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Mega-donors shy away from fight with Trump
POLUTICO ^
| February 23, 2016
| KENNETH P. VOGEL and ISAAC ARNSDORF
Posted on 02/24/2016 5:00:43 AM PST by McGruff
As Donald Trump picks up momentum, the chances of a well-funded assault to block him from the Republican presidential nomination are dramatically dwindling, according to interviews with about a dozen donors and operatives who are appalled by the billionaire real estate showman's campaign.
The party's elite donor class has mostly closed its checkbooks to groups dedicated to stopping Trump, while the outfits that have built massive reserves are increasingly deciding to forgo anti-Trump campaigns, despite widespread fears that he is making a mockery of conservatism and could undermine Republicans up and down the ballot.
The deepest-pocketed operation on the right, the network helmed by the billionaires Charles and David Koch, had seriously debated launching an aggressive assault on Trump, but sources familiar with the network's planning tell POLITICO that's now highly unlikely. And the Karl Rove-conceived Crossroads outfits also are sitting out the party's bitter primary, instead spending their cash attacking Democrats.
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To: The_Victor
Another guess / observation on my part: It has been my opinion that before Trump entered the race Cruz's strategy was to use conservative talk shows as his media spearhead. He spent years doing DC stunts designed to get him on talk radio all the time and he thought he would then cash in on that relationship. I actually never thought Cruz was serious about winning the nomination. It was assumed Bush would win. I speculate Cruz assumed he would come in second to Bush and maybe picked as VP or if not picked he would get to become a GOP power broker. I am assuming this based on Beck and Mark Levin seeming to sound like they work on the Cruz campaign almost.
Then Trump comes in and upends Cruz's strategy.
It is just speculation on my part.
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02/24/2016 10:01:28 AM PST
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Trumpinator
("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
To: McGruff
I can see this happening. After Nevada it may be more so.
Liz Mair, Trump Card LLC:
Katie Packer, Katie Packer Gage, Our Principles PAC, sorted (she used to work for the Scott Walker campaign, until he dropped out, she's best known for her work for Romney, of which this PAC is a continuation):
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02/24/2016 12:53:14 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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