In theory there are all kinds of places you can go in attacking Trump. He made fun of GOP war hero John McCain, he continues to insult Fox News GOP darling Megyn Kelly, he calls Mexicans rapists, and immigrants 'anchor babies'-though this is more a feature than a bug to the base-and he has had many Democratic positions over the years.
Frank Luntz pointed this all out to Trump supporters.
"The focus group watched taped instances on a television of Trump’s apparent misogyny, political flip flops and awe-inspiring braggadocio. They watched the Donald say Rosie O’Donnell has a “fat, ugly face.” They saw that Trump once supported a single-payer health system, and they heard him say, “I will be the greatest jobs president God ever created.” But the group—which included 23 white people, 3 African-Americans and three Hispanics and consisted of a plurality of college-educated, financially comfortably Donald devotees—was undeterred."
"At the end of the session, the vast majority said they liked Trump more than when they walked in."
“You guys understand how significant this is?” Luntz asked the press breathlessly when he came back into the room behind the glass. “This is real. I’m having trouble processing it. Like, my legs are shaking.”
“I want to put the Republican leadership behind this mirror and let them see. They need to wake up. They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them,” Luntz continued. “Donald Trump is punishment to a Republican elite that wasn’t listening to their grassroots.”
http://time.com/4009413/donald-trump-focus-group-frank-luntz/
Frank Luntz pointed this all out to Trump supporters.
"The focus group watched taped instances on a television of Trump’s apparent misogyny, political flip flops and awe-inspiring braggadocio. They watched the Donald say Rosie O’Donnell has a “fat, ugly face.” They saw that Trump once supported a single-payer health system, and they heard him say, “I will be the greatest jobs president God ever created.” But the group—which included 23 white people, 3 African-Americans and three Hispanics and consisted of a plurality of college-educated, financially comfortably Donald devotees—was undeterred."
"At the end of the session, the vast majority said they liked Trump more than when they walked in."
“You guys understand how significant this is?” Luntz asked the press breathlessly when he came back into the room behind the glass. “This is real. I’m having trouble processing it. Like, my legs are shaking.”
“I want to put the Republican leadership behind this mirror and let them see. They need to wake up. They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them,” Luntz continued. “Donald Trump is punishment to a Republican elite that wasn’t listening to their grassroots.”
http://time.com/4009413/donald-trump-focus-group-frank-luntz/
Remember that 60% of GOP women like Trump.
I agree with Greg Sargent the last chance the GOP had to avoid Trumpism was to pass immigration reform like they had vowed to do in their 2012 post election 'autopsy.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/08/25/dear-republicans-you-could-have-avoided-this-whole-donald-trump-disaster-very-easily/
Lindsay Graham is also right-Trump is real trouble.
"Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) said during an interview with CNN on Tuesday that if real estate mogul Donald Trump wins the party's nomination, it will be the end of the GOP.
"If Donald Trump is the nominee, that’s the end of the Republican Party," Graham said.
"Graham was defending his dismal numbers in his home state of South Carolina, where the latest poll showed him earning 4 percent of likely Republican primary voters to Trump's 30 percent."
"Graham continued his attack, criticizing Trump's lack of military and foreign policy experience."
"He's shallow. He’s ill-prepared to be commander in chief," the retired Air Force colonel told CNN. "He's a complete idiot when it comes to Mideast policy."
"Graham said "common sense" will win out, but until then, "Our soldiers deserve better."
"Graham said that Trump's views on immigrants and women do not reflect the modern Republican party."
I agree with Greg Sargent the last chance the GOP had to avoid Trumpism was to pass immigration reform like they had vowed to do in their 2012 post election 'autopsy.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/08/25/dear-republicans-you-could-have-avoided-this-whole-donald-trump-disaster-very-easily/
Lindsay Graham is also right-Trump is real trouble.
"Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) said during an interview with CNN on Tuesday that if real estate mogul Donald Trump wins the party's nomination, it will be the end of the GOP.
"If Donald Trump is the nominee, that’s the end of the Republican Party," Graham said.
"Graham was defending his dismal numbers in his home state of South Carolina, where the latest poll showed him earning 4 percent of likely Republican primary voters to Trump's 30 percent."
"Graham continued his attack, criticizing Trump's lack of military and foreign policy experience."
"He's shallow. He’s ill-prepared to be commander in chief," the retired Air Force colonel told CNN. "He's a complete idiot when it comes to Mideast policy."
"Graham said "common sense" will win out, but until then, "Our soldiers deserve better."
"Graham said that Trump's views on immigrants and women do not reflect the modern Republican party."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-end-republican-party
It's amazing how lopsided Trump's lead is on just about every issue. On the economy he's at 44% while Jeb is at 9%. and all the other candidates at 8% or less. Most issues poll similarly.
It seems to me that this may be the year the GOP truly goes full circle back to 1964 when they begun the Southern strategy. They begun with Goldwater's landslide defeat but this a harbinger not of defeat but victory Trump now will usher the end of the successful Southern Strategy just as Goldwater ushered in the start.
Meanwhile. NH is more of the same. Trump at 35%, Kasich with 11%, Jeb and Scott Walker tied at 7%-Walker was at 24% back in April prior to Trump joining the race.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/polltracker/ppp-nh-august-trump-walker
Mike, check out Trump's white supremacist supporters. Lol.
ReplyDelete"While Buchanan, Duke and other leading white supremacists backing Trump do not explicitly condone violence toward immigrants, the same cannot be said of all of Trump’s rank-and-file supporters. Jim Sherota, 53, works for a landscaping company and attended Trump’s rally in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, told The New York Times before Trump’s arrival that he hoped Trump would announce a plan to issue licenses for hunting undocumented immigrants and offer $50 for “every confirmed kill.”"
See, they are crazier than any satire. If Trump supported this probably Scott Walker would be saying 'Me too' by dinner.
ReplyDeleteBut again I'm all for Trump. In my view there is no downside to his candidacy. The prejudices he's running on are in the Republican party. Remember that the GOP House third in command Steve Scalise has a history with Duke.
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