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He's constantly testing the political market for voters, throwing ideas against the wall, seeing what sticks. If he gets a positive response he says it again. If not, he drops it.
1 posted on 01/12/2016 11:43:48 AM PST by TBBT
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He's constantly testing the political market for voters, throwing ideas against the wall, seeing what sticks. If he gets a positive response he says it again. If not, he drops it.
Yes. Trump's a man of true core convictions.
2 posted on 01/12/2016 11:45:06 AM PST by TBBT (uot)
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3 posted on 01/12/2016 11:46:09 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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Sounds like a typical Republican to me.


4 posted on 01/12/2016 11:46:20 AM PST by dowcaet
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Dear Matt:

I'm not voting for Jebito, or any of the others polling at 3%.

If it's not Cruz, or Trump, I'm staying home for the first time in over 40 yrs.

5.56mm

5 posted on 01/12/2016 11:50:18 AM PST by M Kehoe
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So this is, like, what, the 5th or 6th raving article from “Conservative Review,” the place that has a Ted Cruz speech writer on the payroll with the hysterical Mark Levin as editor?

No thanks.


6 posted on 01/12/2016 11:51:49 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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So now that Trump is back ahead in Iowa, and not faltering everywhere else, now we get 2 weeks of every no-name conservative blog making appeals to conformity.


7 posted on 01/12/2016 11:52:16 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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More TDS. I wonder how many will commit hara-kiri if Cruz loses Iowa.


8 posted on 01/12/2016 11:52:19 AM PST by McGruff (Trumpnado Warning issued for Iowa and New Hampshire)
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I don’t see ‘some support’ and ‘few’ at any Trump event....I see MASSIVE support and YUGE turnouts....


10 posted on 01/12/2016 11:55:28 AM PST by Blue Turtle
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“Fellow travelers.” What an odd term to use in this context.


11 posted on 01/12/2016 11:57:14 AM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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12 posted on 01/12/2016 11:57:43 AM PST by MplsSteve
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It is called moving the Overton Window.

The Overton window, also known as the window of discourse, is the range of ideas the public will accept. It is used by media pundits.[1][2] The term is derived from its originator, Joseph P. Overton (1960–2003),[3] a former vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy,[4] who in his description of his window claimed that an idea's political viability depends mainly on whether it falls within the window, rather than on politicians' individual preferences.[5] According to Overton's description, his window includes a range of policies considered politically acceptable in the current climate of public opinion, which a politician can recommend without being considered too extreme to gain or keep public office.

Rather then posting their usual collection of daily bile laced infantile personal attack tirades at Trump and his supporters, perhaps "Conservatories and Libertarians", might want to thank Trump for changing the national political paradigm so far in their direction that a "President Cruz" is now a distinct possibility.

14 posted on 01/12/2016 11:59:05 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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Well if Matt Kibbe says so.

By the way, who is Matt Kibbe?


16 posted on 01/12/2016 12:02:17 PM PST by patq
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I cannot speak on behalf of patriots, but I think that the gist is that Trump is the monkey wrench that patriots want to throw into the corrupt Washington cartel.


19 posted on 01/12/2016 12:05:15 PM PST by Amendment10
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Let me fix this:

This democratization of politics is fueled by no one else but Donald Trump social media, the breakup of the big media cartel, and the ability of insurgent candidates to raise money and organize boots on the ground without permission from party headquarters or lobbyist money bundlers. Political disintermediation is a very good thing because it breaks up concentrated power.

20 posted on 01/12/2016 12:06:09 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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And whoever you are, you’re not even the question.


23 posted on 01/12/2016 12:07:54 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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I'm really REALLY tired of every pundit telling me why I can't or shouldn't vote for someone.

Pardon my French but leave me the hell alone and STFU.

26 posted on 01/12/2016 12:10:45 PM PST by Solson (Grand Old Party 1854 - 2010 RIP.)
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He may not be your preferred answer Kibbe, but he’s the answer you are getting after betrayal upon betrayal.

Denial is irrelevant.


36 posted on 01/12/2016 12:35:16 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Trump and/or Cruz, it's all good.)
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He's constantly testing the political market for voters, throwing ideas against the wall, seeing what sticks. If he gets a positive response he says it again. If not, he drops it.

The very definition of a POPULIST, Matt. I believe I learned that in 10th. grade Civics. Did you just figure it out?


37 posted on 01/12/2016 12:36:35 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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I bet something that would drive liberals bonkers is:

“All we are saying...is give Trump a chance!”


53 posted on 01/12/2016 2:35:31 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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You and I share the same view on Trump. There is too many red flags when it comes to him. I do believe Trump deeply loves his country but I think he will continue the trend of bringing more and more power to the Executive Branch.

However, I feel I'm watching a wave I cannot stop. If Trump wins the nomination, and it looks like he will for now, I believe he will be elected. We hear and see some of his antics but your talking about an electorate that elected BHO despite ties to Ayres, Wright, “first time I've been proud of my country” ect. And you have a scared and angry electorate, rightly so, looking for someone who speaks their language. Trump does that, for now. The Trump phenomenom is a result of what people like BHO, Hillary, McConnell, Ryan, ect. ect. have created. Them, along with CNN, NYT, ABC News..

If he wins, I hope he proves me wrong about him. But I had the same ill feeling watching my fellow Americans fall for “Hope and Change.”

54 posted on 01/12/2016 2:40:03 PM PST by LMAO (#BlackLivesMatterWhenItsForPoliticalPoints)
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