess is Haley will raise plenty from Dems and from other big Jewish donors who normally support RINOs.
That’s the best you can do, throw insults around. How about some substantive discussion or is that too much to ask for or expect from you?
What’s the angle this time, what are they trying to ram down our throats as necessary policy for our own good. No borders? Wokeism which everyone has figured out is a brew of racism with a liberal sprinkling of incompetence? Or a bunch of murdering Arab rapists are actually victims? Or another $200Bis needed to defend the liberal democracy in Ukraine from the Putin/Trump/MAGA fascists? Or we need to cut social security to pay for all the things that the deep state wants to spend money on?
Is Trump still Orange?
DeSantis pulled the most boneheaded move in modern American political history by running against Trump this year. He could have had almost any job he wanted in the next Trump administration.
He would have been a shoe in for the ‘28 nomination.
But he not only shot himself in the foot, he blew his gonads off. And there was absolutely no reason for it. At this point he’s helping the Dems.
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