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POTUS 2016
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abelard
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Trump is (some) Republicans' "Picture of Dorian Grey." After decades of blissful ignorance, they can suddenly, for the first time, begin to fathom how the rest of the country (and the planet) sees and has seen them going back certainly to W, or even to Nixon, among those who pay closer attention.
They are shocked! (shocked!) and confused. But they clearly haven't been paying attention (or haven't dared to pay attention). And if they reflect, sincerely, it's perfectly easy to understand how their party has ended up here. It is the natural next step of a long-established progression. It's hilarious some of them still insist that they are the "Party of Lincoln" when they are demonstrably Lincoln's diametric opposite. They have embraced this role wholeheartedly, and without a peep of protest from those now aghast at Trump, since 1968, when the South decided it could never forgive the Democrats for ending apartheid and lynching, and Nixon was there waiting to soothe them with the dulcet tones of the dog-whistle.
For the rest of the world, Trump is not a Republican aberration; quite the opposite. He is the Party's slightly more-concentrated and less-refined essence. And the Republicans haven't been able to win elections since Eisenhower without resorting to what he represents.
Republicans who are now horrified with him simply have not been honest with themselves about their Party.
They are shocked! (shocked!) and confused. But they clearly haven't been paying attention (or haven't dared to pay attention). And if they reflect, sincerely, it's perfectly easy to understand how their party has ended up here. It is the natural next step of a long-established progression. It's hilarious some of them still insist that they are the "Party of Lincoln" when they are demonstrably Lincoln's diametric opposite. They have embraced this role wholeheartedly, and without a peep of protest from those now aghast at Trump, since 1968, when the South decided it could never forgive the Democrats for ending apartheid and lynching, and Nixon was there waiting to soothe them with the dulcet tones of the dog-whistle.
For the rest of the world, Trump is not a Republican aberration; quite the opposite. He is the Party's slightly more-concentrated and less-refined essence. And the Republicans haven't been able to win elections since Eisenhower without resorting to what he represents.
Republicans who are now horrified with him simply have not been honest with themselves about their Party.
Rubio is very near the 20 percent delegate threshold in AL/GA/TN/TX. He has between 19 and 21 percent in all. A lot of danger here.
A drop below the threshold and he gets nothing delegate wise, potentially fatal blow for him. Any long term game he may be playing would be instantly shattered, without a solid base of delegates the maths wouldn't add up even if he did pick up steam later on.
A drop below the threshold and he gets nothing delegate wise, potentially fatal blow for him. Any long term game he may be playing would be instantly shattered, without a solid base of delegates the maths wouldn't add up even if he did pick up steam later on.
tsubaki
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He is done, as is Cruz if Trump has beat him in most of the non-Texan evangelical areas.
Kasich said earlier in the week that he was the only possible alternative to Trump and he was right; the rest have tried and failed.
Trump won't be stopped now. We may well see the Republican Party fracture in the coming days, should make for fun viewing.
kithnou
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He's finished mate. Finished last week or two when he started acting like a knob.
tsubaki
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I doubt it - the saner heads will prevail, after all this looks like it is either going to result in a Clinton win (in which case they blame Trump, and block Hilary via their control of Congress), or a Trump win (in which case they put him back in his box because they control Congress).
In fact this might actually strengthen the GOP in the long term because this abject humiliation and the inquisition that will follow it will result in then getting rid of an awful lot of influential yet incompetent strategists, moronic talking-heads and useless prospective candidates, and jibbing off a handful of vastly rich but utterly mental donors.
mmmmsnouts
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That wouldn't happen. They'd pass as many horrible, racist, inhuman bills as they could and see how many of them Trump signs into law. Because if he won, a lot of really terrible people would have ridden his coattails.
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Hey folks, just remember that the results are proportional, not 'winner takes all' so even though Clinton/Trump are 'winning' all these states, they don't go shooting off into the lead like a General Election.
Just something to remember when the depression and desperation sets in........
Just something to remember when the depression and desperation sets in........
Too late, D... The stupid party is outdoing itself this time around. (looks for something to eat)
tsubaki
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