Posted on 08/05/2015 10:37:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Four years ago, only one Republican candidate was consistently hitting the same kind of polling heights among the presidential field that real estate mogul Donald Trump is reaching now. His name was Mitt Romney.
The fact that Romney went on to capture his party’s nomination should be, at the very least, one basic reason why Trump’s recent surge can’t be dismissed as the aberration that so many pundits and party strategists claim it is.
That doesn’t mean, of course, that Trump, who will command center stage at the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday, is going to wind up the party’s nominee a year from now. There are significant obstacles in his path: his history of supporting liberal causes, his sclerotic campaign organization and his limited appeal - so far - to a narrow swath of Republican voters.
Still, some Republicans, especially those outside of Washington, are urging the party to take Trump’s bid seriously, arguing that it’s not out of the question that he could shock the world and win the primary.
Craig Robinson, the former chairman of the Iowa Republican Party, sees echoes of the current president in Trump's run, saying Trump is another product of the media environment....
(Excerpt) Read more at uk.reuters.com ...
People only think this guy has a chance because….(want for it) he’s CRUSHING every poll.
Oh noes!!
Concur. Nice tagline ;)
lol - the GOPe are really quite desperate these days.
Or the liberals; take your pick.
This image has even me some good laughs! Love it. Left-O-vision.
Lol!
>>lol - the GOPe are really quite desperate these days.
Or the liberals; take your pick.<<
What’s the difference?
There certainly isn’t a difference.
Oh, well......Rove must not have known about this (smirk).
AMERICA'S OBSSESION W/ DONALD TRUMP (online dominarion)
Trump not only dominates Republican candidates in the polls, he's dominating them online, too. Trump was by far the most Googled Republican candidate in the United States during June and July, according to Google Trends data. The only state he didn't lead was Wisconsin, the home state of rival Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. (By Colin Daileda--mashable.com)
SOURCE http://mashable.com/2015/08/05/donald-trump-google-map/
What isn’t mentioned is that Cruz just picked up the support of Steve Kings son. That will help a lot in IA!
That’s because the article is about Donald Trump, as is this thread. No other current candidates were mentioned.
Right, but if Trump was truly dominating, King wouldn’t have endorsed him. It is a big get in IA. Just saying...
May be but…it’s Iowa. How many times have *they* picked a winner?
That is a VERY good point...and yet, people treat it as if it is the gold standard...
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