They had to much faith in voters and didn't think he could win and didnwant him running third party *NM*
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 03/03/2016 09:41:31 PM
View original postHe and his strategists calculated he stood a better chance of building a big support base and solidify it by running a populist anti-establishment campaign from within, through the Republican primaries, than attempting to run next year as an independent. So far, it's worked just great. The guy is a complete narcissist. He doesn't give a crap about the "Republican brand", he's just highjacked it for his own purposes. If he isn't chosen at the convention, if the establishment manages to block him, he will take his word back and his supporters and run as independent.
View original postWhat the Republican establishment and the candidates are attempting against Trump now, they should have started long ago, when it might have gotten results and killed it in the bud.. and it puzzles quite a few analysts that they did not act sooner. Now they're more likely to strengthen the resolve of his supporters. I don't follow the news closely enough to really have an opinion about what's coming internally for the GOP, but I see some "experts" (Republican political scholars talking to the Canadian media) the whole Trump debacle may turn into the opportunity the GOP's establishment to pierce the abscess and rebuild the party on its more traditional ideological base. Some seem highly pessimistic about the establishment's reactions.
View original postIn any case, it's worrying but fascinating to follow the primaries from Canada this year. Never in memory I've seen so extensively covered and analyzed (in our great newspapers sure, but tabloids running their first page with the Super Tuesday, I've never seen that).
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The problems with Populist and Anti-establishment candidates
03/03/2016 05:48:30 PM
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the majority of the party is strongly against Trump
03/03/2016 06:14:29 PM
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The sad thing is Trump is going to poison the republican brand for decades
03/03/2016 07:06:30 PM
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Sometimes I've wondered if it is intentional
03/03/2016 07:15:57 PM
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More like he doesn't give a damn about the party
03/03/2016 09:14:26 PM
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They had to much faith in voters and didn't think he could win and didnwant him running third party *NM*
03/03/2016 09:41:31 PM
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I do know that is goal but it I don't think he would consider it a bad thing. he is a RINO *NM*
03/03/2016 09:40:13 PM
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That's a crock.
03/03/2016 09:00:42 PM
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Voter Registration
04/03/2016 05:52:20 PM
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Oh now that's just bullshit.
07/03/2016 05:06:36 AM
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Well it must be bullshit if your friends are all Trump guys
07/03/2016 02:15:48 PM
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What an elitist, Hillary-like sentiment you just expressed
07/03/2016 10:40:47 PM
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Way I see it, there's two possibilities about Trump...
08/03/2016 01:12:01 AM
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he is almost 70 ye do you see anything in his life history that makes you think that isn't who he is *NM*
08/03/2016 01:46:49 AM
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being a trump supporter makes you an anti-intellectual
08/03/2016 01:43:04 AM
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Plenty of intellectuals are supporting Trump
08/03/2016 04:06:24 PM
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I would be willing to consider someone else with that message
08/03/2016 05:30:41 PM
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Your attitude will destroy the Republican Party.
09/03/2016 02:49:25 AM
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If Trump is the face of the party then I want no part of it. *NM*
10/03/2016 01:50:43 PM
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the results from last night show that something seems to be having an affect
06/03/2016 05:55:28 PM
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Re: the results from last night show that something seems to be having an affect
07/03/2016 08:32:34 AM
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