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Trump’s Ceiling of Support May Be Limited
The New York Times ^ | 2/11/16 | Sean Trende

Posted on 02/13/2016 12:50:30 PM PST by TBBT

Few professional analysts seriously expected six months ago that Donald Trump could win the Republican nomination. But after Tuesday night, it is a clear possibility.

How much of a possibility? To get that answer right, it is important to understand some things about the Trump phenomenon.

Perhaps most important, Trump's campaign is not a Tea Party phenomenon. While there's been a tendency to try to lump Trump in with various G.O.P. insurgencies of the last few years, that role is best filled by Sen. Ted Cruz, who really occupies the "Tea Party lane" of the G.O.P. primary more cleanly.

Instead, Trump is a part of a much older insurgency within the G.O.P., dating back to the 1992 Pat Buchanan campaign and even to some internal debates within the Nixon administration. Candidates in this vein, such as Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Rick Santorum, have argued from varying angles that the economic libertarianism of the G.O.P. is a tough sell, and should be pulled more toward an economic populism that allows for increased redistribution and for helping the "little guy" who has been left behind in the era of globalization. It is because of this confusion that so many of the early attacks on Trump - from questioning his conservative bona fides to making fun of the way he talked - fell flat. Trump's voters simply didn't care about these things.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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1 posted on 02/13/2016 12:50:30 PM PST by TBBT
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Cue the Piano Man for us that are ready for real change ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0&index=21&list=PLGBuKfnErZlAkaUUy57-mR97f8SBgMNHh


2 posted on 02/13/2016 12:51:35 PM PST by soycd
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It’s so kind of the New York Slimes to offer their friendly and helpful insight into the Trump campaign. Good luck with all that.


3 posted on 02/13/2016 12:52:03 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet
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To: TBBT

Interesting article and New York Times.


4 posted on 02/13/2016 12:52:28 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: TBBT

5 posted on 02/13/2016 12:52:29 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: TBBT

Laminated?

Why would they want to laminate it?

Oh.

Never-mind...

Yep, Trump has now hit the ceiling for the 9th time since they first said he had done it.

Tune in again this fall when Trump will once again have hit the ceiling, then for the 14th time.


6 posted on 02/13/2016 12:52:57 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

It seems that nobody likes Trump except the people who love him.


7 posted on 02/13/2016 12:53:13 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: TBBT

You are such a troll. I hope JimRob nukes your @ss again.


8 posted on 02/13/2016 12:53:15 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Yuge 2016)
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Click your heels together and repeat after me..........


9 posted on 02/13/2016 12:53:42 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: DoughtyOne

Trump people are so sure.

If only I were that sure.


10 posted on 02/13/2016 12:54:00 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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11 posted on 02/13/2016 12:54:16 PM PST by Bobalu (I'm spitting on my hands, and hoisting the black flag!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I disagree.

TBBT is a good person. Liking someone besides The Don does not make him a bad person.


12 posted on 02/13/2016 12:55:19 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: TBBT

Barack Obama may stop being an A-Hole too.

May, but not likely.


13 posted on 02/13/2016 12:55:20 PM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You are such a troll.

Epic moment from the kettle calling the pot black syndrome.

14 posted on 02/13/2016 12:55:54 PM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: Bobalu

Look at the lower left of the picture: Section 46, Row K, Seat 7 is EMPTY.

This PROVES that Trump’s supporting is slipping, as he cannot even fill that arena.


15 posted on 02/13/2016 12:56:15 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: Bobalu

But he’s dead now. Trump has peaked. The NYT has said so. Again.


16 posted on 02/13/2016 12:57:07 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: TBBT

The NYT can’t utter a word without showing its rabid bias. It’s a totally partisan rag that no longer serves any useful purpose whatsoever.


17 posted on 02/13/2016 12:57:13 PM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor


18 posted on 02/13/2016 12:57:21 PM PST by onyx (IF YOU'RE POSTING HERE, HOPE YOU'RE A DONOR! FReepLoaders are RUDE.)
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To: Bobalu

Truly amazing.

All those people listening to the aging frat boy making the same promises over and over again.

I understand he had another hissy fit and used those short fingers to tweet out a bunch of stuff about suing Ted Cruz.

Why can’t you people relax and be gracious. Look at his lead.

What’s wrong with you all?


19 posted on 02/13/2016 12:57:32 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: TBBT
Maybe he has a ceiling with GopE, but he wins blue collar Dems.
20 posted on 02/13/2016 12:57:59 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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