Posted on 08/24/2015 8:19:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The GOP frontrunner’s surprising staying power has inspired soul-searching and agony among party elites.
What is happening to the Republican Party? I put that question to Lindsey Graham, the senator from South Carolina and basement-dwelling presidential candidate, who was getting ready to hold a campaign event in Hooksett, New Hampshire. “Well, the front-runner is crazy,” Graham said.
He was referring, of course, to Donald Trump, the GOP’s seemingly unstoppable chart-topper, who has survived outrage after outrage that would have ruined a conventional candidate. He commands, on average, double the support, among potential Republican primary voters, of his nearest challenger. Graham—who is running in 15th place—calls him “a huckster billionaire whose political ideas are gibberish.” And while he expects voters eventually to come to their senses, he said, “I think a certain amount of damage has been done already.”
As Trump evinces surprising staying power atop the Republican field, nervous party members increasingly fret that he is hurting the image of the GOP and damaging its eventual nominee—who most assume will not be Trump. The most obvious problem is Trump’s outspoken opposition to immigration and immigrants, which has offended Hispanics—a fast-growing voter demographic the party can’t afford to lose ground with—and dragged other candidates into a discussion of inflammatory ideas like ending birthright citizenship....
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Coming from Linda Graham with 0% in the polls.
ha! y'all did that all by yourselves, before Trump was on the scene.
Donald Trump Breaks Lindsey Graham Like a Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3PQOP6eax8
Party want survive trump nor Bush the dumber
“Well the front runner is crazy” said Lindsay Graham.
Meanwhile in the Democrat Party... “The front runner is ....?
Oh right, let’s not talk about that.
“a huckster billionaire”
sounds a bit racist to me
[on the Republican positions advanced by Donald Trump—which are not particularly Republican, and not particularly conservative,”]
I wish I’d known this, I wouldn’t have wasted my time writing, calling and emailing my congressmen and senators. I would have just changed parties.
| Name | Twitter Handle | 8/1/2015 | 8/23/2015 | MTD Gain |
| Donald Trump | @realDonaldTrump | 3,409,127 | 3,843,876 | 434,749 |
| Ben Carson | @RealBenCarson | 393,107 | 510,774 | 117,667 |
| Carly Fiorina | @CarlyFiorina | 384,524 | 459,538 | 75,014 |
| Marco Rubio | @marcorubio | 772,150 | 822,564 | 50,414 |
| ¿Jeb Bush | @JebBush | 239,197 | 272,524 | 33,327 |
| Ted Cruz | @tedcruz | 443,426 | 476,538 | 33,112 |
| Scott Walker | @ScottWalker | 167,564 | 193,979 | 26,415 |
| John Kasich | @JohnKasich | 80,497 | 99,240 | 18,744 |
| Rand Paul | @RandPaul | 654,136 | 672,351 | 18,215 |
| Rick Perry | @GovernorPerry | 305,523 | 313,061 | 7,538 |
| Bobby Jindal | @BobbyJindal | 203,428 | 210,212 | 6,784 |
| Rick Santorum | @RickSantorum | 236,439 | 240,321 | 3,882 |
| Chris Christie | @ChrisChristie | 40,234 | 42,982 | 2,748 |
| Sarah Palin | @SarahPalinUSA | 1,164,376 | 1,166,331 | 1,955 |
| Linda Graham | @LindseyGrahamSC | 23,043 | 24,449 | 1,406 |
If, and that’s a big if, they somehow get rid of Trump, Conservatives will want Cruz or Carson, two candidates who
Hold very similar views. They would not be any happier. We are not going to go for Bush/Kasich/Fiorina, etc.
Trump will not pledge to not run third party...
he has given tons of money to the Clintoon slush fund/foundation....
he is a democrat by history....
he is short on details but uses rhetoric to get peoples attention....
to think the goodness and intelligence of Ted Cruz is going to be lost because of Trump........unbelievable...
Can the Republican Party survive constantly pissing off conservatives? So far yes, but.....
It is kinda sad that someone is that dumb. Bless his little heart.
Not unless they jump on the Trump Bandwagon and ride with him to victory!
The GOPe calls for party unity while they eviscerate the base of the party.
We’ve already come to our senses Linda and it ain’t losers like you.
I hope not.
Still better than all the rest...
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