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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Yes Trump is the Perfect Candidate-for Democrats

Regarding the recent war between Trump and HRC, I've argued that it's a win-win for both of them. It helps him with his base, her with her base with the only victim being the GOP Establishment.

Chris Hayes had a very interesting interview of the Union Leader's Grant Bosse-the UL endorsed Chris Christie a few weeks ago. Bosse was very dismissive of Trump's criticism of the paper. But I thought that Hayes actually got him in a telling moment when he pointed out that the UL endorsed Pat Buchanan in 1992 and 1996.

As Hayes pointed out, Trump and Buchanan have very similar appeals on things like immigration, the trade deals, etc. Bosse had no real answer but that Buchanan was 'serious' because he had a past as part of the Nixon and Reagan White Houses so somehow he but not Trump would know how to deport all the Latinos presumably.

Furthermore, under questioning, Bosse also revealed himself a Trump-Clinton truther-he agrees with the conspiracy theory that Bill Clinton told Trump to run. Bosse argued that Trump is the best choice for Democrats. I agree, Trump is the best Democrats to see run in the GOP primary.

http://www.unionleader.com/Grant-Bosse-Trump-is-the-best-choice-for-NH-Democrats

http://www.wsj.com/articles/clearly-the-donald-works-for-hillary-1438382894

While I-for marketing reasons!-had to recently retire my old blog name as a Republican Hater; turns out it's ok to hate but not ok to hate the haters-according to Frank Luntz's focus groups many of the base hates the GOP Establishment just as much as I do.

"Outraged by what Donald Trump says? You are not alone. No high-polling presidential candidate in the modern era has so intrepidly drawn the ire of so many within the American electorate. And there remains no end in sight."

"Yet in rendering one voting bloc utterly apoplectic, he has appealed viscerally to another. The balance of middle ground politics is not, shall we say, Mr Trump’s bailiwick. But America is no longer a middle ground country. We are already scared by our division — and it is getting worse."

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1b8318aa-a99f-11e5-9700-2b669a5aeb83.html?siteedition=uk#axzz3viZWjY5h

This is why Trump is the perfect candidate. The more he offends the larger electorate, he delights his base-but the larger electorate is a lot bigger. This is why the prospect of Trump going after Bill Clinton doesn't worry me. These attacks delight the base but disgust the larger electorate. 

Yep-this is why I'm a Trump Democrat and he is the perfect candidate. Maybe Bill Clinton didn't tell him to run. Maybe the Clintons are just this lucky. 

"And here is the prediction that will furrow brows on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr Trump’s supporters today will be Mr Trump’s supporters next November if he is still a candidate — no matter what party banner he runs under. Half will follow him out of the Republican Party if he breaks his promise and declares as an independent. For better or worse, his supporters will follow him to the ends of the Earth — or to the White House. Whichever comes first."

Frank Luntz's words are like music to a Trump Democrats' ears.

The Trump supporters are more than big enough to royally screw the GOP but not nearly big enough to win the election. And even if he did win-he's not a Republican.

Luntz tells us the Trump supporters want revenge. And they are having it-on the GOP Establishment.









1 comment:

  1. Mike, the headline on this one made me laugh:
    http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/28/3735160/david-duke-trump-interview/

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