Posted on 01/10/2016 7:31:45 PM PST by TBBT
While Donald Trump won't be the GOP nominee, reclaiming the party from Trump still requires that we contemplate what a Trump nomination and even possibly a Trump presidency would look like. The picture isn't a pretty one. One of the under appreciated aspects is how any electoral success by Trump in the primaries and potentially the general election could spawn a bonanza for the GOP's much-despised consultant class, at the expense of the party's ability to field principled and/or successful statewide and national candidates.
The reason for this is fairly straightforward: Trump is the avatar of the clueless-rich-guy style of candidate that is the absolute favorite target of consultants. Oh, the consultants working for other candidates right now would be, momentarily, upset if Trump won the nomination; the're hired guns, but they do like to win. And consultants for Senate and House Republicans would be dismayed for a while by how a Trump nomination would cost the GOP Senate and House seats and make Chuck Schumer the Senate Majority Leader. But there's always another campaign season.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
While Ronald Reagan won’t be the 1980 Republican Nominee...
We were all right about them!
Admit it- you drank too much during the games and you’re posting drunk.
You'd never know it. They're working for losers.
“While Donald Trump won’t be the GOP nominee...”
Stated with such a statement of fact. That makes this author either very stupid or knows something we don’t.
Thanks Homo RedState and Erick Erickson. I donât know what I would have done without your divine commentary.
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Agreed.....except change that to Divine Comedy.Red State is a one ring circus.
“And consultants for Senate and House Republicans would be dismayed for a while by how a Trump nomination would cost the GOP Senate and House seats...”
Another assumption. How does a Trump win turn into Democrats picking up seats in the Senate and House? Are these same voters so sick of Washington going to say I’m voting for Trump...and the most liberal democrat Senator I can find!” ????
Makes no sense at all to me.
Rabid Teddy Bears are a better way to end the night.
If you honestly believe the crap you post, I’m really going to enjoy your whining after Trump is inaugurated. Hopefully you’ll just take your toys and go home.
now i know why erickson left RS....they couldn’t stand him anymore
If the first few words are true, why write anything else?
be a clown be a clown be a clown
These people are losing their grip....literally. They could be out of business having been exposed as parasite frauds. The squeeling of these pigs will be heard all over the country on blogs, on TV, newspapers...
How far they are falling after successfully taking out Sarah Palin with a show of unbelievable nastiness and cruelty.
Fail in first paragraph; entire theme of article implodes.
Evidently Wolf hired another hack to spread the Red state BS
Only a complete moron would entertain the notion that the GOP consulting class is going to eat Trump’s lunch.
Yes, indeedy, McCain, Romney, Dole, et al, were terrible candidates. There are a lot of very young people who have no sense of history, nor are they aware of the patterns our primaries follow. Hang in there, you are quite correct. Let us pray that Trump is the beginning of a new paradigm. He is not perfect but he sure can buy us the time we need to fix our country (provided God grants us a spiritual awakening.)
A series of articles from establishment sites attacking Trump’s intelligence is rich
More Cheap Labor Pimp talk
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