These days we have some strange bedfellows in politics. For instance, I couldn't agree with Pat Buchanan more:
"Lock Out the Establishment in Cleveland!"
"No matter who wins in Cleveland, the establishment must lose."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/04/01/lock_out_the_establishment_in_cleveland_130164.html
No surprise: Buchanan is totally buying what Trump is saying over trade and America First:
"The establishment's problem is that Trump refuses to take the saddle. Again and again, he has defied the dictates of political correctness that they designed to stifle debate and demonize dissent."
"Trump has gotten away with his insubordination and shown, with his crowds, votes, and victories, that millions of alienated Americans detest the Washington establishment and relish his defiance."
"Trump has denounced the trade treaties, from NAFTA to GATT to the WTO and MFN for China, that have de-industrialized America, imperil our sovereignty and independence, and cost millions of good jobs."
"And who is responsible for the trade deals that sold out Middle America? "Free-trade" Republicans who signed on to "fast-track," surrendered Congress' rights to amend trade treaties, and buckle to every demand of the Business Roundtable."
"The unstated premise of the Trump campaign is that some among the Fortune 500 companies are engaged in economic treason against America."
"No wonder they hate him."
"As for Trump's call for an "America First" foreign policy, it threatens the rice bowls of those for whom imperial interventions are the reason for their existence."
"If the primary goals of U.S. foreign policy become the avoidance of confrontations with great nuclear powers and staying out of unnecessary wars, who needs neocons?"
"I'm in. I'm a Pat Buchanan Democrat: my sole and only goal is to make sure the GOP nominee is either Trump or Ted Cruz. How do you get there?"
How to you lock out the Establishment? Not allow them to change the rules for the convention and overturn Rule 40.
For a lot more on the background of the convention system and Rule 40 see this piece by the New Yorker. If the GOP can't change this rule, Kasich is out as he will have fewer than eight state wins.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/how-trump-and-cruz-can-control-gop-convention.html
Trump or Cruz or bust. LOL
P.S. Trump seems to get that when it comes to delegate rules, what he doesn't know can hurt him as he's just brought on a major 'delegate hunter' to his campaign
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/04/01/delegate_hunter_manafort_brings_savvy_to_trump_camp_130167.html
"Lock Out the Establishment in Cleveland!"
"No matter who wins in Cleveland, the establishment must lose."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/04/01/lock_out_the_establishment_in_cleveland_130164.html
No surprise: Buchanan is totally buying what Trump is saying over trade and America First:
"The establishment's problem is that Trump refuses to take the saddle. Again and again, he has defied the dictates of political correctness that they designed to stifle debate and demonize dissent."
"Trump has gotten away with his insubordination and shown, with his crowds, votes, and victories, that millions of alienated Americans detest the Washington establishment and relish his defiance."
"Trump has denounced the trade treaties, from NAFTA to GATT to the WTO and MFN for China, that have de-industrialized America, imperil our sovereignty and independence, and cost millions of good jobs."
"And who is responsible for the trade deals that sold out Middle America? "Free-trade" Republicans who signed on to "fast-track," surrendered Congress' rights to amend trade treaties, and buckle to every demand of the Business Roundtable."
"The unstated premise of the Trump campaign is that some among the Fortune 500 companies are engaged in economic treason against America."
"No wonder they hate him."
"As for Trump's call for an "America First" foreign policy, it threatens the rice bowls of those for whom imperial interventions are the reason for their existence."
"If the primary goals of U.S. foreign policy become the avoidance of confrontations with great nuclear powers and staying out of unnecessary wars, who needs neocons?"
"I'm in. I'm a Pat Buchanan Democrat: my sole and only goal is to make sure the GOP nominee is either Trump or Ted Cruz. How do you get there?"
How to you lock out the Establishment? Not allow them to change the rules for the convention and overturn Rule 40.
For a lot more on the background of the convention system and Rule 40 see this piece by the New Yorker. If the GOP can't change this rule, Kasich is out as he will have fewer than eight state wins.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/how-trump-and-cruz-can-control-gop-convention.html
Trump or Cruz or bust. LOL
P.S. Trump seems to get that when it comes to delegate rules, what he doesn't know can hurt him as he's just brought on a major 'delegate hunter' to his campaign
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/04/01/delegate_hunter_manafort_brings_savvy_to_trump_camp_130167.html
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