Posted on 10/02/2017 5:18:49 PM PDT by cotton1706
With the dust still settling, many Washington Republicans are mystified—and alarmed—by the fact that not even Donald “Drain the Swamp” Trump had enough populist cred to swing a primary race to his candidate in deep-red Alabama. While the GOP’s class of professional strategists are generally ambivalent at best when it comes to the president, they had taken a certain comfort in believing that he was fully in command of his base. The assumption allowed them to draw conclusions about what his voters wanted, how to cater to them—and how to avoid drawing their wrath.
But Alabama fully punctured the illusion that Trump was in control. For all the race’s idiosyncrasies—Trump’s endorsement of the more establishment-friendly candidate was uncharacteristic for him, and his support often seemed conflicted—it seemed to reveal that there was a limit to his supporters’ loyalty.
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Having believed we have met all there are to meet in the way of horses, we find we have need of a much larger shovel. After all there are still the elephants which must not be forgotten - they always lead the parade.
And middle America is the broom guy at the end of Fractured Flickers
drivel
Apt image of middle America. Rocky and Bullwinkle knew us before we knew ourselves and the roles we were to play.
Fractured Fairy Tales, and the renowned Duddley Do Right now played by our own Donald Trump! :-)
Our leaders were not listening.
Trump did.
End of story.
Unlike the Democrats who control their base the GOP base is in control.
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