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GOP leaders say erratic attacks hurt Trump, but he vows to fight and win
Washington Compost ^ | 08/08/2015 | Philip Rucker and Robert Costa

Posted on 08/08/2015 7:12:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Republican leaders who have watched Donald Trump’s summer surge with alarm now believe that his presidential candidacy has been contained and may begin to collapse because of his repeated attacks on a Fox News Channel star and his refusal to pledge his loyalty to the eventual GOP nominee.

Fearful that the billionaire’s inflammatory rhetoric has inflicted serious damage to the GOP brand, party leaders hope to pivot away from the Trump sideshow and toward a more serious discussion among a deep field of governors, senators and other candidates.

They acknowledge that Trump’s unique megaphone and the passion of his supporters make any calculation about his candidacy risky. After all, he has been presumed dead before: Three weeks ago, he prompted establishment outrage by belittling the Vietnam war service of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), only to prove, by climbing higher in the polls, that the laws of political gravity did not apply to him.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; newyork; trump
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1 posted on 08/08/2015 7:12:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Voters are going to get rid of Trump over the nose bleeder Kelly? I don’t think so.


2 posted on 08/08/2015 7:14:52 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah the COMPOST...that’s the ticket...they really don’t get rump,boy this is going to be fun!


3 posted on 08/08/2015 7:15:21 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The GOP, the party of Gay marriage by Romney’s imposition,
and of RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE, and of ObamaTRADE,
and of IRS Atrocities, deserves to die.
They lie, cannot be trusted, and are scum who revel
in the deaths of Terry Schiavo and US military
by al Qaeda. SCUM.


4 posted on 08/08/2015 7:16:12 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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The GOP, the party of Gay marriage by Romney’s imposition,
and of RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE, and of ObamaTRADE,
and of IRS Atrocities, and endless lies, deserves to die.

They lie, cannot be trusted, and are scum who revel
in the deaths of Terry Schiavo and US military
by al Qaeda. SCUM.


5 posted on 08/08/2015 7:17:39 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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GOPDNC leaders...
6 posted on 08/08/2015 7:17:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (If the fetus at one minute old is not alive, what is it?)
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GOP leaders

Oxymoron.

7 posted on 08/08/2015 7:18:08 PM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These idiots just don’t get it.


8 posted on 08/08/2015 7:23:34 PM PDT by piytar (Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump has to be stopped.
The Cheap Labor Express has spent billions to stop us from stopping them.


9 posted on 08/08/2015 7:24:36 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Not so fast! I seriously doubt Trump is down and out over this. If anything, I suspect as the dust settles, he’ll be just fine. He’s got the money to ignore the pundits and political elite. Consider he’s gotten free advertising so far and even this weekend he is topic one everywhere. Can you imagine if they not only dismiss him but try to exclude him?! Won’t be pretty.


10 posted on 08/08/2015 7:24:55 PM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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GOP leaders say erratic attacks hurt Trump

Riiiiiight....Consider the source.

11 posted on 08/08/2015 7:25:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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What one pundit had to say:
“...the Fox News anchor enjoys a huge following among the network’s viewers, who happen to make up the core of the Republican primary electorate. So picking a fight with Kelly — as Trump did when he chided her during a tough debate question about insults he’s lobbed at women, dissed her in the spin room, and tweeted his complaints about her — carries risks that Trump’s other feuds do not.”

They’ve no idea what happens in the real world LOL!


12 posted on 08/08/2015 7:25:31 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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The GOPe wants to lose...again

Go ahead and rig the election for Bush and see how many people will stay home this time around


13 posted on 08/08/2015 7:25:47 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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GOP is worry the party on the backs of hard working legal American citizens and the flesh and bones of innocent aborted baby cadavers is over.


14 posted on 08/08/2015 7:27:38 PM PDT by Leep (Still living in what remains of 'God's Country'.)
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I guess they haven’t see the Drudge Poll. I’m guessing the new polls next week show Trump surging.


15 posted on 08/08/2015 7:28:54 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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Edit:

GOP is worried that the party on the backs of hard working legal American citizens and the flesh and bones of innocent aborted baby cadavers is over.


16 posted on 08/08/2015 7:29:32 PM PDT by Leep (Still living in what remains of 'God's Country'.)
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To: mrsmith

I’ve said worse things about Megyn Kelly on FR than Trump ever has. LOL!


17 posted on 08/08/2015 7:30:33 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

R U drunk, or what?


18 posted on 08/08/2015 7:31:13 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

My eyes are bleary...when I browsed this title I thought it said “erotic attacks hurt Trump” and I jumped: what had MyGynecology Kelly accused him of now.


19 posted on 08/08/2015 7:32:52 PM PDT by GoneSalt
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and yet—Kelly herself claims to be neither Republican OR Democrat, and votes both ways.

I’d hardly think most Republicans would support her any more than most Democrats would support her if she hopped over to CNN.


20 posted on 08/08/2015 7:35:54 PM PDT by unsycophant
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